Baron de Hirsch Cemetery, Montreal

The Baron de Hirsch Cemetery, also known as the Baron de Hirsch Affiliated Cemeteries, Baron de Hirsch United Cemeteries and Baron de Hirsch Memorial Park, is a Jewish cemetery located on the north side of De la Savane Street, between Mountain Sights Avenue and Kindersley Avenue in the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Baron de Hirsch Cemetery
View of the Baron de Hirsch Cemetery, towards Mount Royal.
Details
Established1892 (1892)
Location
CountryCanada
Coordinates45.5019°N 73.6547°W / 45.5019; -73.6547
Websitebarondehirsch.com
Find a GraveBaron de Hirsch Cemetery

Since its establishment in 1892, an estimated 55,000 people have been interred in these grounds.[1] The cemetery contains sixteen war graves of Commonwealth service personnel: two from World War I and fourteen from World War II.[2]

References

  1. http://jgs-montreal.org/bdh/
  2. CWGC cemetery report, breakdown obtained from casualty record.


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