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Biographies of people buried between 1940 - 1949

John Leadbetter (1861 – 1942) – Early Salford socialist

Alfred Gladstone Waterhouse. (1869 – 1942) – Chief of the Travelling Staff and Director of a Chemicals Manufacturer.

William Downsby (1850 – 1942) – Reputed to be the longest serving Tram Driver in England.

William Hughes (1857 – 1942) – Mayor of Salford 1919/20. Undertaker and Coach Proprietor by profession.

Henry Walker (1855 – 1943) – Saldord’s second Registrar of Weaste Cemetery and first Registrar of Agecroft.

John Stranaghan (1890 – 1944) – Chief Superintendent of Salford Fire Brigade

James Rowan (1871 – 1944) – General Secretary of the ETU

Mary Jane James (1861 – 1945) – Salford Housewife and mother who lost 3 of her children within 6 weeks.

Joseph Toole MP (1877 – 1945) – Lord Mayor of Manchester and MP for Salford South.

John Higginbottom (1871 – 1947) – Alderman and Freemason.

Peter Ashcroft (1883 – 1947) – Mayor of Salford 1936/37. Director of several cinemas.

John Thomas Harrison (1876 – 1947) – Mayor of Salford 1938/39. Butcher and Meat Dealer by profession.

Walter Crookell (1871 – 1949) – Mayor of Salford 1941/2, and Electrical Engineer.

Joseph Lemmon (1872 – 1949) – Mayor of Salford 1945/46. Railway Inspector and prominent Trade Unionist.