| Twickenham Cemetery | |
|---|---|
 Cross of Sacrifice in Twickenham Cemetery | |
| Details | |
| Established | 1868; 157 years ago (1868) |
| Location | Whitton, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames |
| Country | England |
| Coordinates | 51°26′46″N 0°21′50″W / 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 in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It was established in 1868 and was expanded in the 1880s, when the local parish churchyards were closed to new burials.
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
- 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
- Edward Stanley Gibbons (d. 1913), stamp dealer and founder of Stanley Gibbons Ltd, publishers of the Stanley Gibbons stamp catalogue
- 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
- Jonathan Peel (d. 1879), Secretary of State for War
- Ernst Roth (d. 1971), music publisher
- Elizabeth Twining (d. 1889), English painter, author, and botanical illustrator
- Herbert Edgar Weston (d. 1961), stamp dealer
Gallery
Graves at Twickenham Cemetery-
William Birdwood and family
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Frederick James Camm
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Leonard N. Fowles
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Francis Francis
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Edward Stanley Gibbons
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Joseph Jackson Howard
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Laurence Oliphant
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Ernst Roth
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Herbert Edgar Weston and his wife
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References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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
