A cemetery I passed on quite a few occasions but on this one I stopped off because I was researching an old railway that ran past the cemetery and wanted to see how it looked. You could say it was killing two birds with one stone because I could not pass off taking photos round the cemetery as well.
I cannot find much history on the cemetery and can only assume it was made to take over from the one in Newtown road which was full
The main entrance gates leading to the Chapel
I don't think I have been to a cemetery where the chapel was open, this one was locked as well
There was plenty of room to park round the chapel on both sides
And was well lit by windows
The far end of the cemetery where I wanted to look for the old rail way, the buildings are sat on where the line used to be
The other side where the railway went to Newbury, the boundary would have been where the railway was
Looking back along the cemetery road to the Chapel
At the base of the avenue of trees you can see these plaques
There is another plaque like this in Forbury Gardens Reading
All the armed forces are represented along the avenue
HMS Tigris the submarine adopted by Newbury
The RAF has a presence around Newbury
I was taken by this when I came across it, I did not realise Newbury had been bombed in the Second World War but like Reading and other places it was
The memorial is huge and I can only think it is the grave where they were all buired
Newbury like all over cemterys has it's fair share of Commonwealth War Graves
Quite a few of them are in one area
Sargent D Watson 135th Herts Yeomanry Field Rege
5th June 1918 age 27
& H O Dunn HMS President
18th November 1918
Some of the graves and headstones looking up the cemetery
Engineer Commander L R Rickinson Royal Navy 16th April 1941 & Marine A F Lovelock
Royla Marines 21st September 1947 age40
The grave in the forground is that of Private W H C Barber Royal Warwickshire Regt 9th November 1918.
It is an interesting little cemetery to look round if your driving past
Have a peaceful Sunday
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