Springbank Cemetery, Aberdeen
{{Short description|Burial ground in Scotland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox cemetery
| name = Springbank Cemetery
| image = Cemetery_lodge,_Springbank_Municipal_Cemetery,_Aberdeen_(geograph_3367218).jpg
| caption = Cemetery Lodge, Springbank Cemetery (2012)
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| established = 1884
| country = Scotland
| location = Aberdeen
| coordinates = {{coord|57.1320007|-2.146368|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
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| owner = Aberdeen City Council
| size = {{convert|15|ha|acre}}
| graves = 23,000+
| findagrave1 = 2262298
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Springbank Cemetery is located on Countesswells Road, Aberdeen.{{Cite web|url=https://billiongraves.com/cemetery/Springbank-Cemetery-Aberdeen/159641|title=Springbank Cemetery on Billion Graves website|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=25 November 2019}} It opened in 1884.
File:Springbank_Cemetery,_Aberdeen_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1567796.jpg
The cemetery is operated by the local authority, Aberdeen City Council, is one of seventeen cemeteries in Aberdeen.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/services/births-deaths-and-ceremonies/deaths-and-bereavement/cemeteries-and-burial-grounds|title=Aberdeen City Council official page on burial grounds|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=25 November 2019}} It is located on Countesswells Road with entrances on both Countesswells Road and Springfield Road where the cemetery lodge is situated.
According to Historic Environment Scotland, at the south-west corner of the cemetery there formerly stood Springbank Cottage.{{Cite web|url=https://canmore.org.uk/site/207623/aberdeen-springbank-cemetery|title=Aberdeen, Springbank Cemetery {{!}} Canmore|website=canmore.org.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-11-25}}
Notable graves
The cemetery contains 95 war graves, 36 from the First World War and 59 from the Second World War{{Cite web|url=https://www.cwgc.org/find/find-war-dead/results/?cemetery=ABERDEEN%20(SPRINGBANK)%20CEMETERY|title=Commonwealth War Graves Commission|last=|first=|date=|website=www.cwgc.org|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-11-25}}
- William Dove Paterson a pioneer of early cinema
- James Reid Rust Lord Provost of Aberdeen and Lord Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire
- Sir James Taggart, Lord Provost of Aberdeen 1914 to 1919