Rutherglen Cemetery, Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire

Date: 1881 [unknown]
Location: Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire
Surnames/tags: CEMETERIES SOUTH_LANARKSHIRE

Contents 1 Rutherglen Cemetery 1.1 General Information 1.2 History 1.3 More Information

Rutherglen Cemetery

General Information

Cross of Sacrifice, Rutherglen Cemetery

Cemetery name: Rutherglen Cemetery

Address: Mill Street, Rutherglen, Glasgow G73 2AW

GPS Coordinates: Rutherglen Cemetery

Managed by: Bereavement Services, South Lanarkshire Council

History

Rutherglen Cemetery opened in 1881 and continues to be used for burials and interment of cremations. There are c.15,000 burials and c.6,000 headstones in the cemetery.

Close to the main entrance stands the Cross of Sacrifice, which indicates that there are 40 or more war graves situated within the cemetery. In fact, there are 87 war graves in Rutherglen Cemetery - 49 from WW1 and 38 from WW2.

More Information

See the Rutherglen Cemetery category for the profiles of some of those who are buried in this cemetery.

Rutherglen Cemetery on BillionGraves

Rutherglen Cemetery on FindAGrave

Commonwealth War Graves Commission listing for Rutherglen Cemetery

See the Rutherglen Cemetery WW1 War Graves Walk on Google Maps for a self-guided tour of some of the WW1 war graves within Rutherglen Cemetery.