A - Z of Remembrance at Weaste Cemetery

A
Armed Services:  Over 1000 Great War veterans.
B
Boiler Maker: Developed the famous Lancashire Boiler.
C

Cholera victims: This disease caused many deaths before tapped water was introduced.

D

Dockers: They helped make Salford an important port.

E

Engineers: Who worked in the local foundries and iron works

F

Famous people: Charles Hallé, Mark Addy

G

Gold Medal:  Winner in 1908 Olympics Eric Forsyth

H

Health workers: Doctors,Nurses,Herbalists

L

Life Savers: Mark Addy, George Fearnley

M

Munich air crash Eddie Colman: A 'Busby babe' and son of Salford

N

Notorious: The 'Salford Poisoner' - Samuel Hill Derby

O

Ordinary people: Over 330,000 interred here

P

Public servants: Councillors, MP's

Q

Quoits:  World champion William Whittaker

R

Railwaymen: Some killed in accidents

S

Sailors: Who died at sea and on other waterways

T

Teachers: From day schools,further education colleges & Sunday schools

U

Union members & Socialists: People who campaigned to make life better for the working man.

V

Victoria Cross:  Winner William Norton

W

War damage: Headstones riddled with bullet holes can still be seen from when the Cemetery was bombed in WW2

Y

Yarns makers: The spinners made the yarns for the weavers

Z

Zero hour: 7:30am 1st July 1916, the Salford Pals went over the top and fell into history