Friends of Gainsbrough Cemeteries and Chapel

General and North Warren Cemeteries

  • Burial Records
  • Tracing relatives of WWI Servicemen
  • Restoring WWI Headstones Project
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Engine Room Artificer Walter Cecil Alborn

Engine Room Artificer Walter Cecil Alborn served on H.M.S. ‘Black Prince.’

He died on the 31st May 1916 in the Jutland Naval. battle. Walter was 25 years old.

Walter Cecil Alborn joined the Royal Navy in 1913 as an Engine Room Artificer. He has no known grave and is remembered on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial and on the Primitive Methodist War Memorial.

He trained as a fitter at Marshall’s, and before joining the Royal Navy, he was working for David Brown & Sons Ltd., at Huddersfield.

Engine Room Artificer Walter Cecil Alborn
Walter Cecil Alborn’s headstone before restoration.
Walter Cecil Alborn’s headstone after restoration work.

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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