DJi Mini 2 - George Cornell - Camberwell New Cemetery - Forest Hill - London - December 2023

An aerial view of the cemetery and its stunning buildings, including Crystal Palace and Canary Wharf.

This is where my parents are at rest, my dad a WWII veteran and my mum a Belgian prisoner of the Nazi's.

The cemetery is located on Brenchley Gardens about half a mile from the old cemetery. In the early 20th Century it was recognised that the original cemetery would be at capacity[8] in the near future. The land for the new cemetery was purchased in three lots in 1901.

In addition to one grave from the First World War, there are 198 Commonwealth service war graves of the Second, some 80 of the latter in war graves plot in Squares 91 and 92. A Screen Wall memorial lists some 120 whose graves could not be marked by headstones, and 56 other service personnel who were cremated at the crematorium, my dad being one of them.

The cemetery has recently been used as a filming location for London Boulevard and Hereafter.

Notable graves in the New Cemetery:
George Cornell, East end gangster famously shot by the Kray twins in 1966 at The Blind Beggar public house.
General Frederick Coutts (1899–1986), Salvation Army general.
General Wilfred Kitching (1893–1977), Salvation Army general.
Freddie Mills world light heavyweight boxing champion from 1948 to 1950.
William Pullum world weight-lifting champion.
Anne Shelton (1923–1994) popular singer, the 'Forces' Favourite' in WWII.