Stratford-sub-Castle (St. Lawrence) Cemetery

Stratford-sub-Castle, Wiltshire

Inscription on the cross of sacrifice reads:

This cross of sacrifice is one in design and intention with those that have been set up in France and Belgium and other places throughout the world where our dead of the Great War are laid to rest

The inscription on the churchyard memorial reads:

1914-1918

God make us worthy of their sacrifice

During the two world wars, the United Kingdom became an island fortress used for training troops and launching land, sea and air operations around the globe. There are more than 170,000 Commonwealth war graves in the United Kingdom, many being those of servicemen and women killed on active service, or who later succumbed to wounds. Others died in training accidents, or because of sickness or disease. The graves, many of them privately owned and marked by private memorials, will be found in more than 12,000 cemeteries and churchyards. Most of the 47 First World War burials in Stratford-sub-Castle (St Lawrence) Churchyard were made from the local hospital and more than half of them are of Australian servicemen who were based at the many Australian depots and training camps in the area. There are also two burials of the Second World War in the cemetery.

Number of identified casualties: 52

Pictures courtesy of Howard Wootton

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