Hastings Cemetery
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Hastings Cemetery is a cemetery in Hastings, East Sussex, located off the Ridge road.
The cemetery was opened on 28 November 1856. The Church of England section was consecrated by Ashurst Gilbert, Bishop of Chichester, followed by a service in All Saints Church.{{cite web|title=Exploring Hastings Cemetery|url=http://www.friendsofhastingscemetery.org.uk/|website=Friends Of Hastings Cemetery|access-date=24 July 2014}}
Hastings Crematorium is located within the cemetery. It was built in 1955, incorporating two Gothic-style burial chapels built in 1856 of local sandstone.{{cite web|url=http://friendsofhastingscemetery.org.uk/crematorium.html|website=friendsofhastingscemetery.org.uk|title=Crematorium|access-date=1 August 2017}}
Notable burials
- Major-General Sir Edward Anson (1826–1925), army officer
- Frederick Chamier (1796–1870), Royal Navy officer and writer
- Major-General John Granville Harkness (1831–1900), army officer{{cite web|url=http://www.friendsofhastingscemetery.org.uk/harknessjg.html|publisher=friendsofhastingscemetery.org.uk|title=Harkness, John Granville|access-date=10 September 2016}}
- Arthur Foord Hughes (1856–1914), artist{{cite web|url=http://friendsofhastingscemetery.org.uk/hughesaf.html|title=Hughes, Arthur Foord|publisher=Friends of Hastings Cemetery|access-date=4 January 2016}}
- George Monger (1840–1887)
- W. S. Penley (1851–1912), singer, actor, and comedian
- Sergiusz Piasecki (1901–1964), Belarusian-Polish novelist
- Arthur Banks Skinner (1861–1911), director of the Victoria and Albert Museum{{cite web|title=BK F01 Arthur Banks Skinner BA FSA|url=http://www.friendsofhastingscemetery.org.uk/skinnerab.html|website=Friends Of Hastings Cemetery|access-date=24 July 2014}}
- R. Bailey Walker (1839–1885), clergyman, activist, editor, and writer{{cite journal |year=1885 |title=In Memoriam: Robert Bailey Walker |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/THE_DIETETIC_REFORMER/qgQFAAAAQAAJ |journal=The Dietetic Reformer and Vegetarian Messenger |volume=12 |issue=163 |pages=192–197}}
- Anna McNeill Whistler (1804–1881), the subject of the painting Whistler's Mother
- William McNeill Whistler (1836–1900)
War graves
Hastings Cemetery contains the war graves of 176 Commonwealth service personnel (including two unidentified Royal Navy sailors) of World War I and 69 of World War II. Those whose graves could not be individually marked are listed on a Screen Wall Memorial. There are also buried here a Belgian army soldier of World War I and a German soldier and six German airmen of World War II.{{cite web|title=Hastings Cemetery, with list of casualties |url= http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/73182/HASTINGS%20CEMETERY,%20SUSSEX |publisher= Commonwealth War Graves Commission |access-date= 16 December 2016}}
References
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External links
- [http://friendsofhastingscemetery.org.uk/ Friends of Hastings Cemetery]
- {{Find a Grave cemetery}}
{{Cemeteries in England}}
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Category:Cemeteries in East Sussex