Building record MAB24410 - TRINITY CEMETERY, ABERDEEN

Cemetery, opened in 1887, and still in use.

Cemetery, opened in 1887, and still in use. The OS 2nd edition map shows a lodge at the west entrance, and at that time the southern part of the present cemetery was small plots, possibly allotments. The cemetery contains a number of war graves and memorials. Commemorating losses in the First World War is the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) cross of sacrifice (NJ90NW1389) and a CWGC screen wall (NJ90NW1390) inscribed with names of those killed in the First World War. A memorial presented by Mr and Mrs Cooper to the Aberdeen Naval Authorities commemorates fallen naval personnel (NJ90NW1388). In the east part of the cemetery, there is a First World War Memorial for employees of C. and E. Morton Ltd (NJ90NW1391) of the Rosemount Provision Works (NJ90NW0141), which previously stood outside the works before these were demolished in 1937. It is a Rubislaw granite monolith, with inscriptions of dedication, the names, ranks and units of those that fell and further inscriptions to employees who served, as well as to its re-erection by the British Legion. Many tombstones also record family members lost in the First World War. The cemetery contains around 170 burials of the First World War and around 30 of the Second World War. The modern cemetery also extends across the road to the east, this area containing a Royal British Legion memorial tablet (see NJ90NW1247). A granite memorial to five Aberdeen brothers who died as a result of World War I was unveiled in 2014. Predating these wars in the east part of the cemetery, there is a South African War Veterans Association Memorial. Made from Kemnay granite, it remembers those that served from 1899 to 1902. It is inscribed with their names and dates they died. Furthermore there is an interesting University of Aberdeen's Anatomy Memorial located in an elevated position in the north-east corner of Trinity Cemetery, as part of the burial plot for those who donated their bodies for anatomical study and expressed a wish for their remains to be buried. This memorial honours those who have helped medicine. In the eastern part of the cemetery is a World War II memorial to those who died aboard the Steam Trawler Etruria of Grimsby, which was attacked from the air on 18 December 1939, killing three crew. It is in the form of a cross with carved anchor and chain symbol, on a rough plinth of Peterhead granite with a polished face inscribed with the names of the dead. The original cemetery contains a total of 200 Commonwealth war graves (170 of the First World War and 29 of the Second World War) and the extension east of Park road has 81 Commonwealth graves including 76 of World War II..

Period Notes
Cemetery opened 1887

Author unknown, , PRESS & JOURNAL, 26/08/2014 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1416.

ABERDEEN CITY COUNCIL, 2017, A LIST OF SOME OF THE WAR MEMORIALS IN ABERDEEN CITY (Bibliographic reference). SAB6461.

Record last edited

Sep 29 2026 12:33PM