RomanCatholic Burial Records For Shorncliffe Military Cemetery.

[Farelf]

Help. Looking for the Roman Catholic Burial Records for Shorncliffe Military Cemetery.  The MoD doesn't have them.

Thanks

[CaroleW]

Have you tried the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

[Farelf]

The CWGC only holds details of those who died in the two world wars. The bulk of the graves in the cemetery are from the years outside these dates.

[bearkat]

There are just over 700 graves listed on findagrave

https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2147441/memorial-search?cemeteryName=Shorncliffe%20Military%20Cemetery&page=1#sr-152514489

There must be a plan of the cemetery somewhere (I've not found one yet).

You could try contacting

HQ 2 (SE) Brigade
Somerset House
Sir John Moore Barracks
Shorncliffe
Folkestone, Kent. CT20 3HJ

[Andy J2022]

Are you saying that the MOD doesn't have any burial records, or just not those for Catholic burials? If it's latter, then I would suggest trying the nearest Roman Catholic Church in the area. Army Chaplains represent all of the major world faiths, and so I would have assumed it would have been an Army RC Chaplain who dealt with the funeral service and interment rather than a local priest, and records would be held centrally for the whole cemetery. If the MOD don't have any records, I would suggest trying Kent archives in Maidstone. The Remembrance Trust have previously done some remedial work in the cemetery, so it might be worth contacting them first: https://www.theremembrancetrust.com/shorncliffe-cemetery

@bearkat. HQ 2 Inf Bde closed down about 9 years ago.

[Andy J2022]

TNA have a plan of the cemetery but it's dated 1917 so probably not much help. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2132685

[bearkat]

@bearkat. HQ 2 Inf Bde closed down about 9 years ago.

Sorry must be an old web page.

[bearkat]

I wonder if the guy who writes this blog knows

https://outtakesblog.wordpress.com/

[Farelf]

Hi Bearkat

I am the guy who writes that blog.

Including the 700 or so graves on Find a Grave, have records of over 2000 burials in the cemetery.