Locating grave ( but what if he was cremated)

[Antony1977]

My partner and I are on Ancestry and are trying to find out if her GG uncle John William Coley 1899-1972 was buried or cremated , he died in Chestnuts care home in Ross on Wye in 1972 ( no longer there ) I’ve searched the relevant council cemetery records but nothing appears.

Can anyone give us a starter for ten on how to find out if he was buried or cremated , do cremation lists exist?

He was born William John Coley but didn’t seem to ever use that version of his name , his first and Second World War service also used the name John William Coley

[BumbleB]

Herefordshire Archive and Records Office may be of help 

https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/herefordshire-archive-records-centre

[softly softly]

Any idea where/when his wife Edith died, he may be buried with her.

SS

[glenclare]

Herefordshire history.org.uk

They have online readable editions of the Ross Gazette, including 1972.

The announcements section may show details for funeral.

[Antony1977]

Any idea where/when his wife Edith died, he may be buried with her.

SS

Edith died in 1945 sadly of cancer , John never remarried , we don’t have a location for her burial / cremation either at this stage

Update : found her grave at Northern Cemetery Bulwell notts, her husband isn’t buried there tho

[Jebber]

If you have only searched the relevant Council Cemetery records it would not show a burial in a Churchyard or necessarily cremations. I suggest that you actually contact the Council and ask if they have a record of a cremation. There may be a charge for a search.