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Paignton Cemetery

Paignton Cemetery
A section of the cemetery
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Paignton
CountryEngland
Coordinates50°26′14″N 3°34′51″W / 50.437197°N 3.580771°W / 50.437197; -3.580771
Find a GravePaignton Cemetery

Paignton Cemetery is a burial ground situated within the town of Paignton, Devon, England.

Commonwealth War Graves

The cemetery contains 40 burials of Commonwealth service personnel from the First World War (including one unidentified Royal Navy sailor) and 43 graves from the Second World War.[1] Just within the Ailescombe Road entrance there is a Cross of Sacrifice of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission erected to commemorate the dead of the First World War.[2]

The Torquay and Paignton Hebrew Congregation Cemetery

There is a section of the cemetery devoted to Jewish burials situated off Ailescombe Road.[3] There are approximately 90 people interred in this section.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Paignton Cemetery". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  2. ^ "Paignton Cemetery – CWGC Cross". Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  3. ^ "Paignton, Torbay, Devon: | England – International Jewish Cemetery Project". www.iajgsjewishcemeteryproject.org. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  4. ^ "JCR-UK: Paignton Jewish Cemetery, Torbay, Devon, UK". www.jewishgen.org. Retrieved 2018-12-14.

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