Macclesfield Cemetery and chapel from east of crematorium

Macclesfield Cemetery, is a Victorian cemetery located on Prestbury Road,

Macclesfield Macclesfield is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Bollin in the east of the county, on the edge of the Cheshire Plain, with Macclesfield Forest to its e ...

Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's coun ...

. It was opened on 17 May 1866 and consists of of land including gardens of remembrance, cemetery walks take place three times a year.
Macclesfield Cemetery website The site contains three chapels, terrace walks overlooking a stream and examples of monumental stone masonry. Macclesfield Crematorium is located within the grounds, the cemetery lodge is on Prestbury Road.

Old Chapel

The Old Chapel was the Church of England chapel for the cemetery. It was built in the 1866 and is in the Neo-Gothic style. The chapel is no longer used for services and is now used as office space. It is a Grade II

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War graves

There are 82 Commonwealth service personnel buried in this cemetery, 49 from

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and 33 from

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.
CWGC Cemetery Report. Breakdown obtained from casualties record.

Notable interments

* Ian Curtis, (cremated) musician. *

George Harold Eardley Company Sergeant Major George Harold Eardley VC, MM (6 May 1912 – 11 September 1991) was a British Army soldier and an English recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded ...

, (cremated) World War II

Victoria Cross The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest and most prestigious award of the British honours system. It is awarded for valour "in the presence of the enemy" to members of the British Armed Forces and may be awarded posthumously. It was previously ...

recipient.

References

External links

* * {{Cemeteries in England Cemeteries in Cheshire Macclesfield