Came across this article today and, must admit that it showed up my ignorance on war graves. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/10/war-graves-lost-court-gives-council-permission-bury-civilians/ The heading is somewhat alarming, although the CWGC say that no burials will take place “directly on top of a war grave”. The CWGC site Camberwell Old Cemetery states that there are around 131 WW1 graves “scattered throughout the cemetery that could not be individually marked” (I wonder why?). I believe that a CWGC cemetery search does not return any unidentified graves so I assume that the 48 graves in the newspaper article are additional to the 305 that are recorded. What did surprise me was that if the graves are accepted to be war casualties and that their location is known, that they have not been commemorated (irrespective of whether a name is known or not).
Hello Tony a bit more along the same theme here Civilian War Dead - possible removal of bodies regards Clive
Cemetery Details United Kingdom Locality:London Identified Casualties:305 Historical Information This cemetery contains 291 First World War burials. The war graves plot is in the north-east corner of the cemetery and contains two screen walls. One commemorates almost 160 casualties buried in the plot, the other bears the names of those buried in the remaining war graves scattered throughout the cemetery that could not be individually marked. The war graves plot also contains a group of special memorials to the 14 casualties of the Second World War buried in the cemetery. TD
more about it here http://www.iccm-uk.com/iccm/library/Re-use Policy.pdf Re-use of graves in England – the faculty jurisdiction | Law & Religion UK
Commonwealth War Graves Commission statement regarding planned works at Camberwell Old Cemetery 24 March 2017 The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) has agreed with the London Borough of Southwark that: no war graves will be disturbed during the planned works at Camberwell Old Cemetery, that no burials will take place above the war graves and that we will be able to mark graves which were previously inaccessible. We only have responsibility for the war graves and these have all been identified and will not be affected by the works. We follow a similar process at other sites where the war graves are exempt from any reuse scheme. The CWGC will continue to work with the London Borough of Southwark as it develops the site. For more information on planned works at Camberwell Old Cemetery, please contact the London Borough of Southwark: Home | Southwark Council Commonwealth War Graves Commission statement regarding planned works at Camberwell Old Cemetery
