Liverpool (Everton) Cemetery

• Country United Kingdom
• Total identified casualties 72 Find these casualties
• Region Lancashire
• Identified casualties from First & Second World War
• GPS Coordinates Latitude: 53.45552, Longitude: -2.94418

History information

In December 1914, Liverpool became one of the 21 Auxiliary Patrol Bases and in February 1915, the base of the 10th Cruiser Squadron. During the Second World War, Liverpool was headquarters of Western Approaches Command and a manning depot for officers and men of the Merchant Navy who agreed to serve with the Royal Navy for the duration of the war. Liverpool (Everton) Cemetery contains 55 First World War burials and 15 from the Second World War. There is a small Screen Wall memorial bearing the names of those whose graves are not marked by headstones. During the First World War, almost 700 American servicemen died in Liverpool's military hospitals and most of them were buried in the Everton cemetery. These graves were later removed to the American military cemetery at Brookwood, or to the United States.