Western Necropolis
View of Western Necropolis, Glasgow looking south
Details
Established1882
Location
CountryScotland
Coordinates55°53′57″N 4°16′54″W / 55.89911°N 4.28173°W / 55.89911; -4.28173
TypePublic
Find a GraveWestern Necropolis

Western Necropolis is a cemetery complex in Glasgow, Scotland located to the north of the city centre. As well as the actual Western Necropolis cemetery established in 1882,[1] it is bordered by Lambhill Cemetery which opened in 1881,[1] St Kentigern's Cemetery (Roman Catholic) that opened in 1882,[1] and Glasgow (Garnethill) Hebrew Burial Ground founded in 1989.[1]

Of the four necropolises in Glasgow, the Western Necropolis is the only one with a crematorium on the grounds.[1] Designed by James Chalmers in 1893 and opened in 1895, it was the first crematorium in Scotland.[1][2]

The cemetery contains 359 Commonwealth war graves from the First and 124 from Second World Wars, beside others from the Second Boer War.[3]

Notable burials in Western Necropolis

Cross of Sacrifice, Western Necropolis, Glasgow

Notable burials in Lambhill Cemetery

Notable burials at St Kentigern’s Cemetery

Notable cremations at Glasgow Crematorium

A memorial in the garden of rest erected by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemorates one serviceman of World War I and 72 Commonwealth service personnel of World War II who were cremated here.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Western Necropolis". Discover Glasgow. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  2. "The Glasgow Crematorium, built in the grounds of the Western Necropolis, Maryhill, was formally opened yesterday". Glasgow Herald. 28 November 1895. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Cemetery Details – Glasgow Western Necropolis". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 Location of grave and VC medal (Glasgow)
  5. "Memorial for child victims of UK's worst rail crash". BBC News. BBC. 27 June 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
  6. "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  7. "Boxing legend of Glasgow's Benny Lynch". Evening Times. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  8. Burial location of Robert Adams Inverness
  9. Bob Jones, ‘Aldred, Guy Alfred (1886–1963)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, May 2006 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/40278, accessed 10 Sept 2007
  10. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 25. Oxford University Press. 2004. p. 155. ISBN 0-19-861375-X.Article by Kenneth O. Morgan.
  11. "Maxton, James [Jimmy]". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/34957. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  12. "Notices – SOGA". The Glasgow Herald. 23 February 1954.
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