Putney Vale Cemetery

Putney Vale crematorium

The Putney Vale Cemetery is a confessional cemetery in Putney Vale in south-west London in the London Borough of Wandsworth . It was laid out in 1891, a crematorium was added in 1931 and covers an area of 47 hectares.

There are two chapels in the cemetery, one used for traditional Church of England services and the other for non-denominational or non-religious ceremonies.

There are 87 war graves for those killed in the Commonwealth of World War I and 97 for those killed in World War II. Six porters of the Victoria Cross are buried or cremated here. The burials are scattered all over the site of the cemetery and on a memorial stone are the names of those whose graves are not marked by tombstones. Those who were cremated in the crematorium are also named on the memorial stone, even if their ashes are elsewhere.

Important burials and cremations

Admiral Charles Beresford, 1st Baron Beresford , after being honored with a state ceremony at St Paul's Cathedral .
Lillian Board MBE , middle distance runner and winner of a silver medal in the Olympic Games.
Howard Carter , archeology and Egyptologist, where the grave of Tutankhamun discovered.
Oriel Duke MBE , Colonel and Police Officer
James Hunt , Formula 1 World Champion
Hattie Jacques , actress
J. Bruce Ismay , White Star Line director who survived the sinking of the RMS Titanic .
Alexander Kerensky , key figure in the 1917 Russian Revolution .
Bobby Moore , English football player, led the English national team as captain to win the 1966 World Cup .
Jon Pertwee , British actor.
Sir Ronald Ross , winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine and discoverer of the transmission path of malaria .
Eugen Sandow , a pioneer in bodybuilding .
Richard Seaman , British Grand Prix racing driver who drove for Mercedes-Benz from 1937 to 1939 .

Web links

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