Brookwood Cemetery (aka the London Necropolis) was set up by the London Necropolis Company in 1852 to house London's dead, since the capital was finding it difficult to locate the increasing population, both of living and dead. By 1854, it was the largest cemetery in the world (it is no longer).
It was situated close to Woking, Surrey, and was accessible only by rail from a special cemetery station — the London Necropolis railway station — next to Waterloo. This station was demolished after suffering bomb damage during World War II.
A military cemetery was added in 1917 and contains some of the dead from World War I and World War II. A military memorial was built in 1958. Memorialized here too is Edward the Martyr, King of England.
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