Stanley Military Cemetery
| Stanley Military Cemetery | |
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Stanley Military Cemetery in 2010 | |
| Details | |
| Established | 1841 |
| Location | Wong Ma Kok Road, Stanley, Hong Kong |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Type | British Military |
| Owned by | Commonwealth War Graves Commission (governing body) |
| No. of graves | 427 |
| Find a Grave | Stanley Military Cemetery |
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| Traditional Chinese | 赤柱軍人墳場 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 赤柱军人坟场 | ||||||||||||
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Stanley Military Cemetery is a cemetery located near St. Stephen's Beach in Stanley, Hong Kong. Along with the larger Hong Kong (Happy Valley) Cemetery, it is one of two military cemeteries of the early colonial era, used for the burials of the members of the garrison and their families between 1841 and 1866. There were no further burials here until World War II (1939–1945).
The cemetery is roughly triangular in shape and stands on ground rising sharply from the road side. It is approached by a flight of steps leading up to the Cross of Sacrifice with steep grassy slopes on either side.