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World Cancer Day

Friends of Heene Cemetery Honour and Value the lives lost to Cancer

Research volunteers have been identifying the cause of death for burials aged between 5 years and 45 years.

Friends of Heene Cemetery Honour and Value the lives lost to Cancer

Although these stories can evoke feelings of sadness, we are bringing these ancestors to life by sharing their stories with you.

Their experience of ill health enabled pioneers of medicine to discover the various treatments we have today.

Leonard Beaumont

Walter Saxon Bickham

Lizzie Mary Kilgour

Alice Langley

Elizabeth Annie Stevenson

We hope you have found these stories, and other pages on our website, interesting. Due to the Coronavirus lockdowns we are unable to have our Open Days where visitors kindly give donations in appreciation of our work. We would greatly appreciate a small donation, to help with the maintenance and support of this website.

Sue Standing – Chairperson for Friends of Heene Cemetery