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Gweru Cremation Memorial

  • Country Zimbabwe
  • Total identified casualties 1 Find these casualties
  • Identified casualties from Second World War
  • GPS Coordinates Latitude: -19.44942, Longitude: 29.80273

Location information

The Gweru Cremation Memorial, commemorating a single member of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, is located within Gweru Cemetery. Gweru (formerly Gwelo) is a town on the main A5 road from Harare to Bulawayo. From the clock tower at the town centre intersection of Main Street and Takawiri Street, take Main Street towards Ascot. The entrance to the Civil Cemetery is located immediately off a roundabout 1.2 kilometres along this road. Turn right through the gate 100 metres beyond the entrance, and the main Commission Plot will be found on the left.

Visiting information

ARRIVAL

There are no signs to the cemetery or at the main entrance. The cemetery is approximately 150 metres off to the side of the main road (A5 from Harare to Bulawayo), along a single dust and gravel track.

PARKING

There is no car park at the cemetery. There is an area on the opposite side of the road from the cemetery within an area of scrubland where it could be possible to park.

Visitors would need to cross the main road and follow a single dirt and grass covered track through scrubland to access the cemetery.

ACCESS, LAYOUT AND MAIN ENTRANCE

The site is made up of two rectangular shaped sections, surrounded with a mid-level (waist height) red brick boundary wall.

There is no entrance gate. There is a gap 2 metres wide between two brick pillars.

The Cross of Sacrifice is in the centre of the cemetery.

Internal paths are grass, the ground is flat and firm.

There are kerbs 5 to 10 cm high along the edges of the rows of headstones.

There are two seating areas with stone benches opposite the Cross of Sacrifice, with the benches located against the cemetery walls.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The two sections of the cemetery separate the First and Second World War burials.

Visitors should be aware of low kerbs around the cemetery which are a potential trip hazard.

The cemetery is permanently open.