| Liverpool (Anfield) Cemetery |
| Merseyside*, England |
Pictures courtesy of Steve Bainbridge
| In December 1914, Liverpool became one
of the 21 Auxiliary Patrol Bases and in February 1915, the base of the 10th
Cruiser Squadron. During the Second World War, Liverpool was headquarters of
Western Approaches Command and a manning depot for officers and men of the
Merchant Navy who agreed to serve with the Royal Navy for the duration of
the war. Liverpool (Anfield) Cemetery contains burials of both wars. The
majority are in two war graves plots in Section 5, with Screen Walls bearing
the names of those buried there. The rest of the war burials are scattered
throughout the cemetery. There are 445 Commonwealth servicemen of the First
World War buried or commemorated in the cemetery. Included in this total are
17 casualties who are commemorated by name on the Screen Wall as their
graves in Bootle (St Mary) Churchyard and Liverpool (St James) Cemetery
could no longer be maintained. Second World War burials number 459 including
2 unidentified British soldiers. There is also another Screen Wall memorial
to those whose burials are not marked by headstones. There are also 67 war
graves of other nationalities, the majority of them Dutch and Norwegian
Merchant seamen, and there are 9 non war service burials here.
No. of Identified Casualties: 980 |
*Shown as Lancashire by CWGC
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