WHALLEY - LANCASHIRE
Queen Mary's Hospital Military Cemetery
Mitton Road, Whalley, Ribble Valley Borough, Lancashire
During the First World War, the 2,000 bed Queen Mary's Military Hospital was housed in the County Asylum at Whalley, remaining there until June 1920. The Military Cemetery associated with the hospital is at the eastern end of the Mental Hospital Cemetery and was handed over to the War Department in February 1916. The cemetery has a Cross of Sacrifice and there is also a memorial to all the servicemen, nearly 300 of them, who died in the Hospital.
The Military Cemetery contains 33 First World War burials and nine from the Second World War.
The Military Cemetery contains 33 First World War burials and nine from the Second World War.
Headstone Photos: David O'Mara - Croonaert Research Services
Biographies: Cathy Sedgwick
Gunner Francis Thomas Moody SWEENY 28900
5th Australian Field Artillery Brigade
Died of wounds 21-10-1917 aged 32years
Son of James & Bessie Sweeny, New South Wales
Husband of E. Sweeny of Club Hotel, Carrington,New South Wales
5th Australian Field Artillery Brigade
Died of wounds 21-10-1917 aged 32years
Son of James & Bessie Sweeny, New South Wales
Husband of E. Sweeny of Club Hotel, Carrington,New South Wales
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Private George Joseph WILLIS 2766
54th Battalion Australian Infantry Died of wounds 8-11-1917 aged 27years Son of James & Lucy Willis, New South Wales
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