Hollybrook Cemetery is notable for being the resting place of several famous individuals, including the 1966 World Cup winning footballer Alan Ball (1945–2007) and the comedian Benny Hill (1924–1992). It also contains the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's (CWGC) "Hollybrook Memorial" to 1,883 Commonwealth land and air force personnel who were lost at sea in World War I and have no known grave; those listed include Field Marshal Earl Kitchener and those of his military entourage who were lost on HMS "Hampshire" in 1916, and most of the South African Native Labour Corps personnel who were lost in the sinking of SS "Mendi" in 1917.