Fulham Cemetery Explained

Fulham Cemetery
Established:	1 August 1865 (date of consecration)
Country:	England
Location:	Fulham Palace Road, London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
Coordinates:	51.4803°N -0.2167°W
Owner:	Hammersmith and Fulham Borough Council
Size:	13 acres^[1]
Website:	Official website
Findagraveid:	2249695

Fulham Cemetery, also known as Fulham Old Cemetery^[2] and as Fulham Palace Road Cemetery,^[3] is in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, just off Fulham Palace Road. Designed by John Hall, it opened in 1865.^[3] The closest London Underground station is Barons Court.

Notable burials

• Lieutenant-General Sir Burke Douglas Cuppage KCB (1794–1877), Lieutenant-Governor of Jersey 1863–68.^[4]

The cemetery contains the war graves of 238 Commonwealth service personnel, 179 from World War I of whom seven are commemorated by a special memorial headstone, and 57 from World War II. Those whose graves have no headstones are listed by name on a screen wall memorial in the main war graves plot.^[5]

See also

• Fulham Road Jewish Cemetery, Jewish Cemetery on Fulham Road
• North Sheen Cemetery, also known as Fulham New Cemetery

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Meller, Hugh; Parsons, Brian (2011). London Cemeteries: An Illustrated Guide and Gazetteer (Fifth ed.). Stroud, Gloucestershire: The History Press. p. 155. .
2. Web site: Fulham and Margravine Cemeteries . . Cemeteries in Hammersmith & Fulham . 19 June 2016.
3. Web site: Fulham Palace Road Cemetery . . London Gardens Online . 19 June 2016.
4. Meller, Hugh; Parsons, Brian (2011). London Cemeteries: An Illustrated Guide and Gazetteer (Fifth ed.). Stroud, Gloucestershire: The History Press. p. 156. .
5. Web site: Fulham Palace Road Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. 21 April 2020.