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Alcock, John William b. November 6, 1892 d. December 18, 1919
Aviator. He was the first man, in partnership with Arthur Whitten Brown, to fly non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean. Born in Manchester, England, he was educated at the parish school at Saint Anne's on Sea. His first job (in 1909) was as an apprentice at the Empress Motor Works in Manchester. The following year, he went to Brooklands, as the assistant to the French pilot, Maurice Ducroq. In November 1912, he obtained his aviator's certificate, then went to work for Sunbeam Car Company as a...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine)
Southern Cemetery, Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, Lancashire, England
Plot: Section G, Lot 966
Baybutt, Philip b. November 22, 1844 d. April 17, 1907
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He entered the service at Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts and served as a Private in the Union Army in Company A, 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on September 24, 1864 at Luray, Virginia. He was issued the CMOH on October 14, 1864. His citation reads "Capture of flag." (Bio by: Don Morfe)
Southern Cemetery, Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, Lancashire, England
Plot: Grave H 2085 C, E Part
Busby, Matt b. May 26, 1909 d. January 20, 1994
British Football Player, Manager. Born in Bellshill, Lanarkshire, he was educated at St. Bride's School in Bothwell, then came South to play for Manchester City (1929 to 1936) and Liverpool (1936 to 1939), as well as playing one international match for Scotland, before the Second World War cut short his playing career. After the War, during which he served in the Army Physical Training Corps, he became the manager of Manchester United, and led his team to victory in the F.A. Cup (1948) and the...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine)
Southern Cemetery, Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, Lancashire, England
Plot: G 997 (Roman Catholic section)
Downey, Lesley Ann b. August 21, 1954 d. December 26, 1964
Murder Victim. At age 10, she was abducted from the fairground on Boxing day 1964 by the infamous ‘Moors Murderers' Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, where she was then taken to their home and made to pose for pictures and killed before being buried on Saddleworth Moors, Manchester, England. The arrest of Brady and Hindley for another murder that they commited in front of a witness, led to the arrest of the pair and the discovery of Lesley's body and that of other victims. Only weeks before their...[Read More] (Bio by: Lisa)
Southern Cemetery, Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, Lancashire, England
Jasnorzewska, Maria b. November 24, 1891 d. July 9, 1945
Poetess. Also known as Maria Jasnorzewaska Pawlikovska, she was born in Sopot, and was a member of the group of Polish poets known as "Skamander." Her first volume of verse was "Niebieskie Migdaly"; literally, this means "Blue Almonds", but is, perhaps, better rendered as "Idle Musings" or "Pipe Dreams." In 1935, she was awarded the Golden Laurel by the Polish Academy of Literature. When Hitler invaded Poland and the Second World War broke out, she and her husband escaped, firstly, to Romania...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine)
Southern Cemetery, Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, Lancashire, England
Plot: I 2182 (Roman Catholic section)
Kelly, Maj. Henry b. July 10, 1897 d. January 18, 1960
British World War I Victoria Cross Recipient. Born at Moston, near Manchester, he was educated at St. Patrick's School and the Xavererian Brothers College in Manchester, and joined the 10th Battalion of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) on September 5, 1914, one month after the outbreak of the First World War. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in 1915 and, the following year, sailed to France, where he took part in the Battle of the Somme. On the 4th. October 1916 at Le...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine)
Southern Cemetery, Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, Lancashire, England
Plot: I 272
King, Marcel b. 1957 d. October 5, 1995
Singer. Born in Manchester, he was the youngest member of "The Sweet Sensation", who were the winners of I.T.V.'s talent show "New Faces." One of the judges on that show was Tony Hatch, who co-wrote the song "Sad Sweet Dreamer", which the Sensation then recorded and which reached Number One in the U.K. charts in October 1974. Their only other hit was "Purely By Coincidence", which reached No. 11. In 1991, Marcel King recorded "Reach for Love" for the Manchester-based Factory Records, which...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine)
Southern Cemetery, Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, Lancashire, England
Plot: FF 1398 (Roman Catholic section)
Lowry, L.S. b. November 1, 1887 d. February 23, 1976
Artist. He was born in Stretford, Manchester,and was educated at the Victoria Park School, but did poorly there. In 1904, he began to work for a firm of accountants. However, his only real interest, since he was a child, had been drawing; so, in the same year, he began to attend night classes at the Manchester Municipal College of Art. In 1910, he joined the Pall Mall Property Company as a rent collector, and remained with them until 1952, by which time he had risen to the post of chief cashier...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine)
Southern Cemetery, Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, Lancashire, England
Plot: C 772
Marples, Ernest b. December 9, 1907 d. July 6, 1978
British Statesman. Born in Levenshulme, South Manchester, he was educated at the Stretford Grammar School and qualified as a chartered accountant, before moving to London, where he made his fortune by buying Victorian houses, converting them into apartments, and letting them. In July 1939, he joined the London Scottish Regiment as a Private, transferring to the Royal Artillery in 1941 as a Second Lieutenant; in the same year, he was promoted to the rank of Captain. In the General Election of...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine)
Southern Cemetery, Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, Lancashire, England
Plot: G 898
Meredith, Billy b. July 24, 1874 d. April 17, 1958
British (Welsh) Footballer. Born in Chirk, Denbighshire, into a mining family, he began work at the age of twelve as a pony driver. In his spare time, he played for Chirk's football team and won his first Welsh Cup medal in 1894. He had a brief spell as a semi-professional with Wrexham and as a professional with Northwich Victoria, then joined Manchester City in late 1894, although he continued to work at the colliery until 1896, when City insisted that he give up the day job. Manchester City...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine)
Southern Cemetery, Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, Lancashire, England
Plot: Y760
Pickles, Wilfred b. October 13, 1904 d. March 27, 1978
Actor. Born in Halifax, Yorkshire, he appeared in a few films, notably as the father in "Billy Liar" (1963) and as Walter Bingley in "For the Love of Ada" (1972, based on the television series in which he and Irene Handl had starred), but had been on stage since the late 1920s. During the Second World War, he moved to London to read the news on the wireless, but there were many complaints about his Yorkshire accent. The BBC replied that, if the Germans were to invade and take over Broadcasting...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine)
Southern Cemetery, Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, Lancashire, England
Plot: I 1012
Prettyjohns, John b. June 11, 1823 d. January 20, 1887
British Crimean War Victoria Cross Recipient. He was the first Royal Marine to be awarded the medal. He was born at Dean Priors in Devon, and began his working life as a labourer in Buckfastleigh. On June 10, 1844, he enlisted as a Private in the 59th Company of Plymouth Division. The following year, he sailed to the East Indies, where he was flogged for an unknown offence, before returning to Chatham in 1849. The next year, he married Elizabeth Prettyjohns (a distant cousin) at the Plymouth...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine)
Southern Cemetery, Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, Lancashire, England
Plot: L 642

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