”’Kirkley Cemetery”’ is a burial ground in the [[Kirkley]] area of [[Lowestoft]] in [[Suffolk]]. Located on London Road South, the cemetery is maintained by [[Waveney District|Waveney District Council]] and is open for traditional and [[Natural burial|Green Burials]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.waveney.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?documentID=587&categoryID=200032 |title=Kirkley Cemetery on the Waveney District Council website |access-date=12 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216181317/http://www.waveney.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?documentID=587&categoryID=200032 |archive-date=16 February 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
”’Kirkley Cemetery”’ is a burial ground in the [[Kirkley]] area of [[Lowestoft]] in [[Suffolk]]. Located on London Road South, the cemetery is maintained by [[Waveney District|Waveney District Council]] and is open for traditional and [[Natural burial|Green Burials]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.waveney.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?documentID=587&categoryID=200032 |title=Kirkley Cemetery on the Waveney District Council website |access-date=12 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216181317/http://www.waveney.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?documentID=587&categoryID=200032 |archive-date=16 February 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The cemetery contains 59 war burials from both World Wars which are registered with and maintained by the [[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]].<ref>[http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/44185/Lowestoft%20(Kirkley)%20Cemetery Kirkley Cemetery] on the [[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]] website</ref> Amongst them are Lance Corporal John Murdoch Dirom who was killed during preparations for [[Operation Overlord]] in 1944 aged 22.<ref>[http://www.paradata.org.uk/people/john-m-dirom John Murdoch Dirom on the ParaData – Airborne Assault website]</ref> Here also are buried civilian casualties of air raids on Lowestoft during [[World War II]].<ref>[http://www.oldlowestoft.co.uk/ajt/?The_letters_-_1942 Old Lowestoft website – The Letters (1942)]</ref>
The cemetery contains war burials from both World Wars which are registered with and maintained by the [[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]].<ref>[http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/44185/Lowestoft%20(Kirkley)%20Cemetery Kirkley Cemetery] on the [[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]] website</ref> Amongst them are Lance Corporal John Murdoch Dirom who was killed during preparations for [[Operation Overlord]] in 1944 aged 22.<ref>[http://www.paradata.org.uk/people/john-m-dirom John Murdoch Dirom on the ParaData – Airborne Assault website]</ref> Here also are buried civilian casualties of air raids on Lowestoft during [[World War II]].<ref>[http://www.oldlowestoft.co.uk/ajt/?The_letters_-_1942 Old Lowestoft website – The Letters (1942)]</ref>
The cemetery’s [[Lychgate]],<ref>[http://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1119708 Kirkley Cemetery Lych Gate] on the [[Historic England]] website</ref> South Western<ref>[http://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1119710 Kirkley Cemetery South Western Chapel] on the [[Historic England]] website</ref> and North Eastern Chapels<ref name=Cem>[http://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1119709 Kirkley Cemetery North Eastern Chapel] on the [[Historic England]] website</ref> were all listed in 1998 as Grade II [[listed building]]s.<ref>[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-469208-south-western-chapel-at-kirkley-cemetery#.Vr5awGHcvug Kirkley Cemetery on the British Listed Buildings website]</ref> These were designed by the Lowestoft-born architect [[J. L. Clemence]] (1822–1911) and were built in 1880.<ref name=Cem/> The first burials took place soon after.
The cemetery’s [[Lychgate]],<ref>[http://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1119708 Kirkley Cemetery Lych Gate] on the [[Historic England]] website</ref> South Western<ref>[http://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1119710 Kirkley Cemetery South Western Chapel] on the [[Historic England]] website</ref> and North Eastern Chapels<ref name=Cem>[http://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1119709 Kirkley Cemetery North Eastern Chapel] on the [[Historic England]] website</ref> were all listed in 1998 as Grade II [[listed building]]s.<ref>[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-469208-south-western-chapel-at-kirkley-cemetery#.Vr5awGHcvug Kirkley Cemetery on the British Listed Buildings website]</ref> These were designed by the Lowestoft-born architect [[J. L. Clemence]] (1822–1911) and were built in 1880.<ref name=Cem/> The first burials took place soon after.
