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FOI000937 FOI Cemeteries
Short Description
Mass Graves
Reference number
FOI000937
Date
14/10/2024
Request
In light of the discovery of a mass grave containing stillborn babies in Royton Cemetery, Oldham, and the discovery of mass graves containing stillborn babies in Landican, Wirral, please could you provide localised details for the following:
*Number of mass (unmarked) graves containing still born babies
*Number of still born babies buried in mass (unmarked) graves
*Date of earliest mass (unmarked) grave
*Date of last mass (unmarked) grave
In addition, please can you state whether or not burial records for these mass graves are available online.