Fulham Cemetery

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Fulham Cemetery
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Fulham Cemetery chapel doorway
Fulham Cemetery
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Established1 August 1865 (date of consecration) [1]
Location
Country England
Coordinates 51°28′49″N0°13′00″W / 51.48028°N 0.21667°W / 51.48028; -0.21667
Owned by Hammersmith and Fulham Borough Council
Size13 acres [1]
Website Official website
Find a Grave Fulham Cemetery

Fulham Cemetery, also known as Fulham Old Cemetery [2] and as Fulham Palace Road Cemetery, [3] is in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, just off Fulham Palace Road. Designed by John Hall, it opened in 1865. [3] The closest London Underground station is Barons Court.

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Notable burials

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The cemetery
Another view of the cemetery Fulham Cemetery (geograph 2304435).jpg
Another view of the cemetery

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. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. "Fulham and Margravine Cemeteries". Cemeteries in Hammersmith & Fulham. London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham . Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Fulham Palace Road Cemetery". London Gardens Online. London Parks & Gardens Trust . Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  4. 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.
  5. "Fulham Palace Road Cemetery". Commonwealth War Graves Commission . Retrieved 21 April 2020.