FOWC Portfolio

Baby Memorials
Baby Memorial 1
There are 690 babies in unmarked graves in Wombwell Cemetery. Unfortunately in a time of
poverty, and when stillborn babies or young deaths were more common, it would be difficult for
parents to afford graves for their sons and daughters. Instead, they were all buried, carefully and
respectfully, in one designated area of cemeteries across the UK – though in ours there are two
sections.
In early 2005 to remember and respect our unmarked babies and their families, we decided to place
memorial stones on each site. Our first and largest site was given a small stone, with a verse
specially picked out by one of the Friends. It was laid on stone tiles with floral décor engraved into
them.
Since then, we decided that this simply wasn’t enough. For such a large site, it only had a small
stone. Over the years, we’ve fundraised and have gradually developed this site to become what it is
today.
Firstly we weeded and added new flowers, and a
guardian angel.
Next, we decided to add kerbing using recycled stone,
blue and pink chippings, and more flower pots. We
also added a new angel and took the previous to the
other baby memorial.