
POLEMIDIA,
LIMMASSOL, CYPRUS - BRITISH CEMETERY
Compiled
& Copyright © Martin Edwards 2006
Photographs Copyright © Charlie & Ginnie Smith 2006
Polemidia
Military Cemetery lies on the outskirts of Limassol on the B8 Limassol
to Troodos road. Heading north the cemetery is on the right hand side
1 kilometre north of the main A1 Larnaka to Paphos road. The entrance
is set back off the road and marked with a locally made sign saying
"British Cemetery". The cemetery served the British Polemidia
Camp. Note the various spelling of Polemidia are as inscribed on the
graves. Click on the images to see a larger image.
ADAMS |
James |

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Sergeant,
1st Battalion, Queen's
Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Died
22nd October 1882. Aged 27. |
ANDREWS |
Walter
Munro |

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Leading
Seaman D/JX 291512, H.M. Motor Launch 836, Royal NAvy. Died 20th
March 1944. Aged 35. Son of Albert George and Mary Elizabeth Andrews;
husband of Peggy Louise Andrews, of Woodston, Huntingdonshire. Grave
86. |
BEADLESON |
Cyril
Bernard |

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Driver
T/87821, Royal Army Medical Corps. Died 1st November 1941. Aged
22. Son of William Henry and Eva Ethel Beadleson, of Hull. F.C.G.I.
Grave 83. |
BERBANK |
Francis
John |

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Private
4962256, C Company, 2nd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire
& Derbyshire Regiment). Died at Polymedia 2nd November 1921.
Aged 20. Born in Nottingham in 1901. |
BRIDGETT |
Frank |

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Private,
F Company, 1st Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment).
Died 21st January 1882. Aged 26. |
BURT-ANDREWS,
CB, CBE |
Charles
B E |

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Air
Commodore, Royal Air Force. Born 21st March 1913. Died 7th January
1995. |
CAPEL |
Edward
C |

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Private
10621, Royal Army Medical Corps. Died from enteric fever at Camp
Polymedia, Limassol, Cyprus 8th February 1899 contracted in the
discharge of his duties nursing comrades in hospital. Memorial erected
by RAMC men and Depot Staff, Limassol and C Company, 1st Battalion,
Border Regiment as a mark of respect and esteem. |
CARBY-HALL,
TD |
Daniel |

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Colonel,
Royal Army Service Corps. Born Leeds. Died 14th April 1981. Aged
88. |
CARPENTER |
G |

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Private,
G Company, 1st Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment).
Died 26th December 1882. Aged 26. |
CONWAY |
William |

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Grave
of John CONWAY, son of Sergeant William and Mary E. (Schoolmistress)
CONWAY, 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment, Died 4th January 1892. Aged
2 days. Also of Mary E wife of William who died 4th January 1892.
Aged 29. |
DREW |
Thomas
H |

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Grave
commemorates Alfred James DREW son of Sergeant MAjor Thomas H DREW,
1st Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own Yorkshire Rewgiment, who died
14th May 1888. Aged 31 months. |
ELLIS |
John |

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Private,
E Company, 2nd Battalion, Connaught Rangers. Died 1st March 1893.
Aged 29. |
FARRELLY |
Bernard |

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Private,
2nd Battalion, Connaught Rangers. Died 24th April 1894 at Camp Polemedia.
Aged 24. |
FLYNN |
John |

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Private
5336, L Company, 1st Battalion, Border Regiment. Died at Polymedia
Camp 15th December 1898. Aged 19. |
GIBBS |
Don |

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Wing
Commander, Royal Air Force. Born 29th July 1909. Died 18th March
1983. |
GROUT |
Harry |

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Private,
2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment. Died 19th February 1892. Aged illegible. |
HILLS |
Edward |

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2nd
Corporal, Army Service Corps. Died 1st February 1896. Aged 40. |
HOOKER |
J |

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Private
2370, B Company, 3rd Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Died 14th
October 1885. |
HOPKINSON |
Wright |

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Private,
E Company, 1st Battalion, Princes of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment.
Died 25th November 1888. Aged 25. |
HOWARTH |
Charles |

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Sergeant
3456, H Company, 1st Battalion, Border Regiment. Died at Polymedia
Camp 16th Noveber 1898. Aged 25. |
HUNTER |
G
J |

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2nd
Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment (Pompadours). Died at
Polemedia 3rd June 1892. Aged 20. |
JOHNSON |
R |

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Private,
2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment. Died 8th October 1882, Aged 25. |
LANNING |
Cecil
Francis |

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Private
3375, 4th (City of London) Battalion (Royal
Fusiliers), London Regiment. Died in Cyprus 18th January
1916. Enlisted Shaftesbury Street, London N. Resident Wimbledon.
Buried in Grave 65. |
LEE |
G |

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Private
2406, 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment. Died 22nd December 1890. Aged
25. |
LEES |
Walter |

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Staff
Sergeant 7339356, Royal Army Medical Corps. Died 5th October 1941.
Grave 82. |
LONGOROFT |
Edward |

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Grave
of the John LONGOROFT, second son of Edward (Royal Engineers) and
Grace LONGOROFT. Born 11th February 1889. Died 30th December 1897.
Also Ethel daughter of the above. Born 14th September 1894. Died
21st February 1898. |
McLEOD |
Colin |

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Private
3383, B Company, 1st Battalion, Cameron Highlanders. Died of illness
at Polemidia 16th October 1897. Aged 29. Grave 52. |
MURRAY |
M |

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Lance
Corporal, A Company, 1st Battalion, Royal berkshire Regiment. Died
at Polemedia 27th October 1887. Aged 24. |
MURRAY,
CB |
A
W |

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Lieutenant
Genera;. Died 18th March 1894. Aged 82. |
NASH |
Thomas |

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Private,
1st Battalion, Royal berkshire Regiment. Died 21st January 1887. |
NICHOLSON |
Thomas |

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Private
3/10827, 8th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
Died in the Mediterranean 19th November 1915. Born Yorkshire, enlisted
Halifax. Grave 64. |
PLAICE |
Harold |

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Private
10457, 1st Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers. Died 11th November
1915. Aged 18. Born and resident Shouldham, Norfolk, enlisted Norwich.
Son of Robert and Mary Elizabeth Plaice, of Westgate St., Shouldham,
Norfolk. Formerly 8088, Lancers of the Line. Grave 63. |
POWERS |
Arthur
Tait Scott |

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Private
4263099, C Company. 2nd Battalion, The Green Howards. Died at Polymedia
Camp, Cyprus 18th May 1928. |
PRENTICE |
H
A |

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Sergeant,
Medical Staff Corps. Died 13th November 1885. Aged 25. |
SHEPPARD,
MBE |
Desmond |

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The
Reverend Group Captain, Chaplin to Limassol and Paphos. Born 18th
September 1923. Died 18th September 1983. |
STAINER |
Frederick |

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Drummer,
G Company, 1st Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment.
Died 5th May 1889. Aged 21. |
STEVENSON |
James
John |

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Warrant
Officer 1st Class (Sub Conductor) 1024084, Indian Army Ordnance
Corps. Died 11th January 1942. Son of William John and Jane Stevenson;
husband of Gladys Ena Stevenson, of Plumstead, London. Grave 84. |
THORPY |
Thomas
Andrew |

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Sergeant,
C Company, 2nd Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Died
15th February 1902. Aged 26. |
WALLIKER |
Jack,
MC |

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Major,
The Welch Regiment. Born January 1919. Died 5th July 1999. Husband
of Kay Walliker, father of Diane, John and Bryan. Awarded the Military
Cross (M.C.). |
WHITFIELD |
Alick
Charles |
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Major.
Born 31st July 1894 in Limassol, Cyprus, the son of a British Army
Officer. He married his wife, Angela, in Jerusalem in 1922 where
he was working for the Government of Palestine and Trans Jordan.
Thye had three children, Cynthia, Charlie and Diana. He took a commission
after the start of the Second World War serving in Palestine throughout
the campaign before moving back to Cyprus in 1948 when the State
of Israel was created. Died 30th August 1974 as an indirect result
of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. His wife died a few weeks later
and is also buried in the British Cemetery at Polemidia. . |
Last updated
7 July, 2019
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