Margate Cemetery
| Margate Cemetery | |
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| Details | |
| Established | 1856 |
| Location | |
| Country | England |
| Coordinates | 51°22′23″N 1°22′34″E / 51.373°N 1.376°E |
| Website | St John’s Cemetery, Margate |
| Find a Grave | Margate Cemetery |
St John’s Cemetery, Margate is a cemetery located in Margate, Kent in England. The cemetery dates back to 1856
History
The Surf Boat Memorial is a Grade II listed building in Margate Cemetery.[1]
Notable burials
- John Allen (RAF officer), flying ace of the Second World War
- Pamela Barton, English amateur golfer
- Samuel Courtauld, art collector
- Thomas Selby Egan, coxswain and rowing coach
- Leslie Fuller, comic actor
- Richard Henry Horne, poet
- Sir William Quiller Orchardson, Scottish portraitist - memorial
- Lord George Sanger, English circus proprietor
- John Sanger, English circus proprietor
- Victoria Sanger Freeman, "the Queen of the Elephants"
War graves
The cemetery contains the war graves of 53 Commonwealth service personnel (two unidentified) of
Dunkirk evacuations.[2]
References
- ^ Barker, Peter. "Margate RNLI commemorate the 1897 Surf Boat tragedy". Margate RNLI. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
- ^ Margate Cemetery CWGC Cemetery Report.
External links
- Margate Cemetery - Billion Graves
