Twickenham Cemetery Explained
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
- Herbert Mills Birdwood (d. 1907), British Indian judge and civil servant, naturalist and botanist
- 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
- "Fast Eddie" Clarke (d. 2018), rock musician
- Leonard N. Fowles (d. 1939), organist, choirmaster and composer, best remembered for his hymn tunes "Golders Green" and "Phoenix"
- 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
- Norman Cyril Jackson (d. 1994), recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Leonard Jack Lewis (d. 2005), television director
- 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
- Herbert Edgar Weston (d. 1961), stamp dealer[6]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Twickenham Cemetery . . 20 January 2021.
- Web site: Twickenham Cemetery . . Cemeteries . 9 August 2015.
- Web site: Family History in Twickenham and Whitton . . Research . 10 August 2015.
- Web site: People of historical note buried in the borough A to L . . Local Studies Library . 26 November 2014 . 8 August 2015.
- Web site: People of historical note buried in the borough M to Z . . Local Studies Library . 26 November 2014 . 8 August 2015.
- Baker, Colin. "The man who never was", The Postal Stationery Society Journal, 19 No 3, August 2011, pp. 18–20
