Putney Vale Cemetery and Crematorium in southwest London is located in Putney Vale, surrounded by Putney Heath and Wimbledon Common and Richmond Park. It is located within 47 acres (19 ha) of parkland. The cemetery was opened in 1891 and the crematorium in 1938. The cemetery was originally laid out on land which had belonged to Newlands Farm, which was established in the medieval period.[1]
Putney Vale Crematorium
The cemetery has two chapels, one being a traditional Church of England chapel and the other being used for multi-denomination or non-religious services. It has a large Garden of Remembrance.[2]
There are 87 Commonwealth war grave burials from the First World War and 97 from the Second World War in the cemetery. Six Victoria Cross recipients have been buried or cremated here.[3] The burials are scattered throughout the grounds of the cemetery and a Screen Wall Memorial has been erected to record the names of those whose graves are not marked by headstones. Those who have been cremated at Putney Vale Crematorium also have their names recorded on these panels.[4]
John Ingram, 32, a grave digger at Putney Vale who died in a freak accident, hit in the chest from a stray bullet from the rifle range at Wimbledon Common. Buried yards from where he fell, leaving a pregnant wife and infant daughter. Each year on 22 May, local resident John Cooper lays flowers on the man's grave.[citation needed]
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Putney Vale Cemetery and Crematorium in southwest London is located in Putney Vale surrounded by Putney Heath and Wimbledon Common and Richmond Park It is located within 47 acres 19 ha of parkland The cemetery was opened in 1891 and the crematorium in 1938 The cemetery was originally laid out on land which had belonged to Newlands Farm which was established in the medieval period 1 Putney Vale Crematorium The cemetery has two chapels one being a traditional Church of England chapel and the other being used for multi denomination or non religious services It has a large Garden of Remembrance 2 There are 87 Commonwealth war grave burials from the First World War and 97 from the Second World War in the cemetery Six Victoria Cross recipients have been buried or cremated here 3 The burials are scattered throughout the grounds of the cemetery and a Screen Wall Memorial has been erected to record the names of those whose graves are not marked by headstones Those who have been cremated at Putney Vale Crematorium also have their names recorded on these panels 4 Notable burials and cremations edit nbsp The memorial to strongman Eugen Sandow Funerals held at Putney Vale include those of Ellinor Lily Davenport Adams journalist and children s author Major General Ernest Alexander World War I Victoria Cross recipient Julie Alexander actress and model cremated Dev Anand Indian film actor cremated ashes scattered in Godavari River India Peter Arne actor Arthur Askey comedian and actor cremated Sir Stanley Baker Welsh actor and film producer cremated ashes scattered near Ferndale Glamorgan Peter Bathurst actor 5 Sir Henry George Outram Bax Ironside British diplomat ambassador to Venezuela Chile Switzerland and Bulgaria Robert Beatty actor cremated Lady Evelyn Beauchamp nee Herbert one of the first people to enter the tomb of the Tutankhamun James Beck actor noted for his role as Private Joe Walker the Cockney spiv in the BBC sitcom Dad s Army cremated Admiral The 1st Baron Beresford following state funeral at St Paul s Cathedral John Bindon actor Major General Charles Guinand Blackader WWI general 6 Lillian Board MBE silver medal winning Olympian cremated William Boulter World War I Victoria Cross recipient cremated Kate Carney famed music hall singer and comedian Howard Carter archaeologist and Egyptologist noted as a primary discoverer of the tomb of Tutankhamun 7 Michael Coles actor 8 Harry Cunningham Brodie MP for Reigate 1906 1910 and major in Middlesex Yeomanry Lt Col Sir Henry Dickonson Nightingale 13th Baronet Royal Marine Officer during Second Anglo Burmese War in 1851 52 Admiral Herbert Charles Campbell da Costa Royal Navy flag officer in First World War Alain de Cadenet racing driver Sandy Denny singer songwriter and member of Fairport Convention Henry Fielding Dickens barrister and the eighth of 10 children born to author Charles Dickens and his wife Catherine 9 Clive Dunfee racing driver Sir Jacob Epstein sculptor Sid Field English comedy entertainer 10 Golchin Gilani 20th century Iranian poet Alexander Gordon co owner of the Niles Tool Works A photograph of his mausoleum was used by Judas Priest on the Sin After Sin album cover Lieutenant Colonel Harry Greenwood World War I Victoria Cross recipient Kenelm Lee Guinness local resident and member of Guinness brewing family early motor racer and entrepreneur behind the famous Putney Vale made KLG spark plugs George Dickinson Hadley gastroenterologist cremated 11 Lieutenant Colonel Reginald Hayward World War I Victoria Cross recipient cremated Eugen Hersch artist and portrait painter whose subjects included President Paul von Hindenburg and Joseph Joachim Sir Edward Hulton 1st Baronet newspaper proprietor James Hunt Formula One Grand Prix world champion cremated 12 John Ingram 32 a grave digger at Putney Vale who died in a freak accident hit in the chest from a stray bullet from the rifle range at Wimbledon Common Buried yards from where he fell leaving a pregnant wife and infant daughter Each year on 22 May local resident John Cooper lays flowers on the man s grave citation needed Samuel Insull Anglo American utilities magnate J Bruce Ismay chairman of White Star Line and a passenger of its ship RMS Titanic and wife Julia Florence Ismay Hattie Jacques comedy actress who appeared in many Carry On films cremated 13 Alexander Kerensky exiled former Russian prime minister and leading figure in the Russian revolution of 1917 until Vladimir Lenin took over Sir John Lambert CMG KCVO soldier and diplomat Hazel Lady Lavery painter Sir John Lavery painter Sir David Lean CBE critically acclaimed film director Rosa Lewis hotelier of the Cavendish Jermyn Street known as the Queen of Cooks and Duchess of Duke Street 14 Sir John William Lorden resident of Ravenswood Putney Hill and former president of the National Federation of Property Owners and Ratepayers 15 Daniel Massey Canadian British actor and Golden Globe award recipient Hilary Minster British actor Kenneth More character actor post Second World War cremated The 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn OM politician ashes buried here after cremation at Golders Green Kenneth Nelson actor The Boys in the Band Joe O Gorman music hall performer and founder of the Variety Artistes Federation Sir William Orpen KBE RA RHA Irish artist and portrait painter prolific official war artist during World War I Jennifer Paterson TV chef of Two Fat Ladies fame cremated Lance Percival actor and singer cremated Jon Pertwee actor noted for Worzel Gummidge and Doctor Who cremated Roy Plomley OBE creator of the world s longest running radio programme BBC Radio 4 s Desert Island Discs Nyree Dawn Porter OBE actress cremated Sir Edward J Reed 19th century constructor of the Royal Navy MP author and railway magnate George Reid former prime minister of Australia Alfred Joseph Richards First World War recipient of the Victoria Cross Sir Ronald Ross discoverer of malaria transmission by mosquitoes William Scoresby Routledge British ethnographer anthropologist and adventurer Charles Rumney Samson pioneer naval aviator Eugen Sandow the Prussian known as the father of modern bodybuilding Lieutenant Colonel Harry Norton Schofield Boer War Victoria Cross recipient Richard Seaman noted pre Second World War Grand Prix driver for Mercedes Benz who still maintain his grave Vladek Sheybal a Polish character actor Joan Sims comedy actress including the Carry On films cremated Edwin Tate son of Henry Tate of Tate amp Lyle sugar refining fame in a family mausoleum inscribed with the family motto Thincke and Thancke 16 C W Stephens c 1846 1917 British architect best known for Harrods Vesta Tilley born Matilda Alice Powles a male impersonator who was a star in both Britain and the US for over 30 years James Keen 1994 2023 Raconteur adventurer humanitarian and family man Cremated References edit Wildcroft Manor wildcroftmanor com Archived from the original on 17 June 2012 Retrieved 17 September 2008 Wandsworth Borough Council website Archived 8 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine Burial Location VC Holders South West London Archived from the original on 3 September 2017 Retrieved 8 September 2012 cwgc org uk Putney Vale Cemetery and Crematorium search Commonwealth War Graves Commission Howard Carter Announcements Deaths The Daily Telegraph 5 May 2005 pg 24 David A Perdue Dickens Fast Facts charlesdickenspage com Sid Field The Stage 16 February 1950 pp 3 4 Deaths The Times 16 August 1984 p 24 sports vice com Hattie Rosa Lewis Cavendish Hotel London The Cavendish London Glasgow Herald Sir John Lorden and Rent Restriction Tate family Thincke and Thancke family motto of the Tate family PBase External links editPhoto Gallery of Putney Vale Cemetery Find A Grave at Putney Vale Cemetery Profile of Putney Vale Cemetery Putney Vale Cemetery on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website 51 26 25 N 0 14 38 W 51 44028 N 0 24389 W 51 44028 0 24389 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 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