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Middleton Cemetery and Crematorium is a cemetery in Boarshaw Road, Middleton, Greater Manchester, England.
The cemetery was established in 1912 and is owned and maintained by Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council. Facilities on the grounds include a crematorium, chapel, toilets, a memorial garden and a book of remembrance room.[2]
Interments
- Joel Halliwell (1881–1958), recipient of the Victoria Cross in World War I
- Lee Rigby (1987–2013), British Army Fusilier, killed by Islamic extremists in London, May 2013.
- 24 graves of military personnel maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, 6 from World War I, 18 from World War II.[3]
References
- ^ "Burial records". Rochdale Borough Council. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- ^ "Cemeteries and crematoria". Rochdale Borough Council. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- ^ "Middleton (Boarshaw) Cemetery". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
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