Trafalgar Cemetery
The Trafalgar Cemetery is a burial place in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar that was used from 1798 to 1814 and later fell into disrepair. Although the name is reminiscent of the Battle of Trafalgar , only two people are buried there who took part in the battle and died from their wounds in Gibraltar. Those who died during the battle were buried at sea, with the exception of the naval commander Lord Nelson , who was buried in St. Paul's Cathedral in London .
history
Seven years before the famous naval battle, the cemetery was dedicated as Southport Ditch Cemetery . The majority of the dead come from the three yellow fever epidemics of 1804, 1813 and 1814. Fallen soldiers of the Napoleonic wars on the Iberian Peninsula were also buried here . The cemetery is on the outside of the city fortifications in the south of the peninsula and can be visited.
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Coordinates: 36 ° 8 ′ 5 ″ N , 5 ° 21 ′ 8 ″ W.