Yorkshire Regiment War Graves, - Salford (Agecroft) Cemetery

Salford (Agecroft) Cemetery contains 160 burials from both World Wars, - 49 from the First World War and 111 from the Second World War.

One burial is that of a soldier of the Yorkshire Regiment.

The cemetery, opened in 1903, belongs to the Corporation and covers about 20 hectares. Two of the soldiers, whose graves could not be marked by headstones, are commemorated by Special Memorials which bear the subscription "Known to be buried in this cemetery". The great majority of the graves are scattered, but there is a small group of eleven graves in Section 18, and the special memorials are in this group.

We are very grateful to Mike Berrell for the photograph of the headstone and of the cemetery entrance and chapel.

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Serjeant John Valentine Ashworth. 7926. 3rd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Died at home 11 October 1917. Born Broughton (Manchester), Enlisted Manchester. "IN LOVING MEMORY OF SERGT JOHN VALENTINE THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF MARY MILDRED ASHWORTH WHO DIED IN HOSPITAL FROM WOUNDS WHILE SERVING HIS KING AND COUNTRY OCT 11TH 1917 AGED 34 YEARS ALSO MARY MILDRED HIS BELOVED WIFE WHO DIED MAY 16TH 1949 IN HER 63RD YEAR ALSO JOHN VALENTINE ASHWORTH THEIR SON AND BELOVED HUSBAND OF FLORENCE WHO DIED SEPT 16TH 1968 AGED 52 YEARS ALSO FLORENCE WHO DIED 7TH NOV 1982 AGED 65 YEARS ALSO JOHANNA BELOVED WIFE OF JOHN ASHWORTH DIED JUNE 10TH 1922 AGED 70 YEARS ALSO JOHN ASHWORTH DIED SEPT 28TH 1924 AGED 75 YEARS"

The entrance to Salford (Agecroft) Cemetery
Photo : Mike Berrell

The Chapel, Salford (Agecroft) Cemetery
Photo : Mike Berrell