Bangor New Cemetery

Bangor New Cemetery in a cemetery in Whitehill, Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland. ^{[1] [2]} It is on the Newtownards Road. It is a closed cemetery, apart from burials in existing graves. It is managed under the Ards and North Down Borough Council. ^[3] Bangor New Cemetery opened in 1899. ^[4]

Notable interments

The cemetery is the resting place for 40 servicemen who served in WWII and victims of the Blitz. ^{[5] [6]}

• Sir Samuel Kelly (1879-1937) - businessperson, coal merchant, philanthropist, established John Kelly Limited ^[7]
• Elizabeth McCracken (1871-1944) - suffragist, feminist writer ^[8]
• Nesca Robb (1905-1976) - writer ^[9]

References

1. Development, Northern Ireland Ministry of (1972). Report - Ministry of Development. H.M. Stationery Office. ISBN   978-0-337-08065-4.
2. Ireland, Northern (1959). The Belfast Gazette. H.M. Stationery Office.
3. "Burials and Cemeteries". Ards and North Down Borough Council. Retrieved 2025-01-30.
4. Office, Northern Ireland Public Record (1960). Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Records for the Year ... H.M. Stationery Office.
5. "Bangor New Cemetery, Bangor, Co. Down". WartimeNI. Retrieved 2025-01-30.
6. Jarvis, S. D. & D. B. (2012-03-27). The Cross of Sacrifice: Officers Who Died in the Service of British, Indian and East African Regiments and Corps, 1914-1919. Andrews UK Limited. ISBN   978-1-78151-761-1.
7. McCabe, Peter (2021). 2020 (1st ed.). Northern Ireland: History Hub Ulster. ISBN   9781999658816.
8. "The Victims: My blue-eyed angel was murdered". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. 2007-04-23. ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 2025-01-30.
9. "Robb, Nesca Adeline". www.dib.ie. Retrieved 2025-01-30.

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