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Lowestoft Cemetery

Lowestoft, Italy

Lowestoft Cemetery

Lowestoft Cemetery (also known as Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery) is a burial ground in the town of Lowestoft in Suffolk. It is best known for its large number of Royal Navy burials from World War I and World War II; these are maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Thomas Crisp, who was

posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross in 1917 is commemorated here on his wife's headstone. Buried here is Robert William Hook, coxswain at RNLI Lowestoft from 1853 to 1883 and who has been credited with saving more than 600 lives. The cemetery is managed by East Suffolk Council. https://www.eastsuffolk.gov.uk Located on the corner of Rotterdam Road and Normanston Drive, Lowestoft Cemetery received its first burial in 1885.

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