Cemetery Collection (page 7)

Peterborough Cathedral, Cambridgeshire
Peterborough Cathedral, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. 1874

Pont Caulaincourt, Montmartre, Paris, France. Date: circa 1900s

The Grave of Surgeon Lipmann Kessel, Oosterbeek
Kessel is buried in the Oosterbeek local cemetery which is opposite the Commonwealth War Graves one. He was the surgeon to 16th Para Field Ambulance who had established themselves in the St Elisabeth

Headstone of Flight-Lieutenant David Lord, VC
David Lord is buried in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery at Oosterbeek. He had spent five years, mostly in India with 31 Squadron

Memorial to British and Allied Forces, Jonkerbos
This simple column Memorial is in the Jonkerbos Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery in a wooded area known as Jonkers Bosch (Childrens Wood)

Jan van Hoof headstone, Dutch Wargraves Cemetery
This is in the back right hand corner of a Cemetery of Honour which was laid out in 1971.The Dutch flag flies here and there is a plaque to The Fallen 1940-1945

Polish Airborne Units Memorial, Polish Cemetery, Lommel
Operation Market Garden consisted of two distinct parts - airborne forces and land forces. The airborne forces were the Market part and the land forces the Garden

St Peters Church, Croydon, Surrey. 1912

The June 1944 Cross, Ranville CWGC Cemetery
This stone cross is roughly in the centre of the Cemetery and has a bronze plaque with the emblem of the Airborne Forces on it, and remembers simply, June 1944

British CWGC War Memorial Bayeux, Normandy
This Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery is the largest British WW2 Cemetery in France. It contains 4, 648 graves - 3, 935 from the UK, 181 from Canada, 17 from Australia, 8 from New Zealand

Benozzo Gozzoli with figures from Campo Santo, Pisa
Portrait of Benozzo Gozzoli (c1421-1497), Italian Renaissance artist, with two female figures from his series of frescoes at the Campo Santo cemetery, Pisa. Date: 15th century

St John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent
St John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Tonbridge, Kent, by this time accessible via the new railway from London to Dover. Date: 1843

Parish churches of Evesham, Worcestershire. Date: 1842

Skeleton of Death leading an Old Man to his grave
Skeleton of Death playing a psaltery as he leads an Old Man to his grave. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Wenceslaus Hollar from The Dance of Death by Hans Holbein, Coxhead, London, 1816

Funeral ceremony in Russia, 18th century. A coffin is lowered into a grave in a church cemetery in front of grieving relatives and an Orthodox priest

Interior of a Morai or sacred cemetery on Kauai, Hawaii (Atooi). Interior of a long house or mana in the heiau (morai) at Waimea with carved representations of the gods

Morai or sacred cemetery on Kauai, Hawaii (Atooi). Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Bernieri after John Webber from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World

Human sacrifice in a sacred marae, Tahiti
Human sacrifice in a sacred marae (Morai) or cemetery, Tahiti. Drummers at left, a hog-tied victim and two grave diggers digging a grave before a pile of human skulls and quivers of arrows

Mughal Muslims visiting a tomb in India. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri after Alessandro Sanquirico from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Chinese tombs in a cemetery. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1843

Chinese funeral ceremony with mourners in a procession to a tomb in a cemetery. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Egyptian wedding and funeral rites, 18th century. A wedding party under a huge canopy follows a group of musicians and acrobats

Ryes Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery
The first burials here were made just 2 days after the landings. The 2nd Battalion Dorset Regiment liberated Ryes late afternoon on D Day helped by the 1st Battalion Royal Hampshire Regiment

British War Memorial to the Missing Bayeux
This is directly opposite to the British War Cemetery. It was designed by Philip Hepworth and bears the names of !, 805 Commonwealth service men and women who fell in the Battle of Normandy

First American Cemetery Marker Omaha Beach
This marks the first American battle burials in Europe. It was set up by 2nd Platoon of the 607th Graves Registraton Company

Orientation table US Cemetery St Laurent Omaha Beach
The table which is in the St Laurent Cemetery overlooks Omaha Beach which can be seen beyond the guard rail. Standing beside the table

German Cemetery Orglandes Normandy
There are over 10, 000 burials here from the battles as the Americans drove towards Cherbourg. Originally both Germans and Americans were buried here but the latter were moved in 1945 to St Laurent

US Cemetery Marker Number 1 St Mere Eglise Normandy
This is one of three markers at the locations of the first American cemeteries. There were 3, 000 soldiers buried here. By 10 June there were eight battlefield cemeteries but these were later

German War Cemetery la Cambe Normandy
This was originally an American cemetery for the dead of 29th Division. In 1947 the Americans were either repatriated or buried at the American Cemetery at St Laurent overlooking Omaha Beach

Stonemason at work in a graveyard. circa 1800

Cemetery at Cairo, Egypt. circa 1860

Church and hillside, Virginia City, Nevada, USA
Church and hillside with the cemetery in the foreground, Virginia City, Nevada, USA. Date: 1940s

Cemetery in Ely, White Pine County, Nevada, USA. Date: circa 1910s

The funeral of Sir Arthur Pearson, 1921
A page from The Illustrated London News detailed the funeral of Sir Cyril Arthur Pearson (1866-1921), English newspaper and magazine publisher and benefactor of the blind. Date: 1921

Mass of the Dead in the French Cemetery of Mexico
A mass of the dead on the 2nd of November, held in the French cemetery of Mexico. A crowd gathers beyond a fountain, around a small mausoleum covered in draping. 1867

Round Tower, Kildare, County Kildare, Irish Republic
Round Tower (108 feet high), Kildare, County Kildare, Irish Republic. Date: early 20th century

St Catherines Church, Canvey Island, Essex. Date: early 20th century

Church at Fishbourne, near Chichester, West Sussex
Church of St Peter and St Mary, Fishbourne, near Chichester, West Sussex. Date: early 20th century

Old church at Bonchurch, Isle of Wight. circa 1880

St Pauls Church, Halifax, Yorkshire. circa 1900

Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford, Suffolk, a Grade I listed building dating back to the 15th century. Date: circa 1900s

St Mawgan-in-Meneage Church, near Helston, Cornwall, dating back to the 14th century. Date: circa 1900s

Saxon Church, Escomb, Bishop Auckland
The Saxon Church at Escomb, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, dating back to the 7th century, a Grade I listed building. Date: circa 1900s

St Cuthberts Church, Norham on Tweed, Northumberland
St Cuthberts Church, Norham, Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. Date: 1920

Church of St Mary and St David, Kilpeck, Herefordshire, dating back to the 12th century and famous for its Norman carvings. West view with cemetery. Date: 1925

Cemetery of a Capuchin convert, near Palermo
Catacombs in Palermo, Sicily consists of a large subterranean space, clean and airy, divided into galleries, surrounded with nichies after the bodies were dehydrated on the racks of ceramic pipes in

Five views of Stanmore, Middlesex - old ruins at Stanmore Church, St Johns Church with Lych Gate, Station Road, Spring Pond and an unnamed street. Date: circa 1910s

Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, USA
Graves of First World War veterans, Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, USA. Date: circa 1930

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