Grave Restoration

Grave Restoration at Hirst Wood Burial Ground

Some of our most damaged and dangerous graves at Hirst Wood Burial Ground are in the process of being repaired and restored by a fantastic group of volunteers led by gravedigger and grave restorer, Graham Swain. Photos showing the restored graves will be updated to the website as and when the restorations take place.

The graves in the process of being repaired and restored include:

A12

Persons buried:

  • William Garnett
  • John Garnett
  • Clara Novello Garnett

A13

Persons buried:

  • Harriet Patterson
  • Jasper Patterson
  • Francis Bardsley Patterson

Also remembered:

  • Corporal John Ewart Patterson D.R.R.E accidentally killed 04/06/1916 aged 28.
  • 2nd Lieut George Gordon Patterson killed in action on the Somme 25/09/1916 aged 27.

C55

Persons buried:

  • John Henry Gill
  • John Dewhirst
  • Mary Ann Dewhirst
  • Fanny Gill
Also remembered:
Sam, John and Herbert, their three sons, who were killed in the Great War 1914-1918.

E29

Persons buried:

  • James Hardcastle
  • Elizabeth Hardcastle

E32

Persons buried:

  • William Roberts Troman
  • Fanny Troman
  • Barbara Elsa Troman

G41

Persons buried:

  • John Stanley Lister

G54

Persons buried:

  • Elizabeth Turk Watson
  • Henry Watson

G67

Persons buried:

  • Frederick Wickins
  • Rose Anna Wickins
  • Kate Ethel Thompson
  • Justus Rohrbach

H8

Persons buried:

  • Harold Walton
  • John Henry Walton

J1

Persons buried:

  • Agnes Mercy Mills
  • Louise Sarah Mills
  • Harriet Kate Mills
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