Free guided tour by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission of the First and Second World War war graves in Newport Cemetery.
Newport Cemetery is hosting a guided tour of its war graves on Saturday 31 October, part of the CWGC Tours 2026 series. It's a free walk run by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, one of the world's leading authorities on war memorials and cemeteries, and led by one of their experienced volunteer guides.
The cemetery's connection to the First World War is more direct than you might think. It sits close to where the 4th Northern General Hospital once stood — at the Grammar School, a hospital with 1,400 beds and some 45,000 admissions over the course of the war. The grounds hold 139 First World War burials, nearly 90 of them forming a war graves plot. That plot was later extended to take most of the 120 burials from the Second World War, with the rest scattered across the cemetery.
The tour is run by the Commission, and its charitable arm, The Commonwealth War Graves Foundation, is registered with the Charity Commission in England and Wales and in Scotland, working to engage communities through education and outreach. The guide will lead you through the war graves plot and the wider cemetery, putting the names and headstones into the context of the hospital that stood nearby.
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It's a free tour, starting at 10:30 at Newport Cemetery, Lincoln, LN1 3DP. This is one of several dates the Commission is running across 2026, with another on Saturday 27 June.
