Western Necropolis
View of Western Necropolis, Glasgow looking south
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Established1882
Location
Glasgow
CountryScotland
Coordinates55°53′57″N 4°16′54″W / 55.89911°N 4.28173°W / 55.89911; -4.28173
TypePublic
Find a GraveWestern Necropolis

Western Necropolis is a cemetery complex in Glasgow, Scotland located to the north of the city centre. As well as the actual Western Necropolis cemetery established in 1882,[1] it is bordered by Lambhill Cemetery which opened in 1881,[1] St Kentigern's Cemetery (Roman Catholic) that opened in 1882,[1] and Glasgow (Garnethill) Hebrew Burial Ground founded in 1989.[1]

Of the four necropolises in Glasgow, the Western Necropolis is the only one with a crematorium on the grounds.[1] Designed by James Chalmers in 1893 and opened in 1895, it was the first crematorium in Scotland.[1][2]

The cemetery contains 359 Commonwealth war graves from the First and 124 from Second World Wars, beside others from the Second Boer War.[3]

Notable burials in Western Necropolis

Cross of Sacrifice, Western Necropolis, Glasgow

Notable burials in Lambhill Cemetery

Notable burials at St Kentigern’s Cemetery

Notable cremations at Glasgow Crematorium

A memorial in the garden of rest erected by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemorates one serviceman of World War I and 72 Commonwealth service personnel of World War II who were cremated here.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Western Necropolis". Discover Glasgow. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  2. ^ "The Glasgow Crematorium, built in the grounds of the Western Necropolis, Maryhill, was formally opened yesterday". Glasgow Herald. 28 November 1895. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Cemetery Details – Glasgow Western Necropolis". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  4. ^ a b c Location of grave and VC medal (Glasgow)
  5. ^ "Memorial for child victims of UK's worst rail crash". BBC News. BBC. 27 June 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
  6. ^ "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  7. ^ "Boxing legend of Glasgow's Benny Lynch". Evening Times. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  8. ^ Burial location of Robert Adams Inverness
  9. ^ Bob Jones, ‘Aldred, Guy Alfred (1886–1963)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, May 2006 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/40278, accessed 10 Sept 2007
  10. ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 25. Oxford University Press. 2004. p. 155. ISBN 0-19-861375-X.Article by Kenneth O. Morgan.
  11. ^ "Maxton, James [Jimmy]". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/34957. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  12. ^ "Notices – SOGA". The Glasgow Herald. 23 February 1954.
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