Hastings Cemetery Explained
Hastings Cemetery is a cemetery in Hastings, East Sussex, located off the Ridge road.
The cemetery was opened on 28 November 1856. The Church of England section was consecrated by Ashurst Gilbert, Bishop of Chichester, followed by a service in All Saints Church.[1]
Hastings Crematorium is located within the cemetery. It was built in 1955, incorporating two Gothic-style burial chapels built in 1856 of local sandstone.[2]
Notable burials
- Major-General Sir Edward Anson (1826–1925), army officer
- Frederick Chamier (1796–1870), Royal Navy officer and writer
- Major-General John Granville Harkness (1831–1900), army officer[3]
- Arthur Foord Hughes (1856–1914), artist[4]
- George Monger (1840–1887)
- W. S. Penley (1851–1912), singer, actor, and comedian
- Sergiusz Piasecki (1901–1964), Belarusian-Polish novelist
- Arthur Banks Skinner (1861–1911), director of the Victoria and Albert Museum[5]
- Anna McNeill Whistler (1804–1881), the subject of the painting Whistler's Mother
- William McNeill Whistler (1836–1900)
War graves
Hastings Cemetery contains the war graves of 176 Commonwealth service personnel (including two unidentified Royal Navy sailors) of World War I and 69 of World War II. Those whose graves could not be individually marked are listed on a Screen Wall Memorial. There are also buried here a Belgian army soldier of World War I and a German soldier and six German airmen of World War II.[6]
External links
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Notes and References
- Web site: Exploring Hastings Cemetery. Friends Of Hastings Cemetery. 24 July 2014.
- Web site: Crematorium. friendsofhastingscemetery.org.uk. 1 August 2017.
- Web site: Harkness, John Granville. friendsofhastingscemetery.org.uk. 10 September 2016.
- Web site: Hughes, Arthur Foord. Friends of Hastings Cemetery. 4 January 2016.
- Web site: BK F01 Arthur Banks Skinner BA FSA. Friends Of Hastings Cemetery. 24 July 2014.
- Web site: Hastings Cemetery, with list of casualties . . 16 December 2016.
