British Cemetery Montevideo Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen

The British Cemetery Montevideo, Uruguay. (Cementerio Británico)
Established 1828
Location

Montevideo,  Uruguay

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British Cemetery Montevideo Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen contains information about servicemen of different nationalities whose tombs can be found within the Cemetery. A few of the ships mentioned are well known to the general public, such as STV Royston Grange or HMNZS Achilles, which fought in the Battle of the River Plate.

The British Cemetery Montevideo is included in the Roll of Honour and contains eight graves maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

British Servicemen

Early years

1914–18

1939–45

US servicemen

Grave of Roy Asbul Walker

German Sailors from the Battle of the River Plate who settled in Montevideo

STV Royston Grange

Sailors' Corner

This Section of the British Cemetery contains the graves of quite a number of sailors of different nationalities, although the majority are of British descent. Some served with the Armed Forces, and others are from merchant ships that were in the River Plate area at the time.

Other locations in the cemetery

References

Material used from original documents held in the British Cemetery Montevideo.

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    Coordinates: 34°54′02″S 56°07′45″W / 34.90056°S 56.12917°W / -34.90056; -56.12917

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