Twickenham Cemetery

Twickenham Cemetery
Cross of Sacrifice in Twickenham Cemetery
Details
Established	1868; 156 years ago (1868)[1]
Location	Whitton, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
Country	England
Coordinates	51.446°N 0.364°W / 51.446; -0.364
Type	Active
Owned by	Richmond upon Thames Council
Find a Grave	Twickenham 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
• 
  Leonard N. Fowles
• 
  Francis Francis
• 
  Edward Stanley Gibbons
• 
  Joseph Jackson Howard
• 
  Laurence Oliphant
• 
  Ernst Roth
• 
  Herbert Edgar Weston and his wife

References

1. "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. "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. "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

External links

• Official website: Twickenham Cemetery
• Twickenham Cemetery map
• Twickenham Cemetery at Find a Grave