Mostly these are the final resting places of people who were awarded the Victoria Cross medal for acts

of outstanding bravery. They’re not listed in any kind of order. Some graves / plaques took a few minutes

to find and others took over an hour.

 

 

 

 

Wilfred Edwards

From : 15th February 1893 to 2nd January 1972

Age : 78

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : Leeds (at home), West Yorkshire

Grave location : Upper and Lower Wortley Cemetery, Oldfield Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS12 4EX

 

 

 

Stan Hollis

From : 21st September 1912 to 8th February 1972

Age : 59

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : Liverton Mines, North Yorkshire

Grave location : Acklam Cemetery, Acklam Road, Middlesborough, Yorkshire, TS5 7HD

 

 

Tom Dresser

From : 21st July 1892 to 9th April 1982

Age : 89

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : 63, Errol Street, Middlesborough, North Yorkshire, TS1 3LW

Grave location : Thorntree Roman Catholic Cemetery, Cargo Fleet Lane, Middlesborough, TS3 8PE

 

 

Arnold Waters

From : 23rd September 1886 to 22nd January 1981

Age : 94

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : Ladywood Road, Four Oaks, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands

Ashes location : Sutton Coldfield Crematorium, Tamworth Road, West Midlands, B75 6LG

 

 

 

Robert James Bye

From : 12th December 1889 to 23rd August 1962

Age : 72

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : 49, Hammerwater Drive, Warsop, Nottinghamshire, NG20 0DL

Grave location : Warsop Cemetery, Cuckney Hill, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG20 0SJ

 

 

 

George Sanders

From : 8th July 1894 to 4th April 1950

Age : 55

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : St James's hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS9 7TF

Grave location : Cottingley Hall Cemetery, Ring Road, Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS11 0EU

 

 

Matthew Hughes

From : 1822 to 9th January 1882

Age : 59/60

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : lodgings at Wapping Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD3 0EQ

Grave location : Undercliffe Cemetery, 127, Undercliffe Lane, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD3 0QD

 

 

Gilbert Insall

From : 14th May 1894 to 17th February 1972

Age : 77

Cause of cause : unknown

Death location : Monks Hill, Scrooby, Bawtry, Nottinghamshire

Grave location : All Saints Church, The Green, Nocton, Lincolnshire, LN4 2GB

 

 

John Molyneux

From : 22nd November 1890 to 25th March 1972

Age : 81

Cause of death : Ashton Green Hostel, St Helens, Merseyside

Death location : St Helens, Merseyside

Cremation location : St Helen's Crematorium, Rainford Road, St Helens, Merseyside, WA10 6DF

 

 

John Raynes

From : 28th April 1887 to 12th November 1929

Age : 42

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : Grange Crescent, Chapeltowm, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS7 4ET

Grave location : Harehills Cemetery, Kimberley Roads, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS9 6LZ

 

 

Tom Mayson

From : 3rd November 1893 to 21st February 1958

Age : 64

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : North Lonsdale Hospital, School Street, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, LA14 2JB

Grave location : St Mary's churchyard, A595, Whicham, Cumbria, LA18 5LS

 

 

Thomas Ashford

From : 1859 to 21st February 1913

Age : 53/54

Cause of death : bronchitis

Death location : Skinners Lane, Whitwick, Leicestershire, LE67 5HF

Grave location : Whitwick Cemetery, Church Lane, Whitwick, Coalville, Leicestershire, LE67 5DJ

 

 

Philip Baybutt

From : 22nd November 1843 to 17th April 1907

Age : 63

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : unknown probably Manchester

Grave location : Southern Cemetery, 212, Barlow Moor Road, Withington, Manchester, M21 7GL

Note : Not VC medal but the American equivalent

 

 

William Cafe

From : 26th March 1826 to 6th August 1906

Age : 80

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : 16, Wetherby Place, Kensington, London, SW7 4ND

Grave location : Brompton Cemetery, Fulham Road, Kensington, London, SW10 9UG

 

 

George Ravenhill

From : 21st February 1872 to 14th April 1921

Age : 49

Cause of death : heart attack

Death location : Long Acre, Nechells, Birmingham, West Midlands

Grave location : Witton Cemetery, Moor Lane, Birmingham, West Midlands, B6 7AE

 

 

George Lambert

From : 16th December 1819 to 10th February 1860

Age : 40

Cause of death : aortic aneurysm

Death location : Hillsborough Barracks, Langsett Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S6 2LR

Grave location : Warsend Cemetery, 1A, Club Mill Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S6 2FH

 

 

Thomas Steele

From : 6th February 1891 to 11th July 1978

Age : 87

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : 1a, Walkers Lane, Springhead, Saddleworth, Oldham, OL4 4QA

Grave location : St Anne's, 51, Stockport Road, Lydgate, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL4 4JJ

 

 

 

Jack White

From : 23rd December 1896 to 27th November 1949

Age : 53

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : 5, Bentley Road, Salford, Manchester, M7 4HF

Grave location : Blackley Jewish Cemetery, 1106, Rochdale Road, Blackley, Manchester, M9 6FQ

 

 

Wilfred Wood

From : 2nd February 1897 to 3rd January 1982

Age : 84

Cause of death : unknown but had suffered strokes

Death location : Stepping Hill Hospital, Poplar Grove, Stockport, Cheshire, SK2 7JE

Cremation location : Stockport Crematorium, Buxton Road, Heavily, Stockport, SK2 6LS

 

 

Thomas Jackson

From : 11th February 1897 to 27th September 1918

Age : 21

Cause of death : gunshot

Death location : Canal du Nord, France

Grave location : Sanders Keep Military Cemetery, Graincourt-les-Havrincourt , France

 

 

Arthur Vickers

From : 2nd February 1882 to 27th July 1944

Age : 62

Cause of death : pulmonary tuberculosis

Death location : City Hospital, Rednal Road, West Heath, Birmingham, West Midlands, B38 8HR

Grave location : Witton Cemetery, Moor Lane, Birmingham, West Midlands, B6 7AE

 

 

James Firth

From : 15th January 1874 to 29th May 1921

Age : 47

Cause of death : tuberculosis

Death location : Sheffield, South Yorkshire

Grave location : Burngreave Cemetery, Burngreave Street, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S3 9DN

 

 

Andrew Moynihan

From : 1st January 1830 to 18th May 1867

Age : 37

Cause of death : "Malta Fever" / brucellosis

Death location : Floriana, Malta

Grave location : Ta' Braxia Cemetery, Pieta, Malta

 

 

Joel Holmes

From : 1821 to 27th July 1872

Age : 51 approx.

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : Halifax, West Yorkshire

Grave location : All Souls Churchyard,  Boothtown Road, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX3 6LL

 

 

George Chafer

From : 16th April 1894 to 1st March 1966

Age : 71

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : Rotherham Hospital, Moorgate Road,  Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S60 2UD

Cremation location : Rotherham Cemetery, Ridgeway, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S65 3NN

 

 

Cecil Knox

From : 9th May 1889 to 4th February 1943

Age : 53

Cause of death : motorcycle accident

Death location : Nuneaton General Hospital, Manor Court Road, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV11 5HX

Grave location [cremated] Gilroes Crematorium, Groby Road, Leciester, Leicestershire, LE3 9QG

 

 

Harry Weale

From : 2nd October 1897 to 13th January 1959

Age : 64

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : Rhyl, Clwyd, Wales

Grave location : Maeshyfry Cemetery, Dyserth Road, Rhyl, Clwyd, Wales, LL18 4DT

 

 

Thomas Maufe

From : 6th May 1898 to 28th March 1942

Age : 43

Cause of death : military accident

Death location : Manor Farm, Blubberhouses Moor, West Yorkshire

Grave location : Ilkley Cemetery, Ashlands Road, Ilkley, West Yorkshire, LS29 8JT

 

 

Thomas Turrall

From : 5th July 1885 to 21st February 1964

Age : 78

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : Selly Oak Hospital, Birmingham, West Midlands (closed in 2011)

Grave location : Solihull Cemetery (known as Robin Hood Cemetery), Streetsbrook Road, Shirley,

                                 Solihull, Birmingham, West Midlands, B90 3NL

 

 

Fred Greaves

From : 16th May 1890 to 11th June 1973

Age : 83

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : Whitelands, Ringwood Road, Brimington, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S43 1DG

Grave location : Chesterfield Crematorium, Chesterfield Road, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S43 1AU

 

 

 

George Onions

From : 2nd March 1883 to 2nd April 1944

Age : 61

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : Edgbaston Hospital, 22, Somerset Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2QQ

Grave location : Quinton Cemetery, Halesowen Road, Birmingham, B62 9AF

 

 

Arthur Fleming-Sands

From : 24th June 1894 to 24th May 1961

Age : 66

Cause of death : heart attack

Death location : The White Horse Hotel, Market Place, Romsey, Hampshire, SO51 8ZJ

Grave location : [cremation] Torquay Crematorium, Hele Road, Torquay, Devonshire, TQ2 7QG

 

 

William Grimboldeston

From : 19th September 1899 to 13th August 1959

Age : 77

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : 49, Bold Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 7ES

Grave location : [ashes] Pleasington Crematorium, Tower Road Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 5LE

 

 

Charles Sharpe

From : 2nd April 1889 to 18th February 1963

Age : 73

Cause of death : cerebral thrombosis

Death location : Workington Infirmary, Workington, Cumbria

Grave location : Newport Cemetery, Manor Road, Newport, Lincolnshire, LN2 1RJ

 

 

John Cunningham

From : 28th June 1897 to 21st February 1941

Age : 43

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : A sanatorium in Hull

Grave location : Western Cemetery, Chanterlands Avenue, Hull, HU5 3SR

 

 

James Hewitson

From : 15th October 1892 to 2nd March 1963

Age : 70

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : Stanley Hospital, Stanley Street, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 7BT

Grave location : St Andrew’s, Coniston, Cumbria, LA21 8EN

 

 

William Norman

From : 1832 to 13th March 1896

Age : 63/4

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : 7, Fernley Building, Ferneley Street, Hulme, Salford, Manchester

Grave location : Weaste Cemetery, Cemetery Road, Salford, Manchester, M5 5NR

 

 

Frederick William Hedges

From : 6th June 1896 to 29th May 1954

Age : 57

Cause of death : suicide by hanging

Death location : Harrogate, West Yorkshire

Grave location : Stonefall Cemetery, Wetherby Road, Harrogate, West Yorkshire, HG3 1DE

 

 

Harry Christian

From : 17th January 1892 to 2nd September 1974

Age : 82

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : West Cumberland Hospital, Homewood Road, Whitehaven, Cumbria, CA28 8JG

Grave location : Egremont Cemetery, North Road, Egremont, Cumbria, CA22 2PR

 

 

Samuel Wassall

From : July 1856 to 31st January 1927

Age : 70

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : North Lonsdale Hospital, School Street, Barrow-In-Furness, Cumbria, LA14 1EJ

Grave location : Barrow Cemetery, Devonshire Road, Barrow-In-Furness, Cumbria, LA14 5PD

 

 

Alan Hill-Walker

From : 12th July 1859 to 21st April 1944

Age : 84

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : Thirsk, Yorkshire

Grave location : St Michael & All Angels, The Row, Maunby, North Yorkshire, YO7 4HD

 

 

William Coltman

From : 17th November 1891 to 29th June 1974

Age : 82

Cause of death : Unknown

Death location : Outwoods Hospital, Belvedere Road, Burton Upon Trent, Staffordshire, DE13 0RB

Grave location : St Mark’s Churchyard, Church Close, Winshill, Staffordshire, DE15 0HP

 

 

Fred Greaves

From : 16th May 1890 to 11th June 1973

Age : 83

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : “Whitelands”, Ringwood Road, Brimington, Derbyshire, ST41 0TB

Grave location : [cremation] Chesterfield Crematorium, Chesterfield Road, Derbyshire, S43 1AU

 

 

William Young

From : 1st January 1876 to 27th August 1916

Age : 40

Cause of death : heart failure

Death location : Cambridge Military Hospital, Aldershot, Hampshire, GU11 2AN

Grave location : Preston Cemetery, New Hall Lane, Preston, Lancashire, PR1 4SY

 

 

Ernest Egerton

From : 10th November 1897 to 14th February 1966

Age : 68

Cause of death : unknown

Death location :350, Uttoxeter Road, Blythe Bridge, Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire, ST11 9LY

Grave location : St Peter Churchyard, Cheadle Road, Blythe Bridge, Staffordshire, ST11 9PW

 

 

John Prettyjohns

From : 11th June 1823 to 20th January 1887

Age : 63

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : Hester Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester

Grave location : Southern Cemetery, 212, Barlow Moor Road, Manchester, M21 7GL

 

 

John Ormsby

From : 10th January 1881 to 20th July 1952

Age : 71

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : 28, Low Road, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, WF13 3PP

Grave location : Dewsbury Cemetery, Ravenshouse Road, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, WF1 2QU

 

 

John Thomas Davies

From : 29th September 1895 to 25th October 1955

Age : 60

Cause of death : unknown

Death location : 27, Leslie Road, St Helens, Merseyside, WA10 3EQ

Grave location : St Helens Cemetery, Rainford Road, Windle, Merseyside, WA10 6DF

 

 

George Eardley

From : 6th May 1912 to 11th September 1991

Age : 79

Cause of death : unknown

Death Location : Congleton, Cheshire

Grave location : [cremated] Macclesfield Crematorium, Prestbury Road, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 3BU

 

 

Albert Shepherd

From : 11th January 1897 to 23rd October 1969

Age : 69

Cause of death : unknown

Death Location : Oakwood Crescent, Royston, Barnsley, West Yorkshire, S71 4HA

Grave location : Royston Cemetery, Church Street, Royston, Barnsley, West Yorkshire, DN5 7SW

 

 

James Magennis

From : 27th October 1919 to 12th February 1986

Age : 66

Cause of death : lung cancer

Death Location : Halifax, West Yorkshire

Grave location : [cremation] Nab Wood Cemetery, Bingley Road, Shipley, West Yorkshire, WF12 7EN

 

 

John O’ Neill

From : 10th February 1897 to 16th October 1942

Age : 45

Cause of death : heart attack

Death Location : Hoylake, The Wirral

Grave location : Holy Trinity Church, Chorley Way, Hoylake, The Wirral, L49 5LW

 

 

Anthony Palmer

From : 10th March 1819 to 12th December 1892

Age : 73

Cause of death : unknown

Death Location : Crumpsall Hospital, Delaunays Road, Crumpall, Manchester, M8 5RB.

Grave location : Heywood Cemetery, Rochdale Road East, Heywood, Lancashire, OL10 1RL

 

 

John Kirk

From : July 1827 to 31st August 186

Age : 38

Cause of death : tuberculosis

Death Location : Liverpool Workhouse, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool, Merseyside

Grave location : Anfield Cemetery, 236, Priory Road, Anfield, Liverpool, Merseyside, L4 2SL

 

 

John Thomas

From : 10th May 1886 to 28th February 1954

Age : 67

Cause of death : unknown

Death Location : 33, Lowfield Road, Stockport, Cheshire, SK2 6RN

Grave location : Stockport Cemetery, Buxton Road, Stockport, Cheshire, SK2 6LS

 

 

William Beesley

From : 5th October 1985 to 23rd September 1966

Age : 70

Cause of death : unknown

Death Location : Hospital, Abergavenny, South Wales

Grave location : St Pauls’ Churchyard, Foleshill Road, Coventry, Warwickshire, CV6 5AJ

 

 

Arthur Evans

From : 8th April 1891 to 1st November 1936

Age : 45

Cause of death : unknown

Death Location : Sydney, Australia

Grave location : Lytham Cemetery, Regents Road, Lytham, Lancashire, FY8 4AJ

 

 

William Heaton

From : 2nd January 1875 to 5th June 1941

Age : 66

Cause of death : unknown

Death Location : Southport

Grave location : Ormskirk Parish Church, New Church House, Ormskirk, Lancashire, L39 3AJ

 

 

James Pitts

From : 26th February 1877 to 18th February 1955

Age : 77

Cause of death : unknown

Death Location : Blackburn Infirmary, Blackburn, Lancashire

Grave location : Blackburn Cemetery, New Whalley Road, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 9SR

 

 

 

Joseph Jee

From : 9th February 1819 to 17th March 1899

Age : 80

Cause of death : unknown

Death Location : Queniborough Old Hall, Leicestershire

Grave location : Ratcliffe College, Ratcliffe-On-The-Wreak, Leicestershire, LE7 4SG

 

 

 

Arnold Loosemore

From : 7th June 1896 to 10th April 1924

Age : 27

Cause of death : tuberculosis

Death Location :Stannington, Sheffield

Grave location : Ecclesall Parish Churchyard, All Saints, Ringinglow Road, Sheffield, S11 7PP

 

 

 

John Thomas

From : 10th May 1886 to 28th February 1954

Age : 67

Cause of death : unknown

Death Location : 33, Lowfield Road, Stockport, Cheshire, SK2 6RN

Grave location : Stockport Cemetery, Buxton Road, Stockport, SK2 6LS

 

 

 

John Hannah

From : 27th November 1921 to 7th June 1947

Age : 25

Cause of death : tuberculosis

Death Location : Markfield, Leicestershire

Grave location : St James The Great Church, Church Hill, Birstall, Leicestershire, LE4 4DN

 

 

 

Anthony Clarke Booth

From : 21st April 1846 to 8th December 1899

Age : 53

Cause of death : unknown

Death Location : 19, William Street, Brierley Hill, West Midlands, DY5 3XY

Grave location : St Michael’s Church, Bell Street South, Brierley Hill, West Midlands, DY5 3AA

 

 

 

Harry Coverdale

From : 21st April 1888 to 20th November 1955

Age : 67

Cause of death : Unknown

Death Location : 37, Ingfield Avenue, Dalton, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD5 9HE.

Grave location : Egerton Cemetery, Blacker Road, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD1 5UH

 

 

 

Ernest Sykes

From : 4th April 1855 to 3rd August 1949

Age : 64

Cause of death : unknown

Death Location : 17, Thornfield Avenue, Lockwood, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD4 5HG

Grave location : Lockwood Cemetery, 198, Meltham Road,Hudfdersfield, West Yorkshire, HD4 7BG

 

 

 

Alfred Wilkinson

From : 5th December 1896 to 18th October 1940

Age : 43

Cause of death : Carbon monoxide poisoning

Death Location : Leigh, Lancashire

Grave location : Leigh Cemetery, Manchester Road, Leigh, Lancashire, WN7 2NP

 

 

 

George Nurse

From : 14th April 1783 to 25th November 1945

Age : 72

Cause of death : unknown

Death Location : Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool

Grave location : Allerton Cemetery, 192, Woolton Road, Allerton, Liverpool, Merseyside, L19 5NF

 

 

 

Joseph Lister

From :  19th October 1886 to 19th January 1963

Age : 76

Cause of death : unknown

Death Location : Reddish Hospital, Stockport, Cheshire,

Grave location : Willow Grove Cemetery, Reddish, Stockport, Cheshire, SK5 7JQ

 

 

William Rickard

From :  10th February 1828 to 21st February 1905

Age : 77

Cause of death : unknown

Death Location : Smallbrook, Isle Of Wight

Grave location : Ryde Cemetery, West Street, Ryde, Isle Of Wight, PO33 2QG

 

 

Sir Samuel James Brown

From :  3rd October 1824 to 14th March 1902

Age : 74

Cause of death : unknown

Death Location : Ryde, Isle Of Man

Grave location : Ryde Cemetery, West Street, Ryde, Isle Of Wight, PO33 2QG

 

 

James Clarke

From :  6th April 1894 to 10th June 1947

Age : 54

Cause of death : pneumonia

Death Location : unknown

Grave location : Rochdale Cemetery, Bury Road, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL11 4DG

 

 

William Jones

From :  1839 to 15th April 1913

Age : 73 or 74

Cause of death : unknown

Death Location : unknown

Grave location : Philip’s Park Cemetery, Riverpark Road, Miles Plating, Greater Manchester, M40 2XG

 

 

George Stringer

From :  24th July 1889 to 22nd November 1957

Age : 68

Cause of death : unknown

Death Location : Oldham

Grave location : Philip’s Park Cemetery, Riverpark Road, Miles Plating, Greater Manchester, M40 2XG

 

 

Henry Kelly

From :  10th July 1887 to 18th July 1960

Age : 72

Cause of death : unknown

Death Location : Prestwich Hospital

Grave location : Southern Cemetery, 212, Barlow Moor Road, Manchester, M21 7GL

 

 

Joel Halliwell

From :  29th December 1881 to 14th June 1958

Age : 76

Cause of death : unknown

Death Location : Oldham

Grave location : Middleton New Cemetery, Boarshaw Road, Middleton, Greater Manchester, M24 2NH

 

 

Anthony Palmer

From :  10th March 1819 to 12th December 1892

Age : 73

Cause of death : unknown

Death Location : Crumpsall Hospital, Manchester

Grave location : Heywood Cemetery, Rochdale Road East, Heywood, Lancashire, OL10 1RL

 

 

John Hogan

From :  8th April 1884 to 6th October 1943

Age : 59

Cause of death : unknown

Death Location : unknown

Grave location : Chadderton Cemetery, Middleton Road,  Oldham, Lancashire, OL9 OJZ

 

 

John Readitt

From :  19th January 1887 to 9th June 1964

Age : 67

Cause of death : Manchester

Death Location : Manchester

Grave location : Gorton Cemetery, Gorton, Manchester, M18 7LB

 

 

George Gabriel Coury

Profession : soldier

From : 13th June 1896 – 2nd February 1956

Age : 59

Cause of death : unknown

Grave location :  St Peter and Paul Church, 161, Liverpool Road, Crosby, Merseyside, L23 5TE

 

 

Thomas Whitham

From : 11th May 1888 to 22nd October 1924

Age : 36

Cause of death : peritonitis

Grave location :  Inghamite Burial Ground, Wheatley Lane, Fence, Lancashire, BB12 9GQ