Friends of Newark Cemetery (FONC)

Who are FONC?

Friends of Newark Cemetery was set up in November 2005 by a group of people who got together to care for the cemetery, and promote it as a beautiful place to visit.

It consists of people from the council and others who wished to help in any way they could.

Friends of Newark Cemetery aims to meet the following objectives:

*To help improve the services and facilities of the cemetery *To promote the site as an attractive amenity to residents and visitors

To enhance the facilities on the site the group intends to introduce areas of wildflowers, add bird and bat boxes, and eventually restore the Chapel interior to be used as an information centre for visitors.

Who are FONC?

About the cemetery

Newark cemetery in pictures

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This spired arch joins the two seperate mortuary rooms, and is located just about in the centre of the original cemetery, prior to considerable recent extensions at the far end from the main entrance.

A different view of the two chapels.

Examples of the different styles of grave stones throughout the cemetery.

Example of the different styles of statues throughout the cemetery.

The Warsaw Air Bridge memorial, which reads" In tribute to the 250 men of Britain, the Commonwealth and Poland who sacrificed their young lives in desperate attempts to fly from distant RAF bases in Italy with essential supplies for the front line city of Warsaw during the 1944 uprising"

Many Polish casualties of World War 2 were buried in this special section (which lies just beyond the mortuary rooms), including their leader General Sikorsky, whose remains were relatively recently returned to Poland.

We look forward to hearing from anyone interested in helping to improve the services and facilities of the cemetery. Members of the public are welcome to attend and register their willingness to join the friends group at our regular meetings.

The Friends of Newark Cemetery are holding their 2nd AGM at Newark Town Hall at 5:30pm on 19th March 2008.