Western Necropolis is a cemetery complex in
Glasgow
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,
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located to the north of the city centre. As well as the actual Western Necropolis cemetery established in 1882,
it is bordered by Lambhill Cemetery which opened in 1881,
St Kentigern's Cemetery (Roman Catholic) that opened in 1882,
and Glasgow (Garnethill) Hebrew Burial Ground founded in 1989.
Of the four necropolises in Glasgow, the Western Necropolis is the only one with a crematorium on the grounds.
Designed by James Chalmers in 1893 and opened in 1895, it was the first crematorium in Scotland.
The cemetery contains 359
Commonwealth war graves from the
First and 124 from
Second World War
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s, beside others from the
Second Boer War
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, in addition to two German war graves. The First World War graves are mainly grouped in Section P, with a group of Australian graves in Section N.
Notable burials in Western Necropolis
*
David Barclay (1846–1917) – architect
*
Hugh Barclay (1829–1892) – architect
*
James Thomson Bottomley (1845–1926) – physicist
*
James Bridie (1888–1951) – playwright/screenwriter/physician
*
John Burnet (1814–1901) – architect
*
James Finlayson (1840–1906) – surgeon
*
William Tennant Gairdner (1824 - 1907) - physician
*
Henry MacDonald (1823–1893) – British Army officer,
V.C. recipient
[Location of grave and VC medal]
''(Glasgow)''
*
Alexander Beith McDonald (1847–1915) – architect
*
Willie Paul (1866-1911) - footballer
*
William Shirreffs (1846–1902) – sculptor
*
William Alexander Smith (1854–1914) – Boy's Brigade founder
*
Alexander Neill Somerville (1813–1889) – minister/evangelist
* Four unidentified victims of the 1915
Quintinshill rail disaster
Notable burials in Lambhill Cemetery
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Will Fyffe (1885–1947) – actor/singer
*
James Sellars
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Life
Sellars was born in the Gorbals in Glasgow, son of James Sellars, house factor a ...
(1843–1888) – architect
*
Findlay Weir (1889–1918) – footballer, died while serving in World War I
Notable burials at St Kentigern’s Cemetery
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Robert Downie (1894–1968) – British Army soldier, V.C. recipient
[
* Francis Fitzpatrick (1859–1933) – British Army soldier, V.C. recipient][
* Benny Lynch (1913–1946) – boxer
]
Notable cremations at Glasgow Crematorium
* Major-General Sir Robert Bellew Adams (1856–1928) – British Army officer, V.C. recipient (ashes buried at Inverness
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)
* Guy Aldred (1886–1963) – English anarchist-communist (following leaving of his body to medical science).
* James Finlayson, Surgeon
* Keir Hardie
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(1856–1915) – founder Labour Party Leader
* James Maxton (1885–1946) – Independent Labour Party
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leader and Member of Parliament for Glasgow Bridgeton.wireless
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officer on the ocean liner
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during her ill-fated maiden voyage.
* Maria Fyfe (1938–2020) – Member of Parliament for Glasgow Maryhill.
A memorial in the garden of rest erected by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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commemorates one serviceman of World War I and 72 Commonwealth service personnel of World War II who were cremated here.[
]
References
{{Cemeteries in Scotland
Cemeteries in Scotland
Buildings and structures in Glasgow
Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes
Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in Scotland
1882 establishments in Scotland
Cemeteries established in the 1880s