Twickenham Cemetery

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Twickenham Cemetery
Cross of Sacrifice in Twickenham Cemetery.JPG
Cross of Sacrifice in Twickenham Cemetery
Details
Established1868; 153 years ago (1868)[1]
Location
Whitton, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
CountryEngland
Coordinates51°26′46″N 0°21′50″W / 51.446°N 0.364°W / 51.446; -0.364Coordinates: 51°26′46″N 0°21′50″W / 51.446°N 0.364°W / 51.446; -0.364
TypeActive
Owned byRichmond upon Thames Council
Find a GraveTwickenham Cemetery

Twickenham Cemetery is a cemetery at Hospital Bridge Road, Whitton[2] in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It was established in 1868[1] and was expanded in the 1880s when the local parish churchyards were closed to new burials.[3]

Notable burials[]

  • Hylda Baker (d. 1986), comedienne, actress and music hall performer[citation needed]
  • Herbert Mills Birdwood (d. 1907), British Indian judge and civil servant, naturalist and botanist[citation needed]
  • William Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood (d. 1951), who commanded the ANZAC forces during the Gallipoli Campaign in 1915 and became Commander-in-Chief, India in 1925[4]
  • Frederick James Camm (d. 1959), technical author and magazine editor[citation needed]
  • "Fast Eddie" Clarke (d. 2018), rock musician[citation needed]
  • Leonard N. Fowles (d. 1939), organist, choirmaster and composer, best remembered for his hymn tunes "Golders Green" and "Phoenix"[citation needed]
  • Francis Francis (d. 1886), angler and novelist[4]
  • Edward Stanley Gibbons (d. 1913), stamp dealer and founder of Stanley Gibbons Ltd, publishers of the Stanley Gibbons stamp catalogue[4]
  • Joseph Jackson Howard (d. 1902), genealogist, and Maltravers Herald of Arms Extraordinary 1887–1902[citation needed]
  • Norman Cyril Jackson (d. 1994), recipient of the Victoria Cross[citation needed]
  • Leonard Jack Lewis (d. 2005), television director[citation needed]
  • Laurence Oliphant (d. 1888), author, traveller, diplomat and Christian mystic[5]
  • Jonathan Peel (d. 1879), Secretary of State for War[5]
  • Ernst Roth (d. 1971), music publisher[5]
  • Elizabeth Twining (d. 1889), English painter, author, and botanical illustrator[citation needed]
  • Herbert Edgar Weston (d. 1961), stamp dealer[6]

Gallery[]

Graves at Twickenham Cemetery

  • William Birdwood and family

  • Frederick James Camm

  • Francis Francis

  • Edward Stanley Gibbons

  • Joseph Jackson Howard

  • Laurence Oliphant

  • Ernst Roth

  • Herbert Edgar Weston and his wife

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Twickenham Cemetery". London Gardens Trust. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Twickenham Cemetery". Cemeteries. London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Family History in Twickenham and Whitton". Research. Twickenham Museum. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c "People of historical note buried in the borough A to L". Local Studies Library. London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c "People of historical note buried in the borough M to Z". Local Studies Library. London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  6. ^ Baker, Colin. "The man who never was", The Postal Stationery Society Journal, 19 No 3, August 2011, pp. 18–20

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