Killed By His Horse

Killed by own horse Owen Davies died October 22, 1902 and was buried October 25 at St David, Haigh & Aspull, Lancashire:

Mother died and then her triplets

Jennett Alston gave birth to 3 boys April 3, 1861. She later took poorly & died April 4. A newspaper report [April 6] said they had been baptised Thomas, Robert & Edward and were healthy & progressing favourably. Thomas died the same day, Robert 8th & Edward 9th. Preston Cemetery

Pair of Pigeons?

Am I right in thinking these are Pigeons? They seem very stocky! Anne Marginson departed this life January 23, 1863 aged 74 years. She is buried in Preston Cemetery:

What's in a Name?

Thomas Hill Joseph Napoleon Horatio Bonaparte Swindlehurst Nelson is said to have the longest name to be found in Preston Cemetery. So long, they had to use his initials to fit him on the base of the gravestone!

GREEN MAN GRAVE ART

One of last shots yesterday and I walked right past it as I was busy photographing large versions of memorial flower vases. Glanced back and saw this Green Man. The tendrils from his mouth have formed themselves into a large wreath with large petals inset. Such a great find! Chorley Cemetery, Lancashire: © Laurence Manton 2018

The Graveyard Detective has a New Home

I neglected this blog for a while when I was seduced by Facebook and the immediacy of interaction with followers in a group. CLICK TO VIEW Compare 180 followers here to almost 5,000 on Facebook. I have decided to move The Graveyard Detective and all its posts to a hosted WordPress blog. The name is the same but the new URL for this blog is graveyarddetective.com I'd be very honoured if you would come and join me there, please. Thank you.

Burial place of John Alcock, the First non-stop Transatlantic flier

Captain Sir John William Alcock [1892 – 1919] was a captain in both the Royal Navy and Royal Air Forc. With navigator Lt Arthur Whitten Brown, he piloted the first non-stop transatlantic flight from St John's, Newfoundland to Clifden, Connemara, Ireland. He died in a flying accident in France in 1919.

On December 18, 1919, Alcock was piloting a new Vickers amphibious aircraft, the Vickers Viking, to the first post-war aeronautical exhibition in Paris when he crashed in fog near Rouen in Normany. Alcock suffered a fractured skull and never regained consciousness after being transferred to a hospital in Rouen.

He is buried in Manchester's Southern Cemetery. His grave is marked by a large stone memorial which includes a representation of an aircraft propellor.