# Bromley Cemetery

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{{short description|Cemetery in Christchurch, New Zealand}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
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| name        = Bromley Cemetery
| image       = Bromley Cemetery 01.jpg
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| caption     = Graves of the [New Zealand Expeditionary Force](/source/New_Zealand_Expeditionary_Force) (NZEF)
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| country     = New Zealand
| location    = [Christchurch](/source/Christchurch)
| coordinates = {{coord|-43.5387|172.6863|region:NZ-CAN|display=inline}}
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| owner       =
| size        =
| graves      =
| interments  = >28,000
| cremations  =
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| website     = {{Official website|https://www.ccc.govt.nz/services/cemeteries/operational-cemeteries#bromley}}
| findagraveid= 2154544
}}

'''Bromley Cemetery''' is a cemetery in [Christchurch](/source/Christchurch), New Zealand. It occupies approximately 10 hectares to the east of the city centre, on the corner of Keighleys Road and Linwood Avenue. The [Christchurch City Council](/source/Christchurch_City_Council) maintains and administers the cemetery.

==History==
The Christchurch City Council searched for additional cemetery land beginning in 1913, and opened Bromley Cemetery for burials in July 1918.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bromley Cemetery – Brief History |url=http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/Heritage/Cemeteries/Bromley/|work=[Christchurch City Libraries](/source/Christchurch_City_Libraries) |access-date=26 September 2011}}</ref> Later that year the cemetery became the main burial place for fatalities of the [1918 flu pandemic](/source/1918_flu_pandemic) from the eastern side of the city.

The cemetery has two rows of [Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association](/source/Royal_New_Zealand_Returned_and_Services'_Association) (RSA) interments, and the [Commonwealth War Graves Commission](/source/Commonwealth_War_Graves_Commission) (CWGC) has records of 109 burials at Bromley, 15 from [World War I](/source/World_War_I) and 94 from [World War II](/source/World_War_II).<ref>{{cite web|title=Cemetery Details – Christchurch (Bromley) Cemetery |url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/70612 |work=[Commonwealth War Graves Commission](/source/Commonwealth_War_Graves_Commission) |access-date=26 September 2011}}</ref> In addition, the CWGC commemorates 33 Commonwealth service personnel cremated at Bromley Crematorium during World War II.<ref name=cwgc2>{{cite web| url= http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2104013/CHRISTCHURCH%20(BROMLEY)%20CREMATORIUM |title=Cemetery Details |access-date=27 October 2014| publisher=[Commonwealth War Graves Commission](/source/Commonwealth_War_Graves_Commission)}}</ref> On the eve of [Anzac Day](/source/Anzac_Day) 2008, over 160 headstones of veterans were painted over for maintenance to improve the inscriptions, which received criticism from visitors and the RSA due to the timing.<ref name="Stuff.co.nz_386661">{{cite web |url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/386661/War-grave-upgrade-angers |title=War-grave upgrade angers |date=25 April 2008 |work=[The Press](/source/The_Press) |access-date=26 September 2011}}</ref>

The cemetery is full and only accepts burials to existing plots or ash interments.

==Notable burials==
{{main category|Burials at Bromley Cemetery}}
* [John Beanland](/source/John_Beanland) (1866–1943), 36th Mayor of Christchurch
* [Annette Clifford](/source/Annette_Clifford) (1881–1968), Christchurch property owner and landlord
* [H. H. Clifford](/source/H._H._Clifford) (1872–1949), photographer
* [Ted Howard](/source/Ted_Howard_(politician)) (1868–1939), Labour Party MP
* [Mabel Howard](/source/Mabel_Howard) (1894–1972), Labour Party MP
* [Arthur Rhodes](/source/Arthur_Rhodes_(politician)) (1859–1922), member of parliament and 24th Mayor of Christchurch
* [William Trethewey](/source/William_Trethewey) (1892–1956), sculptor and monumental mason

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Bromley Cemetery}}
* {{Official website|https://www.ccc.govt.nz/services/cemeteries/operational-cemeteries#bromley}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120402231515/http://www.ccc.govt.nz/cityleisure/communityservices/cemeteries/operatingcemeteries/bromleycemetery.aspx Bromley Cemetery] on the [Christchurch City Council](/source/Christchurch_City_Council) website
* [https://archive.today/20121220230102/http://librarydata.christchurch.org.nz/Cemeteries/ Christchurch City Council Cemeteries Database]

Category:Cemeteries in Christchurch
Category:Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries

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