A guide to Churches and Graveyards in Surrey for family historians
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WSFHS holds over 6,000 records for the Military Cemetery
Search for any references to your ancestor in the Surrey Index of Names:
https://www.wsfhs.co.uk/pages/sindex/siSearch.php (opens in new browser window) or use our contact form to find out which Monumental Inscription collections might be available: https://surreychurches.org.uk/contact The land for the military cemetery was originally set apart during 1917 by agreement between the Secretary of State for War and the Necropolis Company and was confirmed in 1921. The cemetery contains graves and memorials from both World Wars One and Two and includes burials from Commonwealth countries and the United State of America. It also includes a number of German and Italian former prisoners of war. In 1968 27 bodies from the Muslim Military Cemetery in Horsell were reinterred in Brookwood Military Cemetery Brookwood is a village in the Woking district of Surrey.
Unless otherwise stated the dates for the creation of parishes are taken from Youngs, Frederick. A., jr.. Guide to the Administrative Units of England; Royal Historical Society: London, 1979 volume 1 Southern England.
The Woking Index will show you all the churches and cemeteries we know of in the Woking District. If we have missed any or you are looking for a church or graveyard that might no longer exist do please let us know using the email at the bottom of this page If you came to this page from our main index to churchyards If you came from the Woking page use the button at the top of this page to close the page and go back to the Woking index. |
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