History
Established in 1858, the 29 acre (120,000 m²) site was built next door to the much larger Anglican & Non-Conformist Kensal Green Cemetery. It is the final resting place for more than 165,000 individuals of the Roman Catholic faith, and features a memorial to Belgian soldiers of the First World War who were wounded in combat and evacuated to England but died there in hospital. This memorial can be seen in the background of the image at right. There is also a War Memorial, in form of a Cross of Sacrifice, to British, Irish, French and Canadian servicemen, with a Screen Wall memorial and low kerb listing Commonwealth service personnel of both World Wars whose graves in the cemetery could not be marked by headstones. In all the cemetery contains 208 graves of Commonwealth service personnel of the First World War and 107 graves of the Second.
Many of the Irish migrants who came to England during the Great Famine are buried here
Read more about this topic: St. Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery
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