Leeds Roman Catholic Cemetery

• Country United Kingdom
• Total identified casualties 151 Find these casualties
• Region Yorkshire
• Identified casualties from First & Second World War
• GPS Coordinates Latitude: 53.80666, Longitude: -1.47349

History information

During the First World War, the major hospitals in Leeds were the 2nd Northern General with 1,800 beds and the East Leeds War Hospital with 1,900. Leeds was also one of the principal hospital centres in Yorkshire during the Second World War. Leeds Roman Catholic Cemetery contains the scattered graves of 70 First World War casualties, most of whom have their names recorded on a centrally positioned Screen Wall as the graves could not be marked individually. The Second World War burials also number 70, 21 of them grouped together in section BV. The rest are scattered and a further 16 names were added to the Screen Wall commemorating those whose graves could not be marked. The cemetery also contains one Belgian grave of the First World War and two Second World War Polish graves.