Jump to content

Ibadan Military Cemetery

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Bukky658 (talk | contribs) at 20:56, 26 January 2021 (Added External link to CWGC #1lib1ref and #AfLIBWK). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Ibadan Military Cemetery is situated in the Jericho district of Ibadan, Nigeria.[1] Many burials are from the Second World War.[2]


The graveyard has the cross of sacrifice at the centre, with 8 denominational plots where the graves are distributed.[3]

According to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), the cemetery contains the graves of 137 Commonwealth victims of Second World War, 8 Foreign National burials and 17 non-world war burials.[3]



References

  1. ^ http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=collections/virtualmem/cem&cemetery=2037200
  2. ^ http://www.southafricawargraves.org/lists/nigeria.htm
  3. ^ a b "Cemetery Details | CWGC". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 2021-01-26.

Stub icon

This war memorials and cemeteries-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Stub icon 1 Stub icon 2

This article about a cemetery in Nigeria is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ibadan_Military_Cemetery&oldid=1002962747"