Friends of the Somme - Mid Ulster Branch
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Fort Pitt Military Cemetery
England
Location
Region : Chatham, Kent, England
Latitude : 51.37665
Lontitude : 0.511668
CWGC Link : 2035820
The cemetery is on the main A229 road in Chatham. From London take the A2 south-east towards Kent (Dartford/Gravesend/Rochester), over Bridge Reach, then take the A229 towards Maidstone. Fort Pitt Military Cemetery is on the left hand side of the road.

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Cookstown Casualties
No     Rank Name Service No Regiment / Service Date Of Death Grave Ref
1 Portrait Sgt. Wilson, Frederick 9956 Kings Liverpool Regiment 14/10/1916 Grave 1415
Cemetery History
During both wars there were naval and military establishments in the neighbourhood of Rochester, and some fishing and shipping at the port.
Fort Pitt Military Cemetery contains a plot of 265 First World War graves.
The 25 Second World War graves (two of them unidentified) are north of the plot. All save two of them are together in a group.
Cemetery Links
No Link Reference Doc
1 Findagrave.com Gravestone photos
2 Historic Medway Details of cemetery
3 War Graves Photo Project War Graves Photographic Project