Coleshill Cemetery
Coleshill Cemetery is managed by Coleshill Town Council and its dedicated team of grounds staff who maintain the grounds.
Coleshill Cemetery is located just off Coleshill High Street, behind the Parish Church, with beautiful views of the Blythe Valley and surrounding villages.
The Cemetery consists of traditional graves, lawn graves and cremated remains plots. Currently Coleshill Town Council are interring in the lawn graves to the North of the Cemetery and the ashes plots to the North-East, plots are available for residents and ex-residents of Coleshill only.
The Garden of Remembrance located in the Dell is specifically set aside for the scattering of ashes. As well as carrying out Scatterings for residents and ex-residents of Coleshill Scatterings are also available for non-residents.
Visiting the Cemetery
Visiting the Cemetery
Coleshill Cemetery
Off Maxstoke Lane
Coleshill
Warwickshire
B46 3BA
Opening Times
The Cemetery is open 08:00 – 16:00 daily (09:00 Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day). To avoid being locked into the cemetery please vacate the carpark promptly before 16:00.
There are limited car parking spaces, on funeral days the main car gate will be locked for 1 hour prior to the arrival of the funeral cars and remain locked until they have exited onto Maxstoke Lane.
Contact Information
All Cemetery enquiries, including those from Stonemasons and Funeral Directors should be directed to Coleshill Town Council on 01675 463 326 or emailed to zoe@coleshilltowncouncil.gov.uk
Rules and Regulations
The Rules & regulations for Coleshill Cemetery can be found here:
1893 – Present-day
Coleshill Town Council hold the Interment/Burial paper records from 1893 to the present-day. Information from this archive can be requested from Coleshill Town Council on: zoe@coleshilltowncouncil.gov.ukColeshill Town Council reserve the right to charge for family history searches.
Pre 1900’s
Warwickshire Records Office hold the registers of burials for the Parish of St Peter & St Paul, Coleshill, 1538-1956. https://archivesunlocked.warwickshire.gov.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=00060&pos=2
To visit Warwickshire Records office you must book an appointment, more information can be found here: https://heritage.warwickshire.gov.uk/county-record-office/visiting-county-record-office/1
Monumental Inscriptions
In the 1980’s Coleshill’s Women’s Institute completed the Memorial Inscriptions Project. Transcribing the inscriptions and mapping the headstones in the Churchyard and Dell. This project can be found here:
Coleshill Town Council successfully applied for and were granted Commonwealth War Grave signage for Coleshill Cemetery. The Cemetery is home to five Commonwealth War Graves and each grave is maintained yearly by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
The CWGC is a global organisation, caring for war graves at 23,000 locations in more than 150 countries and territories. They commemorate almost 1.7 million individuals, ensuring that all the Commonwealth men and women who died during both world wars are commemorated in a manner befitting their sacrifice.
For more information, please visit www.cwgc.org
PIONEER
FREDERICK WATKINS
Service Number
WR/30834
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Engineers
317th Road Construction Coy.
Date of Death
Died 08 July 1918
Age 43 years old
Country of Service
United Kingdom
Grave Number
CC14
Additional Info
Son of William and Sarah Ann Watkins; husband of Florence J. Watkins, of Post Office Yard, Coleshill.
Personal Inscription
HE BRAVELY ANSWERED DUTY’S CALL
PRIVATE
EDWIN WALTER MALLIN
Service Number
21968
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Warwickshire Regiment
3rd Bn.
Date of Death
Died 21 March 1917
Age 19 years old
Country of Service
United Kingdom
Grave Number
Y12
Additional Info
Son of Edward and Lizzie Mallin, of Coleshill.
LIEUTENANT
CHARLES CROYDON CROOKE
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Labour Corps
Date of Death
Died 22 November 1918
Age 20 years old
Country of Service
United Kingdom
Grave Number
W14
Additional Info
Son of Charles Gibbins Crooke and Florence Gray Crooke, of High St., Coleshill.
AIRCRAFTMAN 2ND CLASS
WESLEY EARL SMITH
Service Number
650388
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Air Force
Date of Death
Died 22 July 1940
Age 19 years old
Country of Service
United Kingdom
Grave Number
E3
Additional Info
Son of Arthur and A. E. Smith, of Coleshill.
LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN
OSCAR BRAYSHAY
Service Number
1578905
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death
Died 01 March 1943
Age 21 years old
Country of Service
United Kingdom
Grave Number
Row XI 18
