Bandon Hill Cemetery

The chapel at Bandon Hill Cemetery

The cemetery

Southeast-facing view across the graves

Bandon Hill Cemetery is a cemetery in Wallington, south-west London. While it was founded in 1900 by the Croydon Rural District Council, ^[1] it is actually located in the London Borough of Sutton ^[1] and upon the formation of London Boroughs in 1965, was jointly run by the London Boroughs of Croydon and Sutton. ^[1] It has an area of about 15 acres, (6¼ hectares) ^[1] and contains about 14,000 grave spaces. ^[1]

History

The cemetery's first interment occurred on Wednesday, 7 March 1900. ^[1] On Friday, 24 March 2006 the cemetery carried out its 30,000th interment. ^[1]

Notable interments

• Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, ^[2] English composer who achieved such success that he was once called the "African Mahler"
• Eugene Stratton, ^[3] American-born dancer and singer, whose career was mostly spent in British music halls
• Joe Elvin, ^[3] Cockney comedian and music hall entertainer and a Founder of the Grand Order of Water Rats, a show business charity
• Jack Lotto, music hall performer of the late Victorian and Edwardian eras whose specialty was a trick-cycling act ^[4]

The Cemetery also contains the war graves of 124 Commonwealth service personnel of both World Wars ^[5]

References

1. "Bandon Hill Cemetery". London Borough of Sutton. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
2. The Crisis magazine September 1913
3. "Music Hall and Variety Artistes Burial Places". at www.arthurlloyd.co.uk.
4. Music Hall and Variety Artistes Burial Places - The Arthur Lloyd Music Hall and Theatre History Website
5. CWGC Cemetery Report.

External links

• Bandon Hill Cemetery at Find a Grave

51°21′54″N0°8′5″W / 51.36500°N 0.13472°W / 51.36500; -0.13472