Friends of Ford Park Cemetery Email 01752 665442 Facebook The birth of the cemetery was a troubled one. A group of leading citizens had met as early as August 1842 for the purpose of forming a cemetery company for the towns of Plymouth, Devonport and Stonehouse. They were deeply concerned at the scandalous state ofContinue reading “The History of Ford Park Cemetery”
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Captain Andrew Henry VC
Alan Bricknell, Ford Park Cemetery Email 01752 665442 Facebook The second of two profiles of Victoria Cross recipients whose graves can be found at Ford Park Cemetery. Captain Andrew Henry was awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery during the Battle of Inkerman. This battle was part of the Crimean War and took place inContinue reading “Captain Andrew Henry VC”
George Hinckley VC
Alan Bricknell, Ford Park Cemetery Email 01752 665442 Facebook The first of two profiles of Victoria Cross recipients whose graves can be found at Ford Park Cemetery. George Hinckley was awarded the Victoria Cross during the Taiping rebellion in southern China, a massive civil war from 1850 to 1864, against the ruling Manchu-led Qing (Ching)Continue reading “George Hinckley VC”
Group Profile: Ford Park Cemetery
Ford Park Cemetery Email 01752 665442 Facebook Ford Park Cemetery Trust was formed in 2000 when the original Plymouth, Devonport & Stonehouse Cemetery went into administration. At that time the cemetery grounds were in a poor state of repair as was the Victorian Chapel. The grounds have been cleared of unwanted growth and theContinue reading “Group Profile: Ford Park Cemetery”
Sister Hilda Lilian Jones
Ford Park Cemetery Our final health article from Ford Park Cemetery looks at Sister Hilda Jones, who served in the Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service, or QAs. Find out more aboutContinue reading “Sister Hilda Lilian Jones”
George Budd
Ford Park Cemetery Here’s our third article from Ford Park Cemetery about health-related figures whose graves can be found there. We owe most of our first hand knowledge of George Turnavine Budd to Arthur Conan Doyle who wrote about him in his autobiography and devoted the better part of a whole novel to him, thatContinue reading “George Budd”
Olive Louise Bennett
Ford Park Cemetery Welcome to the second of four articles about health figures buried at Ford Park Cemetery. Olive was born in 1887 in Yarmouth, the youngest of 3 daughters of Walter, a grocer, and Lucy Bennett. By 1901 the family were living in Plymouth where Walter was a self raising flour manufacturer. Olive wasContinue reading “Olive Louise Bennett”
Mabel Ramsay
Ford Park Cemetery Here is the first of four essays that explore people of note in the history of health whose graves can be found at Plymouth’s Ford Park Cemetery. Dr Mabel Ramsay (1878-1954) was Plymouth’s first female surgeon. During her career she fought prejudice and campaigned for equality in medicine. Her father was aContinue reading “Mabel Ramsay”
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