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ALFRETON CEMETERY
Derbyshire
England

Location Information

The town of Alfreton, Derbyshire is on the main A61 road between Derby and Chesterfield. The cemetery is situated on Rogers Lane, off High Street and contains 4 burials of the Great War and 5 of the Second World War. Some of the headstones are not easy to find.


World War One Graves

Sapper W. HAYNES. 198030. Royal Engineers. 22nd Sept. 1916. Grave C.736

Pte. Ernest William LINEKER. Leicestershire Regt. 3rd July 1918, aged 19. Son of William and Fanny Elizabeth Lineker of 23 Mansfield Road, Alfreton. Grave C.507

Dvr. A. PATRICK, R.A.S.C. 1st April 1919, aged 41. Husband of Elizabeth Clara Patrick of 35 Nottingham Road, Alfreton. Grave A.89

Musician H. A. REEVES. Royal Marine Band. HMS. "King George V" 27th March 1919, aged 21. Son of John William and Mary Ellen Reeves. Grave B.97


World War Two Graves

Capt. G. BLACKBURN, R.A.S.C. 10th Nov. 1942, aged 49. Son of William & Elizabeth Ann Blackburn of West Kirby, Cheshire. Also served in the 1914-18 War. Sec. C, Grave 1418

Sgt. E. C. BREARLEY, R.A.F.V.R. 7th Sept. 1941, aged 29, Son of William & Eliza Brearley of Alfreton. Sec. C, grave 1346

Cpl. J. POWELL, Mentioned in Despatches. R.A.S.C. 25th July 1944, aged 25. Son of William and Sarah Powell; husband of Kathleen Isabel Powell of Alfreton. Sec. C, Grave 1199

Pte. Dorothy May ROBINSON. Auxiliary Territorial Service. 12th Oct. 1942, aged 26. Daughter of Charles L and Lily Robinson of Mablethorpe, Lincs. Sec. C, Grave 1417

Sgt. R. SEARSTON. R.A.F.V.R. 6th Aug. 1943, aged 20. Son of Stephen and Lucy Searston of Alfreton. Sec. A, Grave 152A


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