KUZALA CEMETERY
Rijeka
Croatia
Location Information
Rijeka is a large city in the north of Croatia. The large civil cemetery is located at the top of a steep hill. The cemetery is very well signposted when entering the city from the Split – Rijeka motorway. The grave is found by entering the cemetery through the main gates and going straight on until the end of the path then turning right and continuing to the very end of this path. The grave is situated in the very last plot on the right; The grave is found in plot A section 3 grave number 40.
Visiting Information
The cemetery is open daily from sunrise to sunset.
Historical Information
There is 1 Commonwealth burial of the First World War commemorated here.
Burial Details
Lieutenant Robert Christopher Morris Douthwaite, York and Lancaster Regiment, died 19th June 1919.
The following, buried here, are now Alternatively Commemorated in Belgrade War Cemetery Clicking on this link will take you to our WW2 site
56235 Private Thomas Connell, 8th Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment, died 5th June 1919, aged 26. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Connell, of 5, Spen Lane, York. Alternative Commemoration - buried in Kuzala Cemetery, Rijeka.
L/4930 Officer's Steward 2nd Class Frank Lailey, H. M. S. Glasgown Royal Navy, died 16th February 1919, aged 22. Son of George Nicholson and Annie Lailey, of 3 Green Way, Austen Wood, Gerrards Cross, Bucks. Born at Reading. Alternative Commemoration - buried in Kuzala Cemetery, Rijeka.
Inscription "Buried At The Time In Kuzala Cemetery Yugoslavia Whose Graves Are Now Lost" "Their Glory Shall Not Be Blotted Out"
Rijeka is a large city in the north of Croatia. The large civil cemetery is located at the top of a steep hill. The cemetery is very well signposted when entering the city from the Split – Rijeka motorway. The grave is found by entering the cemetery through the main gates and going straight on until the end of the path then turning right and continuing to the very end of this path. The grave is situated in the very last plot on the right; The grave is found in plot A section 3 grave number 40.
Visiting Information
The cemetery is open daily from sunrise to sunset.
Historical Information
There is 1 Commonwealth burial of the First World War commemorated here.
Burial Details
Lieutenant Robert Christopher Morris Douthwaite, York and Lancaster Regiment, died 19th June 1919.
The following, buried here, are now Alternatively Commemorated in Belgrade War Cemetery Clicking on this link will take you to our WW2 site
56235 Private Thomas Connell, 8th Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment, died 5th June 1919, aged 26. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Connell, of 5, Spen Lane, York. Alternative Commemoration - buried in Kuzala Cemetery, Rijeka.
L/4930 Officer's Steward 2nd Class Frank Lailey, H. M. S. Glasgown Royal Navy, died 16th February 1919, aged 22. Son of George Nicholson and Annie Lailey, of 3 Green Way, Austen Wood, Gerrards Cross, Bucks. Born at Reading. Alternative Commemoration - buried in Kuzala Cemetery, Rijeka.
Inscription "Buried At The Time In Kuzala Cemetery Yugoslavia Whose Graves Are Now Lost" "Their Glory Shall Not Be Blotted Out"
Picture used with the permission of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
