Talk:Brookwood Cemetery

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"By 1854 it was the largest cemetery in the world"

Is it still the largest? Theresa knott 08:50 20 Jun 2003 (UTC)

I can't find any reference to it ever having been the largest - that seems to be the A'ali Burial Mounds in Bahrain. Anyone? Nathaniel Cross 23 Jun 2003

The "Brookwood Cemetery Society" homepage and literature says it "was the largest in the world" Lsmithgo 00:04, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Murderers commemorated

Minor factoid that might be included in an expanded article is the inclusion of executed murderers on the memorials:

"L/27572 Private August Sangret, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps, is commemorated on the Brookwood Memorial. His entry can be found on Panel 23, Column 3. Other executed criminals present on the Brookwood Memorial are Ernest James Kemp and Theodore Schurch." (The Wigwam Case. British Military & Criminal History in the period 1900 to 1999. Retrieved on 2006-10-28.)

Gaius Cornelius 16:52, 29 October 2006 (UTC)