Duncan Edwards Grave
Duncan Edwards is buried in Dudley Cemetery, Stourbridge Road, Dudley.
There are usually a fresh bunch of red and white carnations filling the black granite vase below the 6ft-high headstone on his grave. The other granite vase is in the shape of a football.
John Phillips, Dudley Borough Council's Assistant Cemeteries and Crematorium Manager, said: "Visitors come to the grave all through the year. It is still a shrine. It is hard to put a figure on the numbers who come here each year. It's not only individuals who come to stand in silent respect at the grave, but whole parties, as if on a pilgrimage."
Edwards is buried with his sister, Carol Anne, who died in 1947, aged just 14 weeks. Their parents, Gladstone and Sarah-Anne, had no other children. Duncan's mother died in April 2003. She is buried with her husband in a grave that is only yards away from Duncan. (For anyone who is interested, it is located 10 graves to the right).
See the Photo Album for some photographs that were taken when I visited Duncan's grave.
If you are visiting the cemetery, a downloadable plan of the cemetery layout and directions to Duncan's grave can be found here.