Walton-on-Thames Cemetery explained

Walton-on-Thames Cemetery
Country:	England
Location:	Walton-on-Thames, Borough of Elmbridge, Surrey
Coordinates:	51.3877°N -0.4172°W
Type:	Active
Style:	Laid to lawn, with low front wall, flowers and shrubberies
Owner:	Elmbridge Borough Council
Size:	5700m2
Interments:	229
Website:	https://www.elmbridge.gov.uk/cemeteries-services/information/
Findagraveid:	2326546

Walton-on-Thames Cemetery is the municipal part of Walton-on-Thames's main cemeteries next to the (Anglican) parish church and facing the Methodist Church.^{[1] [2]}

Among the 229 graves are 33 for casualties from World War I and World War II. Near the entrance is a memorial wall listing 19 men who served with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the former.^{[3] [4]} Some or all of these were patients at the No. 2 New Zealand General Hospital nearby.^[2]

Notable burials

• George Virtue (1794–1868); 19th-century London publisher, notably of engravings; has a surmounting sculpture by Joseph Edwards.^[5]
• Fred Atkins (1859–1881); police constable whose murder on Kingston Hill remains unsolved.

External links

• Official website
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• Web site: Walton-on-Thames NZ General Hospital Roll of Honour . New Zealand History . New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cemeteries information. Elmbridge Borough Council.
2. Web site: WALTON-ON-THAMES CEMETERY. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
3. Web site: Walton and Weybridge (Walton-On-Thames) Cemetery. New Zealand History.
4. Web site: Walton on Thames Cemetery. Surrey in the Great War: A County Remembers.
5. Web site: Monument to George Virtue (1794-1868). The Victorian Web.