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Craigton Cemetery, Pollokshields, Glasgow

 
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Adam Brown



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 11:33 pm    Post subject: Craigton Cemetery, Pollokshields, Glasgow Reply with quote

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164 WW1 CWGC graves
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wteape1962



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 14, 2010 6:27 pm    Post subject: Craigton Cemetery, Glasgow Reply with quote

Details of the the First and Second World War CWGC graves in Craigton Cemetery, can be found on the "Find A Grave" Website.

http://www.findagrave.com/

Click "search for a cemetery" and then type in Craigton Cemetery. Then using the drop down menu click "Scotland."

When you get to the Craigton Cemetery page, click "view all internments." Within that list are all the CWGC graves.
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wteape1962



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 14, 2010 7:23 pm    Post subject: Second World War CWGC graves in Craigton Cemetery. Reply with quote

There are 84 casualties of the Second World War buried in Craigton Cemetery.

This total is made up of 15 sailors, 41 soldiers, 21 airmen, 2 Merchant Navy seamen, and 1 member of the Home Guard belonging to the United Kingdom services.

In addition there is 1 Canadian sailor, 2 airmen of the Royal Canadian Air Force, and 1 airman of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.
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apanderson



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 14, 2010 9:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hello wteape1962,

Thank you for the information on the 'Find a Grave' site.

Obviously none of our volunteers have got round to surveying Craigton Cemetery as yet, so anyone looking for a CWGC grave there has the option of looking at the site.

I'm not too familiar with 'Find a Grave' so I don't know what the charges for photographs are. TWGPP charge £3.00 for a digital image, £5.00 for a 'hard-copy'.

If (and when) any of our volunteers get round to surveying Craigton, high-res photos (although may be watermarked on the site) will be available free of charge.

Anne
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wteape1962



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 14, 2010 10:00 pm    Post subject: Findagrave Reply with quote

Anne

Findagrave won't show photos. There is, however, a list of the war dead in Craigton Cemetery.
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apanderson



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 14, 2010 10:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I had a look, but I could only find an alphabetical list. Maybe I'm not using the search correctly! Confused

The CWGC database also offers the facility to search for every CWGC Burial in Craigton (as well as every other Burial Ground containing CWGC Burials), giving Sections and Lairs/Plots.

According to their database, there are 251 CWGC Burials.

See: http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_reports.aspx?cemetery=74401&mode=1

Anne
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wteape1962



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 14, 2010 10:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I didn't realise, that the CWGC database, offered a facility to search for every CWGC Burial in Craigton and other cemeteries.

I believe that is a better system (for war graves) than Findagrave.

If you click on the names on the Findagrave site, you'll find biographical information. It will be basically the same as the CWGC site.
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emmar



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 10:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

CWGC site seems an excellent resource.

Is this the Craigton Cemetery that is in Craigton next to Cardonald and a tad away from Pollokshields?
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wteape1962



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 10:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

emmar wrote:
CWGC site seems an excellent resource.

Is this the Craigton Cemetery that is in Craigton next to Cardonald and a tad away from Pollokshields?


Yes, there is an entrance at Berryknowes Road, and another on Paisley Road West.
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Tonym



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 12:14 pm    Post subject: Re: Second World War CWGC graves in Craigton Cemetery. Reply with quote

wteape1962 wrote:
There are 84 casualties of the Second World War buried in Craigton Cemetery.

This total is made up of 15 sailors, 41 soldiers, 21 airmen, 2 Merchant Navy seamen, and 1 member of the Home Guard belonging to the United Kingdom services.

In addition there is 1 Canadian sailor, 2 airmen of the Royal Canadian Air Force, and 1 airman of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.


There is also an ATS casualty buried in Craigton that does not appear in that cemetery list =

Name: HUTCHEON, DOREEN LILIAS
Initials: D L
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Auxiliary Territorial Service
Age: 19
Date of Death: 22/06/1942
Service No: W/169623
Additional information: Daughter of Charles L. Hutcheon and Lilias H. Hutcheon, of Glasgow.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. L. Grave 71.
Cemetery: GLASGOW (CRAIGTON) CEMETERY

Be most grateful if anybody can produce a photo of her grave

Tony
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