Kirkley Cemetery

The Lychgate at Kirkley Cemetery

Kirkley Cemetery is a burial ground in the Kirkley area of Lowestoft in Suffolk. Located on London Road South, the cemetery is maintained by [Waveney District Council]] and is open for traditional and Green Burials.[1]

The cemetery contains 59 war burials from both World Wars which are registered with and maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.[2] Amongst them are Lance Corporal John Murdoch Dirom who was killed during preparations for Operation Overlord in 1944 aged 22.[3] Here also are buried civilian casualties of air raids on Lowestoft during World War II.[4]

The cemetery's Lychgate,[5] South Western[6] and North Eastern Chapels[7] were all listed in 1998 as Grade II listed buildings.[8] These were designed by the Lowestoft-born architect J. L. Clemence (1822-1911) and were built in 1880.[7] The first burials took place soon after.

See also

The Twin Chapels at Kirkley Cemetery

Lowestoft Cemetery

References

  1. ↑ Kirkley Cemetery on the Waveney District Council website
  2. ↑ Kirkley Cemetery on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website
  3. ↑ John Murdoch Dirom on the ParaData - Airborne Assault website
  4. ↑ Old Lowestoft website - The Letters (1942)
  5. ↑ Kirkley Cemetery Lych Gate on the Historic England website
  6. ↑ Kirkley Cemetery South Western Chapel on the Historic England website
  7. 1 2 Kirkley Cemetery North Eastern Chapel on the Historic England website
  8. ↑ Kirkley Cemetery on the British Listed Buildings website

Coordinates: 52°27′37″N 1°44′01″E / 52.4603°N 1.7337°E / 52.4603; 1.7337

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