Kumasi Public Cemetery
Kumasi, Ashanti, Ghana
Kumasi was for many years the main station for the Gold Coast Regiment, Royal West African Frontier Force. A transit camp was housed there during the Second World War and the town raised two companies of the Gold Coast Home Guard, which was created in 1940 and disbanded in 1944. In January 1944, No. 52 British General Hospital was posted to Kumasi and was still there in December 1945.
Kumasi Public Cemetery contains 122 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, two being unidentified and a further 2 civilians. The majority of the burials are in the military section which is divided into 3 plots, Plot 1 being for Christian burials, Plot 2 for Pagan burials and Plot 3 for Muslim burials. There are also 41 unidentified post war burials within the Military Section
Kumasi was for many years the main station for the Gold Coast Regiment, Royal West African Frontier Force. A transit camp was housed there during the Second World War and the town raised two companies of the Gold Coast Home Guard, which was created in 1940 and disbanded in 1944. In January 1944, No. 52 British General Hospital was posted to Kumasi and was still there in December 1945.
Kumasi Public Cemetery contains 122 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, two being unidentified and a further 2 civilians. The majority of the burials are in the military section which is divided into 3 plots, Plot 1 being for Christian burials, Plot 2 for Pagan burials and Plot 3 for Muslim burials. There are also 41 unidentified post war burials within the Military Section
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Kumasi, Ashanti, Ghana
- Total memorials7
- Percent photographed14%
- Percent with GPS0%
- Added: 17 Sep 2007
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2232122
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