WW1 CWG Comely Bank cemetery

I've never seen War Graves like this before ... have you ?

Comely Bank cemetery

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Looks like they are mass graves - was there a military hospital in the area?

In Greenwich cemetary near where I work, there are some of the usual CWGC graves, but some men - over 100 - are buried together in one large plot with a communal memorial. I don't know why some were treated differently, but the Sidney Herbert Military Hospital was just up the road.

 

Unable to load examples JPG's (any ideas Annie) however I have some similar ones at Comely Bank for the two Aussies in the AFC and RAF. One has a headstone and one is in a collective.

My ww2 photos from Malta show as many as 10 in one plot which in that case was probably due to space availability.

 

You're asking me Geoff ?? ......... All I can suggest is that they're too big !!

Heres the information about Comely Bank cemetery ....... so it looks like it probably was space constraints !!

 

Hi Annie,

I uploaded 4 photos in Whats New at the portal. Click on last 2 days.

 

Thanks Spidge !

 

Think you may find that these guys may have been cremated rather than buried.

Sniper