Woodlawn_Cemetery_(Saskatoon)

Woodlawn Cemetery (Saskatoon)

Woodlawn Cemetery (Saskatoon)

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Woodlawn Cemetery is a cemetery located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Located in the cemetery is the Next of Kin Memorial Avenue, a National Historic Site of Canada, that is dedicated to all those who served with Canada's armed forces.

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The cemetery was established in 1905 as St. Paul's Roman Catholic Cemetery, with the city taking over responsibility in 1918.[1] Prior to that point in time either the Nutana Pioneer Cemetery in Nutana or the Summerdale Cemetery in the town of Smithville (now annexed into the Blairmore SDA) was used.[1]

The cemetery has been divided into the following sections to specific customs and religious traditions or special affiliations:[2]

  • Children
  • Infants
  • Cremated Remains
  • University of Saskatchewan
  • Field of Honour (Military)
  • Flat Marker
  • Upright Monument
  • Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'i
  • Catholic
  • Chinese
  • Greek
  • Orthodox
  • Islamic Ismalian
  • Jewish
  • Non-Denominational

Block 55 contains the war graves of 107 Commonwealth service personnel of the First and Second World Wars.[3]

Notable burials

References

  1. [1]
    "Woodland Cemetery – History". City of Saskatoon. Retrieved 2011-02-27.
  2. [2]
    "Woodland Cemetery – General Information". City of Saskatoon. Retrieved 2011-02-27.
  3. [3]
    CWGC cemetery report.
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