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 Fulham Palace, in Fulham, London, previously in the former English county of Middlesex, is a Grade I listed building with medieval origins and was formerly the principal residence of the Bishop of London. The site was the country home of the ...

Road. Designed by John Hall, it opened in 1865. The closest

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station is Barons Court.

Notable burials

* Lieutenant-General Sir Burke Douglas Cuppage KCB (1794–1877),

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1863–68.Meller, Hugh; Parsons, Brian (2011). ''London Cemeteries: An Illustrated Guide and Gazetteer'' (Fifth ed.).

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. p. 156. . The cemetery contains the

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of 238 Commonwealth service personnel, 179 from

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of whom seven are commemorated by a special memorial headstone, and 57 from

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. Those whose graves have no headstones are listed by name on a screen wall memorial in the main war graves plot.

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fulham Cemetery 1865 establishments in England Cemeteries in London Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in England Fulham Hammersmith and Fulham cemeteries World War I memorials in England

Notable burials

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