Cremation ...?

[Chris Doran]

A few thoughts:-

1. Unless it's changed recently, UK death certificates don't give dispositions of remains (burial, cremation etc.) as they are issued shortly after death when this may not have been decided. Frequently offered advice to get a DC stems from elsewhere, like the USA.

2. Whilst Data Protection rules don't apply to the deceased, cemetery/crematorium records may include details of living relatives. That alone shouldn't prevent council employees answering your basic question, but some have excessive privacy rules.

3. Many cemeteries charge fees, sometimes substantial ones, for burial/scattering of ashes, even if it's on a family grave and you take your own trowell, so I'd be surprised if they didn't have records, except for those who didn't realise they had to pay, or wanted to avoid it If a grave is re-opened for a burial, the staff need to know to look out for urns or set aside a top layer of soil for replacement.

4. Many crematoria have online Books of Remembrance, though they sometimes aren't indexed, leaving you to guess dates, which may be death, birth, cremation, (possibly of a relative in a combined entry) or who knows what? It's not always certain whether they include both cremations and burials, and not everyone wants to pay for an entry.

[heywood]

You say it’s a few years ago when you last tried, I think.
From Wikipedia, there are only a few crematoria in Suffolk. If you have the death certificate and address, then you have the date and perhaps the closest crematorium to try.
Ipswich has an online book to search, for example.
Others may have similar records or may offer lookup services.

[Geoff-E]

You may find something here https://www.deceasedonline.com/

[Jebber]

There is often no record of what happens to the Ashes of the cremated once they are handed over to the Undertaker or family member. Some people scatter them at sea or in a favourite place. A friend of mine took her husband's ashes back to scatter them in Ireland, someone else  brought them from Australia back to their relatives birth place in England.

Not so long ago there was a lot of talk about a problem caused by so many people scattering their relatives ashes on Mount Snowdon.

My own husband died  years ago, I still have his Ashes, they  are in a cupboard waiting to mixed with mine  when I go and then scattered at sea.

These days if you have spare Thousand pounds you van have your ashes fired into space.

[Heirloom1690]

Thank you all for your comments. Happy New Year to all Rootschatters.

I appreciate the comments Chris gave here, for taking the time to reply, I have drawn a blank.
I know the address from electoral registers in Mildenhall and that is where I checked
the crematoria.

I guess some things are not meant to be found.

  

[nanny jan]

I would have suggested looking for a Will but with the big price increase…..

A great aunt left instructions in her Will to be cremated and her ashes to be added to her mother’s grave. Complicated as great aunt died in Somerset and the grave was in Kent…..and it was during WW2 ……took 7 years but it was carried out.