Walton-on-Thames Cemetery

Walton-on-Thames Cemetery
Selection of planting, graves and the New Zealand War Memorial
Details
Location	Walton-on-Thames, Borough of Elmbridge, Surrey
Country	England
Coordinates	51°23′16″N0°25′02″W / 51.3877°N 0.4172°W / 51.3877; -0.4172
Type	Active
Style	Laid to lawn, with low front wall, flowers and shrubberies
Owned by	Elmbridge Borough Council
Size	5,700 square metres (1.4 acres)
No. of interments	229
Website	https://www.elmbridge.gov.uk/cemeteries-services/information/
Find a Grave	Walton-on-Thames Cemetery

Walton-on-Thames Cemetery is the municipal part of Walton-on-Thames's main cemeteries next to the (Anglican) parish church and facing the Methodist Church. ^{[1] [2]}

Among the 229 graves are 33 for casualties from World War I and World War II. Near the entrance is a memorial wall listing 19 men who served with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the former. ^{[3] [4]} Some or all of these were patients at the No. 2 New Zealand General Hospital nearby. ^[2]

Notable burials

• George Virtue (1794–1868); 19th-century London publisher, notably of engravings; has a surmounting sculpture by Joseph Edwards. ^[5]
• Fred Atkins (1859–1881); police constable whose murder on Kingston Hill remains unsolved. ^[6]

Gallery

• 
  ANZAC memorial
• 
  George Virtue grave

References

1. "Cemeteries information". Elmbridge Borough Council.
2. "WALTON-ON-THAMES CEMETERY". The Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
3. "Walton and Weybridge (Walton-On-Thames) Cemetery". New Zealand History.
4. "Walton on Thames Cemetery". Surrey in the Great War: A County Remembers.
5. "Monument to George Virtue (1794-1868)". The Victorian Web.
6. "Fred Atkins grave monument in Municipal Cemetery, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England". Gravestone Photographic Resource.

External links

• Official website
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• "Walton-on-Thames NZ General Hospital Roll of Honour". New Zealand History. New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage.