the cemetery has 33 commonwealth service war graves from world war i, six of which form a small group by the assembly hall, and 77 from world war ii, 22 of them grouped in a war graves plot. these include the grave of dudley joel (1904–1941), businessman and conservative party politician, who died in world war ii. in place of a cross of sacrifice, a memorial designed by ralph hobday in the form of an obelisk was placed in 1961 by the commonwealth war graves commission opposite the world war ii war graves plot. the first national jewish war memorial in the uk, it is grade ii listed.