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- ↑ "The Cemetery: Question about a crematorium". The Hereford Times. 28 October 1939. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- ↑ Powell, Dean (2012). Dr William Price: Wales's First Radical. p. 154. ISBN 9781445620527 . Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- ↑ https://www.cwgc.org/find/find-war-dead/results/?cemetery=HEREFORD%2BCEMETERY [ dead link ]
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- ↑ "Hereford Crematorium and Cemetery". Herefordshire Council. Retrieved 5 May 2018.