Commonwealth Graves

[exsapper Old Sweat Find all posts View Profile Close exsapper]

Hi
Sorry if this seems a stupid question, but I discovered today an out of the way cemetery that has a sign on the gate ''Commonwealth Graves''.


It is located near Up Monkton Wimborne St Giles in East Dorset.

Is this worth me looking to see if there are any Op Banner graves here?
Regards
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[Jock2413 Site Guardian Find all posts View Profile Close Jock2413]

Always worth it mate. Remember, although we have located a large percentage of the graves, there are still many where we have no idea where they are laid to rest. So any military stone where the date is between 1969 and 2007 is well worth noting. Quite a few have been located that way. As you will no doubt know, the shape of the top of the stone is a big clue. Smooth top is pre 1948, cut away corners are the ones we are looking for.

[exsapper Old Sweat Find all posts View Profile Close exsapper]

Thanks Jock, I will pop over in the week and have a look around.
There is a small military cemetery outside of Tidworth on the road to Marlborough, next time I am that way I will look there also.
REgards
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[Jock2413 Site Guardian Find all posts View Profile Close Jock2413]

I know that one as I've been there. We have one lad buried in that location. Its actually called Durrington Council Cemetery and just off the A345 and has a lot of Canadian WW2 dead buried there. Our one is Pte Andrew Cockwill of the Royal Hants 17th May 1989 and if memory serves, he is located near the bottom right from the small car park. It is a military stone and had a small statue of an angel in front of it. The grave number is 1416. It was 6 years ago when I went there and there were flowers laid. Might be worth a look to see if there has been any recent activity and check on the condition of the stone as it was a bit tatty back then.

[Coops Association Member Find all posts View Profile Close Coops]

John Warnock RTR is laid to rest Tidworth Military Cemetary.
I had the privilege of being a member of the guard of honour at his funeral.

[Jock2413 Site Guardian Find all posts View Profile Close Jock2413]

Yes, I visited his grave and all the other Op Banner ones laid to rest in there. There's fifteen that I know of dating from 1969 to 1994.