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Mass graves
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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:
1. Number of mass (unmarked) graves containing still born babies
Not sure if there is 1 mass grave containing 6 stillborn babies or 6 individual burials. Records don’t show where the babies are buried.
2. Date of earliest mass (unmarked) grave
Earliest record of mass grave was 03.05.1928 (not stillbirth) Shinfield Cemetery
Earliest record of stillbirth mass grave was 1929 at Shinfield Cemetery
3. Date of last mass (unmarked) grave
Last record of mass grave was 2015 Shinfield Cemetery
Last record of mass stillbirth was 1951 Shinfield Cemetery
4. In addition, please can you state whether or not burial records for these mass graves are available online.
None of our burial records are currently available online.
