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Location

Directions

Limassol is the main town on the south coast of Cyprus. Driving eastwards along the Limassol seafront
road (28th October Street), one turns left at the traffic junction just before the Crowne Plaza Hotel into

Grivas Dhigenis Street. The gated entrance to the Roman Catholic Cemetery (locally known as the ‘War
Grave’ cemetery) is 75 metres along this street on the left hand side, just before a Fire Station.

The Cemetery in Context

There is a single War Grave in this cemetery, from the First World War, as well as two veterans’ graves,
including one from the Royal Air Force.

The two British military cemeteries in use in Cyprus during the First World War were the Polemidia British
Cemetery outside Limassol, and the Troodos Military Cemetery. Whilst being truly multidenominational,

these cemeteries were perceived by Roman Catholic military chaplains and servicemen of this time as
being primarily for Protestant burials and, given the choice, Catholic chaplains would bury their dead in

a Catholic cemetery. This would have been even more a factor when the whole unit was from a staunchly
Catholic country such as Malta, serving abroad en masse, which is the case with the lone military burial

here.

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