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Middleton Cemetery and Crematorium
Middleton Cemetery and Crematorium
	Picture of the chapel at Middleton Cemetery and Crematorium
Details
Established	1912
Location	Middleton, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
Country	United Kingdom
Coordinates	53°33′32″N 2°10′47″W / 53.5587573°N 2.1796054°W
Type	Public
Owned by	Rochdale Borough Council
Find a Grave	Middleton Cemetery and Crematorium

Middleton Cemetery and Crematorium is a cemetery in Boarshaw Road, Middleton, Greater Manchester, England.

The cemetery was established in 1912 and is owned and maintained by Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council. Facilities on the grounds include a crematorium, chapel, toilets, a memorial garden and a book of remembrance room.^[2]

Interments edit

Joel Halliwell (1881–1958), recipient of the Victoria Cross in World War I
Lee Rigby (1987–2013), British Army Fusilier, killed by Islamic extremists in London, May 2013.
24 graves of military personnel maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, 6 from World War I, 18 from World War II.^[3]

^ "Burial records". Rochdale Borough Council. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
^ "Cemeteries and crematoria". Rochdale Borough Council. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
^ "Middleton (Boarshaw) Cemetery". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 14 December 2015.