BULAWAYO MEMORIES

Cemeteries - World Wars I and II fallen soldiers where buried

Athlone/Westpark - 7 WWI graves and 133 WWII graves, 49 Commonwealth WWII graves.


BULAWAYO AFRICAN MEMORIAL - Second World War - (66) The memorial has 66 Commonwealth casualties of the 1939-1945 war commemorated.
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BULAWAYO (LADY STANLEY AVENUE) CEMETERY - (41) There are 49 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war, 8 of which are unidentified.





BULAWAYO ATHLONE (LADY STANLEY AVENUE) CEMETERY - (146) The Commission plot is easily identified by the Cross of Sacrifice.


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The Bulawayo African Memorial, which commemorates servicemen who died in the Second World War, is situated within Bulawayo (Lady Stanley Avenue) Cemetery. This cemetery is situated by the hospital approach from Lady Stanley Avenue, close to the village of Mziligazi. Starting from Empire House (Branch and Headquarters of the Legion) on the corner of 6th Avenue and Main Street, drive north along Main Street for 1 kilometre to a large crossroads where it become Athelone Avenue. At the crossroads turn right into the Old Falls Road and drive for 2 kilometres. Turn right onto a dirt track and the cemetery will be found 600 metres down the track.