St Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Kensal Green


St Mary's Catholic Cemetery is located at Kensal Green in London, England, and has its own . .

History

Established in 1858, the site was built next door to Kensal Green Cemetery. It is the final resting place for more than 165,000 individuals of the Roman Catholic faith, and features a to Belgian soldiers of the First World War, wounded in combat and evacuated to England, where they died in hospital.
There is also a War Memorial, in the form of a to the British, Irish, French and Canadian servicemen. It is surrounded by a Screen Wall memorial and a low kerb listing Commonwealth service personnel of both World Wars whose graves in the cemetery could not be marked by headstones. In all, the cemetery contains 208 graves of Commonwealth service personnel of the First World War, and 107 graves of the Second World War. There are also many foreign nationality war graves that include, from First World War, 77 Belgians and six Germans, and from the Second, eight Czechoslovakian and six Polish war graves.
Many Irish migrants who came to England during the Great Famine are buried here.

Notable interments

The cemetery is open for visitors 365 days per year
Monday – Saturday: 8am to 4pm
Sunday: 9am to 4pm
Christmas Day & Boxing Day: 9am – 1pm

The cemetery office

All enquires should be directed to the Superintendent.
Office hours:
Monday – Friday: 9am – 3:30pm.
Visitors, especially those interested in their Catholic family history, may request the office staff consult the recently computerised records for all interments in St Mary's Catholic Cemetery.