Helensburgh Cemetery

Helensburgh Cemetery is a 19th-century burial ground on the Old Luss Road in Helensburgh, Argyll, Scotland. Together with its boundary walls, lodge, gatepiers and gates it is designated as a Category B listed building by Historic Scotland.

The graveyard contains several fine monuments, including one to Andrew Bonar Law, the former Prime Minister, whose ashes are buried at Westminster Abbey.

Notable burials

War graves

There are 40 Commonwealth service personnel buried here whose graves are registered and maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, 21 from World War I and 19 from World War II.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Cemetery Details. Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Coordinates: 56°00′07″N 4°42′47″W / 56.002°N 4.713°W / 56.002; -4.713


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