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​​Hollybrook Cemetery Southampton​


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​​Hollybrook Cemetery, Southampton, contains two Commonwealth War Graves Commission plots and a memorial. ​The cemetery is located a short distance from Southampton Common, where thousands of personnel were accommodated prior to embarkation during the run-up to D-Day in 1944.​

​​The cemetery is located in the Maybush area of Southampton next to Southampton General Hospital, and can be accessed via Tremona Road.

Within the cemetery is a CWGC Memorial bearing the names of almost 1,900 men and women who have no known grave. Many of them were lost or buried at sea. The memorial is situated behind the plot containing 128 burials from the First World War. This can be found to the right of the entrance when entering from Tremona Road.

The CWGC Second World War burial plot can be found on the left side of the main centre path. This plot contains a large number of the 248 burials from 1940 onwards. One grave is that of the Rev. Derrick Lovell Williams, who at the request of Lord Lovat of the 1st Special Service Brigade, was recorded as a battle casualty on the eve of D-Day.

There are 10 burials of men who died on 6 June 1944. Most of them are from units that were part of the British 3rd Infantry Division which landed on Sword Beach. Several others are crew members of the landing crafts that were essential for the success of Operation Overlord.

Tremonda Road, Shirley​, SO16 6HW