Fulham Cemetery
Fulham Cemetery, also known as Fulham Old Cemetery and as Fulham Palace Road Cemetery, is in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, just off Fulham Palace Road. Designed by John Hall, it opened in 1865. The closest London Underground station is Barons Court.
Notable burials
- Lieutenant-General Sir Burke Douglas Cuppage KCB (1794–1877), Lieutenant-Governor of Jersey 1863–68.
The cemetery contains the war graves of 238 Commonwealth service personnel, 179 from World War I of whom seven are commemorated by a special memorial headstone, and 57 from World War II. Those whose graves have no headstones are listed by name on a screen wall memorial in the main war graves plot.
See also
- Fulham Road Jewish Cemetery, Jewish Cemetery on Fulham Road
- North Sheen Cemetery, also known as Fulham New Cemetery
References
- ^ Meller, Hugh; Parsons, Brian (2011). London Cemeteries: An Illustrated Guide and Gazetteer (Fifth ed.). Stroud, Gloucestershire: The History Press. p. 155. ISBN 978 0 7524 6183 0.
- ^ "Fulham and Margravine Cemeteries". Cemeteries in Hammersmith & Fulham. London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
- ^ "Fulham Palace Road Cemetery". London Gardens Online. London Parks & Gardens Trust. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
- ^ Meller, Hugh; Parsons, Brian (2011). London Cemeteries: An Illustrated Guide and Gazetteer (Fifth ed.). Stroud, Gloucestershire: The History Press. p. 156. ISBN 978 0 7524 6183 0.
- ^ "Fulham Palace Road Cemetery". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 21 April 2020.