Friends of Gainsbrough Cemeteries and Chapel

General and North Warren Cemeteries

  • Burial Records
  • Tracing relatives of WWI Servicemen
  • Restoring WWI Headstones Project
  • Events at the Chapel
  • Privacy Policy

Restoring WWI Headstones Project

The Friends raise funds to restore the headstones of servicemen and women who served during both World Wars. Because of the amount of time that has passed these headstones have fallen into disrepair or have become difficult to read.

We’re also working with the Commonwealth War Commission so that servicemen with no headstone, who meet the necessary criteria, can have a Commonwealth War Grave Headstone placed on their grave.

We have three main areas for this section of our website.

Royal Flying Corps 33 Squadron

The Friends have worked to have the headstones of members of the Royal Flying Corps 33 Squadron from the First World War renovated.

Royal Flying Corps

Two further restored headstones from airmen from the Royal Flying Corps

Commonwealth War Graves

The Friends are working to have Commonwealth War Graves Headstones installed on the graves of servicemen who have no headstone.

WWI Family Headstones

The Friends are raising funds to have the headstones of WWI servicemen, who are remembered on family headstones, restored. These servicemen were either buried abroad or who have no known grave. We’ve restored many headstones already.

How to get in touch

If you would like to get in touch with the Friends group, please email:

susan@friendsofthegeneralcemetery.com

About the Friends

The Friends of Gainsborough Cemeteries and Chapel was set-up to help restore the family headstones of servicemen and women who died during WWI and WWII.

Both cemeteries have graves recognised by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

We also work to preserve both the General Cemetery, its Chapel, and the North Warren (Non-Conformist) Cemetery. With the kind permission of Gainsborough Town Council.

The General Cemetery is situated on Cox’s Hill in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. And the North Warren Cemetery is on Ropery Road in Gainsborough.

 

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Email: susan@friendsofthegeneralcemetery.com

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