Twickenham Cemetery

Cemetery in Hounslow, Greater London

51°26′46″N 0°21′50″W / 51.446°N 0.364°W / 51.446; -0.364TypeActiveOwned byRichmond upon Thames CouncilFind a GraveTwickenham 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

References

^ ^a ^b "Twickenham Cemetery". London Gardens Trust. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
^ "Twickenham Cemetery". Cemeteries. London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
^ "Family History in Twickenham and Whitton". Research. Twickenham Museum. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c "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.
^ ^a ^b ^c "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.
^ Baker, Colin. "The man who never was", The Postal Stationery Society Journal, 19 No 3, August 2011, pp. 18–20