Willesden New Cemetery | |
Coordinates: | 51.545°N -0.243°W |
Established: | 1891 |
Country: | England |
Location: | Willesden, (London Borough of Brent), London NW10 9TE |
Type: | Active |
Owner: | London Borough of Brent |
Size: | 26 acres |
Website: | Willesden New Cemetery |
Findagraveid: | 2287996 |
Willesden New Cemetery is a civic cemetery at Franklyn Road, Willesden, in the London Borough of Brent. It opened in 1891 and includes a memorial to local civilians who died in World War II.[1] [2] It previously included chapels, now demolished, by Charles H Worley.[3] [2]
The cemetery contains war graves of 130 Commonwealth service personnel who died in World War I and 121 who died in World War II. Most of these graves are scattered throughout the cemetery apart from 39 World War II graves forming an informal group, while a Screen Wall memorial lists personnel from both wars whose graves could not be individually marked by headstones.[4]