The Graveyard Detective

 A Grisly End to a Lancashire Policeman.
A grisly end. Sergeant William James Bedwell of the Lancashire Mounted Police had tied his legs together, cut his throat and jumped in the River RIbble -buried at Preston Cemetery, Lancashire. [Some years before he had been severely injured when he had...

 Captain Sir Tom Moore
The ashes of the super-NHS fund raiser Captain Moore were interred in the family grave at Morton Cemetery, Riddlesden, Keighley. In accordance with his wishes, the words 'I told you I was Old' were inscribed on his memorial:
BBC Coverage of the event can be found HERE...

Spectacular CWGC Special Memorial in West Yorkshire Cemetery
At Keighley's Morton Cemetery, there is a spectacular  Commonwealth War Graves Commission Special Memorial commemorating 22 Commonwealth burials of the First World War. It consists of a Portland Stone statue of a Soldier and two panels upon which are...

Two Early Casualties of WW2
The day after war began, two soldiers lost their lives on a Lancashire road. Pte Thomas Albert Lawson was a Territorial Army soldier serving in The King's Own Royal Regiment, while Pte Thomas Lee Driver was a regular soldier with The Loyal Regiment....