| Falmouth Cemetery |
| Cornwall, England |
| Falmouth became a drifter base in
January 1915 and in 1918, a centre for ship repairs. Falmouth Cemetery
contains 86 First World War burials, including those of two unidentified
firemen from the S.S. "Clan Cumming", attacked by German submarine in the
English Channel on 5 November 1917, with the loss of 13 lives. During the
Second World War, Falmouth was a significant naval base and Royal Navy Air
Station. There was also a military hospital in the town. A war graves plot
contains 74 of the 111 Second World War burials within Falmouth Cemetery,
the rest are scattered. Lying apart at the southernmost tip of the plot are
five graves containing the remains of 27 unidentified sailors who died in
the bombing of H.M.S. "Registan" on 27 May 1941. A further 4 are the graves
of unidentified seamen of the Merchant Navy. There are 4 burials of mechant
seamen whose deaths were not due to war service. There are also 13 war
graves of other nationalities within the cemetery.
No. of Identified Casualties: 181 |
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