Published:
4:51 PM May 18, 2021
Updated:
10:35 AM May 19, 2021
An existing mounded area at Manor Park Cemetery, created by previous reclamation work to make space for more plots on top.
- Credit: Martin Anderson
A Hornchurch man has found the burial place of his baby brother after a lifetime of searching” is in a public grave soon to be mounded over.
Martin Anderson found the final resting place of his brother, who died in Forest Gate Hospital decades ago when he was three days old, a few months ago.
Mr Anderson said his parents “never recovered from not knowing what happened to him” and the family “now face losing him all over again”.
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to claim lives, a bereavement charity is encouraging young people to give back to those who have passed away in their local community.
London charity Supporting Humanity, alongside the Muslim Patel Burial Trust, is using volunteers to maintain graves in Manor Park Cemetery and Crematorium in east London.
There are currently 476 graves within the burial ground, and it s a number that has been rapidly increasing since the pandemic began.
Idris Patel, Supporting Humanity s founder, said: We believe help in bereavement and mental health are two fundamental issues to tackle when someone close to you passes. After all, it s a natural cycle of life.