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POLEMIDIA MILITARY CEMETERY

Limassol

​Cyprus


Location Information

Polemidia Military Cemetery lies on the outskirts of Limassol on the B8 Limassol to Troodos road. Heading north the cemetery is on the right hand side 1 kilometre north of the main A1 Larnaka to Paphos road. The entrance is set back off the road and marked with a locally made sign saying "British Cemetery". There are 7 British servicemen buried here, 3 from World War One and 4 from World War Two.



World War One Burial Details

3375 Private C. F. Lanning, 4th Bn. London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), died 18th January 1916.

10827 Private T. Nicholson, 8st Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), died 19th November 1915. 

10457 Private H. Plaice, 1st Bn. Royal Munster Fusiliers, died 11th November 1915, aged 18. Son of Robert and Mary Elizabeth Plaice, of Westgate St., Shouldham, Norfolk. His brothers Bertie Plaice and Arthur Edward Plaice also fell.


World War Two Burial Details

D/JX 291512 Leading Seaman, Walter Munro Andrews, H.M.M.L. 836 , Royal Navy, died 20th March 1944, aged 35. Son of Albert George and Mary Elizabeth Andrews; husband of Peggy Louise Andrews, of Woodston, Huntingdonshire.

T/87821 Driver Cyril Bernard Beadleson, Royal Army Service Corps, died 1st November 1941, aged 22. Son of William Henry and Eva Ethel Beadleson, of Hull. F.C.G.I.

7339356 Staff Sergeant, Walter Lees, Royal Army Medical Corps, died 5th October 1941.

1024084 Warrant Officer Class I James John Stevenson, Sub-Condr., Indian Army Ordnance Corps, died 11th January 1942. Son of William John and Jane Stevenson; husband of Gladys Ena Stevenson, of Plumstead, London.
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