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- In many cases stillborn babies were buried in a shared grave with other babies. These graves are usually unmarked, though they do have a plot number and can be located on a cemetery plan.
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3 days ago · A Tameside council spokesperson said: “Firstly, our hearts and thoughts go out to all families where their babies have been buried in unmarked public graves. The majority of burials will have been stillborn babies or babies that unfortunately only lived for a short time. "The council is aware that many years ago this was a common practice."
2 days ago · Read more: Stillborn babies buried in mass graves to be commemorated Published: 12 September 2024 Sources said they knew the practice of burying stillborn children in unmarked public graves was ...
Feb 4, 2020 · They were rarely given time to grieve or hold their child, which was buried or cremated in an undisclosed place. "We owe these mums an apology," Labour MP Carolyn Harris said.
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- Frankie McCamley
3 days ago · The majority of the graves were not dedicated to stillbirths but were ‘pauper graves’ containing a mixture of adults unable to afford an individual burial plot and stillborn or early infant deaths. The communal grave in Royton holds 145 stillborn children, 128 babies and young kids and 29 adults.
Feb 5, 2020 · Babies who are stillborn (born dead) after 24 weeks of pregnancy (until 1992, after 28 weeks), or die during infancy, must be buried or cremated. Cemeteries and crematoria are required to keep records of all such burials and cremations.
- Catherine Fairbairn, Bess Jap
- 2020
Jul 21, 2024 · A woman whose mother gave birth to a stillborn child said she would have been moved to see a memorial unveiled at her church to babies who were buried in unmarked graves.
A memorial to babies buried in unmarked graves in Wirral has been unveiled. The plaque, in Landican Cemetery, commemorates "all babies lost" including those "whose resting place is unknown or...
