Cambridge City Cemetery is the main burial ground for the city of

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. It is to the north of the city, at the junction of Newmarket Road and Ditton Lane, near to

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. The cemetery held its first burial on 6 June 1903 when it was known as Cambridge Borough Cemetery. This was later changed to The Regional Cemetery before finally becoming The City Cemetery; it occupies eight hectares.Cambridge City Cemetery
on the

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website Known locally as Newmarket Road Cemetery, the cemetery has unlimited pedestrian access everyday including Sundays and bank holidays. The facilities include a car park and a memorial chapel. In addition to the main burial ground, the cemetery also has a Jewish Section, a Muslim Section, a Roman Catholic section, a large

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section and the Cantetebrigge Memorial Garden.

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The cemetery has a large

section; here are buried 1,008 servicemen and women from both World Wars, and is just one of six cemeteries in the

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with a large number of war graves. Over 180 of the graves date from

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when the No.1 Eastern General Hospital was located in Cambridge. There are 829 service burials from

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; three of the servicemen buried here are unknown.Cambridge City Cemetery
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website The World War II graves are mainly located in two War Graves Plots. The General Service plot was established in 1940, and the larger Air Force plot in 1942 for the burial of casualties from the

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stations set up in the eastern counties during the war, which included

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bases in

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and fighter bases in

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and Suffolk. Nearby is a

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. The Stone of Remembrance, reserved for cemeteries with over 1,000 Commonwealth service burials, was unveiled in the Air Force plot by

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Lord Tedder in July 1951.

Notable burials

Notable burials at the cemetery include: * Bertha Lewis, the principal

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with the

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. *

Alec David Young Alec David Young (15 August 1913 – 27 January 2005) was a British aeronautical engineer. Alec Young was the son of refugees from Russia who raised him in Stepney, London. He attended Central Foundation Boys' School for his secondary educ ...

, a British aero-engineer. * Philip de Fonblanque, senior British officer who organised the

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for the British Expeditionary Force in 1939-40. * Martin Roth, a British psychiatrist. * Alexis Charles Doxat, English recipient of the

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. *

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, Scottish recipient of the

. *

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, Hong Kong actress during the early 1980s. *Sir German Sims Woodhead pathologist *

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Gallery

File:Bertha Lewis Grave.jpg, The grave of opera singer Bertha Lewis File:Alec Young Grave.jpg, The grave of aero-engineer

File:Martin Roth Grave.jpg, The grave of psychiatrist Sir Martin Roth File:CWGC Cemetery Cambridge.jpg, A section of the

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burials File:Jewish Section Cambridge.jpg, Part of the Jewish Section at the cemetery File:Cantetebrigge Memorial Garden.jpg, The Cantetebrigge Memorial Garden File:Grave of Choudhary Rahmat Ali.jpg, Grave of Choudhary Rahmat Ali

References

External links

Cambridge Photographs of the City Cemetery on the War Cemeteries websitePhotographic record of 75 (NZ) Squadron Aircrew memorialsCambridge City Cemetery
on Find a Grave {{DEFAULTSORT:Cambridge City Cemetery World War I memorials in England World War II memorials in England Monuments and memorials in Cambridgeshire Cemeteries in Cambridgeshire Cemeteries in Cambridge Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in England