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Moston (St. Joseph's) Roman Catholic Cemetery

  • Country United Kingdom
  • Total identified casualties 373 Find these casualties
  • Region Lancashire
  • Identified casualties from First & Second World War
  • GPS Coordinates Latitude: 53.51627, Longitude: -2.18963
MOSTON (ST. JOSEPH'S) ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY - CWGC
MOSTON (ST. JOSEPH'S) ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY - CWGC
MOSTON (ST. JOSEPH'S) ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY - CWGC
MOSTON (ST. JOSEPH'S) ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY - CWGC

History information

There are casualties of both the World Wars commemorated in this cemetery.

The casualties of the 1914-1918 war are mostly named on a Screen Wall (including those of eleven Belgium soldiers whose remains have been removed to Belgium). There are no headstones for those so named. There are also scattered burials for both World Wars in the cemetery.

There are 214 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war and 144 of the 1939-1945 war commemorated in this site. There is also 1 Polish Foreign National burial.