| Western Necropolis | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Details | |
| Established | 1882 |
| Location | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Coordinates | 55°53′57″N 4°16′54″W / 55.89911°N 4.28173°W |
| Type | Public |
| Find a Grave | Western Necropolis |
Western Necropolis is a cemetery complex in Glasgow, Scotland located to the north of the city centre. As well as the actual Western Necropolis cemetery established in 1882,[1] it is bordered by Lambhill Cemetery which opened in 1881,[1] St Kentigern's Cemetery (Roman Catholic) that opened in 1882,[1] and Glasgow (Garnethill) Hebrew Burial Ground founded in 1989.[1]
Of the four necropolises in Glasgow, the Western Necropolis is the only one with a crematorium on the grounds.[1] Designed by James Chalmers in 1893 and opened in 1895, it was the first crematorium in Scotland.[1][2]
The cemetery contains 359 Commonwealth war graves from the First and 124 from Second World Wars, beside others from the Second Boer War.[3]
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
- Henry MacDonald (1823–1893) – British Army officer, V.C. recipient[4]
- Alexander Beith McDonald (1847–1915) – architect
- William Shirreffs (1846–1902) – sculptor
- William Alexander Smith (1854–1914) – Boy's Bridge founder
- Alexander Neill Somerville (1813–1889) – minister/evangelist
- Four unidentified victims of the 1915 Quintinshill rail disaster[5]
Notable burials in Lambhill Cemetery
- Will Fyffe (1885–1947) – actor/singer
- James Sellars (1843–1888) – architect
- Findlay Weir (1889–1918) – footballer, died while serving in World War I[6]
Notable burials at St Kentigern’s Cemetery
- Robert Downie (1894–1968) – British Army soldier, V.C. recipient[4]
- Francis Fitzpatrick (1859–1933) – British Army soldier, V.C. recipient[4]
- Benny Lynch (1913–1946) – boxer[7]
Notable cremations at Glasgow Crematorium
- Major-General Sir Robert Bellew Adams (1856–1928) – British Army officer, V.C. recipient (ashes buried at Inverness)[8]
- Guy Aldred (1886–1963) – English anarchist-communist (following leaving of his body to medical science).[9]
- Keir Hardie (1856–1915) – founder Labour Party Leader[10]
- James Maxton (1885–1946) – Independent Labour Party leader and Member of Parliament for Glasgow Bridgeton.[11]
- Jessie M. Soga (1870–1954) – singer/teacher/suffragette[12]
- Harold Bride (1890–1956) – wireless officer on the ocean liner RMS Titanic 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 commemorates one serviceman of World War I and 72 Commonwealth service personnel of World War II who were cremated here.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Western Necropolis". Discover Glasgow. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ↑ "The Glasgow Crematorium, built in the grounds of the Western Necropolis, Maryhill, was formally opened yesterday". Glasgow Herald. 28 November 1895. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- 1 2 "Cemetery Details – Glasgow Western Necropolis". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- 1 2 3 Location of grave and VC medal (Glasgow)
- ↑ "Memorial for child victims of UK's worst rail crash". BBC News. BBC. 27 June 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
- ↑ "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ↑ "Boxing legend of Glasgow's Benny Lynch". Evening Times. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
- ↑ Burial location of Robert Adams Inverness
- ↑ Bob Jones, ‘Aldred, Guy Alfred (1886–1963)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, May 2006 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/40278, accessed 10 Sept 2007
- ↑ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 25. Oxford University Press. 2004. p. 155. ISBN 0-19-861375-X.Article by Kenneth O. Morgan.
- ↑ "Maxton, James [Jimmy]". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/34957. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ "Notices – SOGA". The Glasgow Herald. 23 February 1954.
