In Memory of
WALTER DAVID STARLING
Private 3004
29th Bn., Australian Infantry, A.I.F
who died on
Saturday, 18th May 1918. Age 27.
Additional Information:
Son of George Davies Starling and Margaret Starling; husband of Eveline Starling, of The
Sisters, Terang, Victoria, Australia. Native of Diamond Creek, Victoria.
Commemorative Information
Cemetery:
BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY, Surrey, United Kingdom
Grave Reference/
Panel Number:
IV. D. 20.
Location:
Brookwood is 30 miles from London (M3 to Bagshot and then A322). The main entrance to
Brookwood Military Cemetery is on the A324 from the village of Pirbright.
Historical Information:
Brookwood Cemetery, is a very extensive burial ground near Woking, in the North-West
corner of Surrey. Brookwood and Woking were afforested by Henry II, but disafforested
about 1225. The name "Brookwood" has reference to the large woods of oak which
grew
in this district in former times from which, according to local tradition, timber was used
in
the construction of many sailing ships. Brookwood Military Cemetery is owned by the
Commission and is the largest Commonwealth war cemetery in the United Kingdom,
covering approximately 37 acres. In 1917, an area of land in Brookwood Cemetery (The
London Necropolis) was set aside for the burial of men and women of the forces of the
Commonwealth and Americans, who had died, many of battle wounds, in the London
district. This site was further extended to accommodate the Commonwealth casualties of
the Second World War, and American, Belgian, Czech, Dutch, French and Polish plots
containing the graves of casualties of our Allies. There are also German and Italian plots
where prisoners of war lie buried. The Commission also maintains as an agency service on
behalf of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, a plot of the graves of Chelsea Pensioners, which
is
situated adjacent to the Military Cemetery. The Commission now publish registers for
Foreign Nationals and Non World War Dead within their care in this cemetery. At the
southern end of the Canadian section stands the Brookwood Memorial, commemorating
3,500 men and women of the Land Forces of the Commonwealth who died in many lands,
or at sea, and have no known grave. The circumstances of their death were such that
they could not appropriately be commemorated on any of the campaign memorials in
theatres of war. This is subject to separate registers.
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