Fernhill Cemetery, known as the Rural Cemetery when it opened in 1848, is located at 200 Westmorland Road in Saint John,

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, Canada. Renamed Fernhill in 1899, the 125 acre (0.5 km²) cemetery has a special section for veterans of both

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and

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and is the burial site of one of only a few Canadians to ever receive the

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' highest military decoration, the

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. When the cemetery opened, the

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was the established church, and as such, there is a designated area for Church of England members. In the cemetery's

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section, a stone chapel was built in 1950 with the help of the

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mogul Louis B. Mayer, who grew up in Saint John and whose mother is interred here. The cemetery contains the

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of 103 Commonwealth service personnel, 67 of

and 36 of

.
CWGC Cemetery report, breakdown obtained from casualty record. Fernhill has operated a crematorium onsite since 1939, when it was the first crematorium east of Montreal.

Notable persons interred

Amos Edwin Botsford Amos Edwin Botsford, (September 25, 1804 – March 19, 1894) was a Canadian farmer, judge, politician, and businessman. Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, the son of William Botsford, and moved with his family to Westcock in 1808. He was a ...

(1804–1894), statesman * Ward Chipman (1754–1824), Attorney General of New Brunswick * Robert Foulis (1796–1866), engineer and artist *

John Douglas Hazen Sir John Douglas Hazen, (June 5, 1860 – December 27, 1937) was a politician in New Brunswick, Canada. Biography Known by his second name, Douglas, he entered politics in 1885 when he was elected as an alderman for Fredericton City Counci ...

(1860–1937), statesman, Premier of New Brunswick * George E. King (1839–1901), statesman, Premier of New Brunswick, Supreme Court of Canada justice *

George Frederick Phillips George Frederick Phillips, (March 8, 1862 – June 4, 1904) was a U.S. Navy Machinist First Class who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Spanish–American War in 1899. Background Phillips was born to Andrew and Elizabeth Ross ...

(1862–1908)

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hero, U.S.

* William H. Steeves (1814–1873), a father of

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* Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley (1818–1896), a father of

* W. Rupert Turnbull (1870–1954), aeronautical engineer, inventor

References

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