Richard Sandham died 29 Aug 1803 and was buried on 30 Aug. His wife Mary died on 3 Sep 1803 and was buried on 4 Sep. Old St John the Baptist, Pilling, Lancs.
A Cornet on the grave of Frederick A Clarke, Band Master of the 7th Battalion The Cheshire Regiment [Macclesfield Cemetery]
The McKay memorial. Five sons died across three wars – Boer, WW1 and WW2. [Macclesfield Cemetery]
2nd Lieutenant George Henry Grimshaw RAF died while engaging in sham aerial combat at Montrose on 8 July 1918. He and another pilot died when their aircraft collided. [Macclesfield Cemetery, Cheshire]
One of Stockport Cemetery’s finest mourning figures:
Nelly Munro died in 1931 aged 48 years. She is buried in Stockport Cemetery.
Memorial to Jenny Smith who fell asleep August 10, 1926 aged 55 years – Loved by All (Stockport Cemetery)
An angel stands guardian on a grave at Clitheroe Cemetery in Lancashire.
A beautiful example of Grave Art depicts a horse at the top of Robert Shuttleworth’s gravestone at St Mary the Virgin Parish Church, Thornton in Craven, North Yorkshire. Robert died in 1872:
A very distinctive memorial to Robert Cuthbert Walmesley can be found in Ince-in-Makerfield Cemetery, Wigan. Robert died in 1859 aged 3 years.
