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War dead buried in the borough of Rochdale

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  1. Local people who lost their lives (you are here)
  2. Heywood Cemetery – list of war dead
  3. Middleton Cemetery (Boarshaw Road) – list of war dead
  4. St Gabriel's Church, Middleton – list of war dead
  5. Middleton (old cemetery) – list of war dead
  6. Rochdale Cemetery – list of war dead
  7. Rochdale Crematorium – list of war dead
  8. Dearnley Cemetery, Littleborough – list of war dead
  9. St Andrew's Churchyard, Littleborough – list of war dead

Local people who lost their lives

Local people who lost their lives during World War I, World War II and following conflicts are buried at cemeteries within the borough of Rochdale.

  • Use the pages in this section to find out more about them.
  • To find Commonwealth war dead at cemeteries in other boroughs, search the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
  • Next page : Heywood Cemetery – list of war dead

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  • Middleton Armed Forces Coffee Morning - Royal British Legion with Alkrington Library
  • Heywood Veterans Association Breakfast Club
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