Holy Cross Cemetery
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Holy Cross Cemetery

Wallsend, Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England

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    Wallsend, Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear NE28 7HQ England
    Coordinates: 55.00061, -1.51857
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Cemetery: WALLSEND (HOLY CROSS) CEMETERY
Country: United Kingdom
Locality: Northumberland
Historical Information: During the two world wars,the United Kingdom became an island fortress used for training troops and launching land, sea and air operations around the globe.There are more than 170,000 Commonwealth war graves in the United Kingdom, many being those of servicemen and women killed on active service, or who later succumbed to wounds. Others died in training accidents, or because of sickness or disease.The graves, many of them privately owned and marked by private memorials,will be found in more than 12,000 cemeteries and churchyards. Wallsend (Holy Cross) Cemetery contains five First World War burials.Second World War burials number 56, 18 of them forming a small war graves group in the northern part.There is also one Greek sailor buried in this group.
Noumber of Identified Casualties: 62






Cemetery: WALLSEND (HOLY CROSS) CEMETERY
Country: United Kingdom
Locality: Northumberland
Historical Information: During the two world wars,the United Kingdom became an island fortress used for training troops and launching land, sea and air operations around the globe.There are more than 170,000 Commonwealth war graves in the United Kingdom, many being those of servicemen and women killed on active service, or who later succumbed to wounds. Others died in training accidents, or because of sickness or disease.The graves, many of them privately owned and marked by private memorials,will be found in more than 12,000 cemeteries and churchyards. Wallsend (Holy Cross) Cemetery contains five First World War burials.Second World War burials number 56, 18 of them forming a small war graves group in the northern part.There is also one Greek sailor buried in this group.
Noumber of Identified Casualties: 62






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