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List Of Burials At Southern Cemetery, Manchester
This list of burials at Southern Cemetery, Manchester covers notable people who have been interred at the municipal burial ground in Manchester, North West England.

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Burials

Name Dates Info Section
Daniel Adamson grave Daniel Adamson 1820–1890 English engineer and builder of the Manchester Ship Canal Centre A39 (CE)
Sir John Alcock grave Flight Com. Sir John W. Alcock 1892–1919 RAF officer, piloted the first non-stop transatlantic flight Centre - G (CE)
Philip Baybutt grave Philip James Baybutt 1844–1907 Union Army soldier in the American Civil War H2085 (CE)
Maud Boyd grave Maud Boyd 1867–1929 English actress and singer

Memorial is broken and inscription is partly submerged

D641 (RC)
Matt Busby grave Sir Matt Busby 1909–1994 Manager of Manchester United FC G997 (RC)
Jerome Caminada grave Jerome Caminada 1844–1914 Policeman and Manchester's first CID superintendent. H1742 (RC)
John Cassidy grave John Cassidy 1860–1939 Irish sculptor and painter I800 (RC)
John Henry Davies memorial John Henry Davies 1864–1927 Beer brewer and founder of Manchester United FC A (NC)
Grave of Lesley Ann Downey Lesley Ann Downey 1954-1964 Victim of the Moors murders
gravestone Edward Evans 1948-1965 Victim of the Moors murders
Rob Gretton grave Rob Gretton 1953–1999 Music manager of Joy Division and New Order and a director of Factory Records G278 (RC)
Leopold Grindon grave Leopold Hartley Grindon 1818–1904 English educator and botanist B899 (CE)
Martin Hannett grave Martin Hannett 1948–1991 Guitarist, record producer, and a director of Factory Records FF713 (RC)
Grave of Major Howard Harker Major Howard Harker 1891–1919 British World War I flying ace and recipient of the Military Cross D84 (NC)
Frank Johnson grave engraved with boxing gloves Frank Johnson (real name Frank Williamson) 1928-1970 English boxer and British lightweight and welterweight champion AA 2925(CE)?
Len Johnson grave Len Johnson 1902–1974 Boxer and civil rights campaigner EE740 (CE)
Henry Kelly (VC) grave Henry Kelly VC 1887–1960 WWI and WWII soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross I372 (RC)
Marcel King 1957–1995 English singer with the Soul music band Sweet Sensation F1398 (RC)
grave of L.S. Lowry L. S. Lowry 1887–1976 Painter of industrial scenes in Lancashire C772 (CE)
Grave of John Makeague John Makeague d.1919 Lord Mayor of the City of Manchester 1918-19 G964 (CE)
Ernest Marples family grave Sir Alfred Ernest Marples, Baron Marples of Wallasey 1907–1978 Politician who served as Postmaster General and Minister of Transport G898 (CE)
Billy Meredith grave Billy Meredith 1874–1958 Footballer for both Manchester City FC and Manchester United FC Y760 (CE)
Grave of Joseph James Pardoe Sergeant Major Joseph Pardoe 1820-1889 Heavy Brigade Officer at the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War L 1691 (CE)
Henry Patteson 1835–1887 Lord Mayor of the City of Manchester 1879-80
Maria Pawlikowsk-Jasnorzewska grave Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska 1891–1945 Polish poet and playwright I2182 (RC)
Grave of Sir Robert Peacock Sir Robert Peacock 1859-1926 Chief constable of Manchester City Police 1898-1926 D 1133 (NC)
Wilfred Pickles grave Wilfred Pickles 1904–1978 Film actor and BBC Radio presenter. I1012 (RC)
John Prettyjohns grave John Prettyjohns VC 1823–1887 Royal Marine in the Crimean War and recipient of the Victoria Cross L642 (CE)
Sir Samuel Walter Royse grave Sir Samuel Walter Royse 1850–1916 Lord Mayor of the City of Manchester 1911-13
John Rylands tomb John Rylands
Enriquetta Augustina Rylands 		1801–1888 Entrepreneur and philanthropist husband and wife behind the John Rylands Library E 201/2 (NC)
Joseph Sunlight 1889– 1978 Belarusian/ English architect and Liberal politician DD9 (J)
gravestone Dr Henry Watson 1846-1911 Composer and RNCM professor of music B 297 (CE)
wilding grave Winifred Wilding and David Wilding d.1957 Mother and infant son killed in their house in the 1957 Wythenshawe plane crash K 286 (RC)
Tony Wilson grave Tony Wilson 1950–2007 Broadcaster, impresario and a director of Factory Records B118 (NC)
Olive Zorian grave Olive Zorian 1916–1965 classical violinist and founder of the Zorian String Quartet D557 (NC)

Key: CE=Church of England RC=Roman Catholic NC=Nonconformist J=Jewish