Editing Allerton Cemetery (section)

== Burials ==
In August 2003 the total number of burials was 74,109.

Burials by religion:
*[[Church of England]] 35,596
*General [[Nonconformist (Protestantism)|Nonconformist]] 18,024
*[[Roman Catholic]] 15,072
*[[Jewish]] 5,397
*[[Muslim]] 20

The cemetery contains graves of 415 Commonwealth services personnel from both World Wars.<ref name=cwgc>[http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/40300/LIVERPOOL%20(ALLERTON)%20CEMETERY] CWGC Cemetery Report.</ref>

Notable individuals buried here include:
*[[Cilla Black]] (died 2015), singer and television presenter.
*[[Julia Lennon]] (died 1958), mother of [[The Beatles|Beatle]] [[John Lennon]].
*[[George Nurse (VC recipient)|George Nurse]] (died 1945), decorated with the [[Victoria Cross]] in the [[Second Boer War]].
*Private [[William Ratcliffe]] (died 1963), decorated with the [[Victoria Cross]] in [[World War I]].
*[[Sir Ken Dodd]] (died 2018), comedian.

As a result of investigations into the [[Alder Hey organs scandal|unauthorised retention of organs]], starting on 5 August 2004 the bodies of 50 nameless babies stored for medical research at Liverpool hospitals were buried at Allerton Cemetery. [[Alder Hey Children's Hospital]] accounted for seven of the unnamed while the rest came from other hospitals.{{cn|date=June 2025}} Further burials took place until 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2010-01-18 |title=Alder Hey organ scandal ends with final burial |url=https://www.nursingtimes.net/hospital-nursing/alder-hey-organ-scandal-ends-with-final-burial-18-01-2010/ |access-date=2025-05-27 |website=Nursing Times |language=en}}</ref>