Putney Vale Cemetery and Crematorium in southwest

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

is located in

Putney Vale Putney () is a district of southwest London, England, in the London Borough of Wandsworth, southwest of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London. History Putney is an ancient paris ...

, surrounded by Putney Heath and Wimbledon Common and

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. It is located within of parkland. The cemetery was opened in 1891 and the crematorium in 1938. The cemetery was originally laid out on land which had belonged to Newlands Farm, which was established in the medieval period. The cemetery has two chapels, one being a traditional

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chapel and the other being used for multi-denomination or non-religious services. It has a large Garden of Remembrance. There are 87 Commonwealth war grave burials from the

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and 97 from the

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in the cemetery. Six

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recipients have been buried or cremated here. The burials are scattered throughout the grounds of the cemetery and a Screen Wall Memorial has been erected to record the names of those whose graves are not marked by headstones. Those who have been cremated at Putney Vale Crematorium also have their names recorded on these panels.

Notable burials and cremations

Funerals held at Putney Vale include those of: *

Ellinor Lily Davenport Adams Ellinor Davenport Adams (birth registered in the fourth quarter of 185811 April 1913) was a British journalist and writer. She wrote mainly girls’ fiction, and told her stories from the child's perspective. Biography Ellinor Davenport Adams ...

, journalist and children's author * Major General Ernest Alexander, World War I

recipient *

Julie Alexander Julie Alexander (9 May 1938 – 31 January 2003) was a British model and actress of the late 1950s and early 1960s known for playing glamorous roles including Rosalie Dawn in ''The Pure Hell of St Trinian's''. Biography Early years Born in Fulh ...

, actress and model (cremated) *

Dev Anand Dharamdev Pishorimal Anand (26 September 1923 – 3 December 2011), better known as Dev Anand, was an Indian actor, writer, director and producer known for his work in Hindi cinema, through a career that spanned over six decades. He was ...

, Indian film actor (cremated, ashes scattered in

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, India) *

Peter Arne Peter Arne (born Peter Randolph Michael Albrecht; 29 September 19241 August 1983) was a British character actor. He made more than 50 film appearances including roles in ''Ice Cold in Alex'', ''The Moonraker'', '' Conspiracy of Hearts'' and ''V ...

, actor *

Arthur Askey Arthur Bowden Askey, (6 June 1900 – 16 November 1982) was an English comedian and actor. Askey was known for his short stature (5' 2", 1.58 m) and distinctive horn-rimmed glasses, and his playful humour incorporating improvisation ...

, comedian and actor (cremated) * Sir Stanley Baker, Welsh actor and film producer (cremated, ashes scattered near Ferndale, Glamorgan) * Sir Henry George Outram Bax-Ironside, British diplomat, ambassador to Venezuela, Chile, Switzerland and Bulgaria *

Robert Beatty Robert Rutherford Beatty (19 October 1909 – 3 March 1992) was a Canadian actor who worked in film, television and radio for most of his career and was especially known in the UK. Early years Beatty was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Hamilton, O ...

, actor (cremated) *

Evelyn Beauchamp Lady Evelyn Leonora Almina Beauchamp ( ; ; 15 August 1901 – 31 January 1980) was the daughter of George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon. In November 1922, she, her father and the archaeologist Howard Carter were the first people in modern time ...

(née Herbert), one of the first people to enter the

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of the

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, actor noted for his role as

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, the Cockney

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in the BBC sitcom ''

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'' (cremated) *

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The 1st Baron Beresford, following state funeral at

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. *

John Bindon John Dennis Arthur Bindon (4 October 1943 – 10 October 1993) was an English actor and bodyguard who had close links with the London underworld. The son of a London cab driver, Bindon was frequently in trouble as a youth for getting into figh ...

, actor * Major-General Charles Guinand Blackader, WWI general * Lillian Board MBE, silver medal-winning Olympian (cremated) * William Boulter, World War I Victoria Cross recipient (cremated) * Harry Cunningham Brodie, MP for

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(1906–1910) and major in

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Kate Carney Kate Carney (born Catherine Mary Pattinson; 15 August 1869 – 1 January 1950) was an English singer and comedian who played the music halls in London. Biography She was born in Southwark, London, in 1869 as Catherine Mary Pattinson.1901 c ...

, famed

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singer and comedian *

Howard Carter Howard Carter (9 May 18742 March 1939) was a British archaeologist and Egyptologist who discovered the intact tomb of the 18th Dynasty Pharaoh Tutankhamun in November 1922, the best-preserved pharaonic tomb ever found in the Valley of the K ...

, archaeologist and Egyptologist, noted as a primary discoverer of the tomb of

. * Lt-Col. Sir Henry Dickonson Nightingale, 13th Baronet,

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Officer during

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in 1851-52 * Admiral Herbert Charles Campbell da Costa, Royal Navy flag officer in

Sandy Denny Alexandra Elene MacLean Denny (6 January 1947 – 21 April 1978) was an English singer who was lead singer of the British folk rock band Fairport Convention. She has been described as "the pre-eminent British folk rock singer". After briefly w ...

, singer, songwriter and member of

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Henry Fielding Dickens Sir Henry Fielding Dickens, KC (16 January 1849 – 21 December 1933), was the eighth of ten children born to English author Charles Dickens and his wife Catherine. The most successful of all of Dickens's children, he was a barrister, a KC an ...

, barrister and the eighth of 10 children born to author

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and his wife

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. * Clive Dunfee, racing driver. *

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, sculptor. *

Sid Field Sidney Arthur Field (1 April 1904 – 3 February 1950) was an English comedy entertainer who was popular in the 1940s. Early years Field was born in Ladywood, Birmingham, Warwickshire, the son of Albert (a candlemaker) and Bertha (a dressmak ...

English comedy entertainer * Golchin Gilani, 20th century Iranian poet. * Lieutenant Colonel

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, World War I Victoria Cross recipient *

Kenelm Lee Guinness Kenelm Edward Lee Guinness Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, MBE (14 August 1887 – 10 April 1937) was a London-born racing driver of the 1910s and 1920s mostly associated with Sunbeam Motor Car Company, Sunbeam racin ...

, local resident and member of Guinness brewing family, early motor racer and entrepreneur behind the famous Putney Vale-made KLG spark plugs *

George Dickinson Hadley George Dickinson Hadley FRCP (30 June 1908 – 14 August 1984) was an English gastroenterologist. He served in the Royal Army Medical Corps during the Second World War and was taken prisoner during the Dunkirk evacuation. He made several failed e ...

, gastroenterologist (cremated) * Lieutenant Colonel Reginald Hayward, World War I Victoria Cross recipient (cremated) * Eugen Hersch, artist and portrait painter whose subjects included President

Paul von Hindenburg Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg (; abbreviated ; 2 October 1847 – 2 August 1934) was a German field marshal and statesman who led the Imperial German Army during World War I and later became President of Germany fro ...

and

Joseph Joachim Joseph Joachim (28 June 1831 – 15 August 1907) was a Hungarian violinist, conductor, composer and teacher who made an international career, based in Hanover and Berlin. A close collaborator of Johannes Brahms, he is widely regarded as one of ...

. *

Sir Edward Hulton, 1st Baronet Sir Edward George Stephen Hulton, 1st Baronet (3 March 1869 – 23 May 1925) was a British newspaper proprietor and thoroughbred racehorse owner. In 1921, he was awarded a baronetcy, of Downside in the parish of Leatherhead in Surrey, for ...

, newspaper proprietor *

James Hunt James Simon Wallis Hunt (29 August 1947 – 15 June 1993) ''Autocourse Grand Prix Archive'', 14 October 2007. Retrieved 4 November 2007. was a British racing driver who won the Formula One World Championship in . After retiring from racing in ...

, Formula One

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world champion (cremated) * John Ingram, 32, a grave digger at Putney Vale who died in a freak accident, hit in the chest from a stray bullet from the rifle range at

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. Buried yards from where he fell, leaving a pregnant wife and infant daughter. Each year on 22 May, local resident John Cooper lays flowers on the man's grave. *

Samuel Insull Samuel Insull (November 11, 1859 – July 16, 1938) was a British-born American business magnate. He was an innovator and investor based in Chicago who greatly contributed to create an integrated electrical infrastructure in the United States ...

, Anglo-American utilities magnate *

J. Bruce Ismay Joseph Bruce Ismay (; 12 December 1862 – 17 October 1937) was an English businessman who served as chairman and managing director of the White Star Line. In 1912, he came to international attention as the highest-ranking White Star official t ...

, chairman of

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and a passenger of its ship RMS ''Titanic'', and wife Julia Florence Ismay *

Hattie Jacques Hattie Jacques (; born Josephine Edwina Jaques; 7 February 1922 – 6 October 1980) was an English comedy actress of stage, radio and screen. She is best known as a regular of the ''Carry On'' films, where she typically played strict, no-non ...

, comedy actress who appeared in many ''

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'' films (cremated). *

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, exiled former Russian prime minister and leading figure in the Russian revolution of 1917, until

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took over * Sir John Lambert CMG KCVO, soldier and diplomat * Hazel, Lady Lavery, painter *

Sir John Lavery Sir John Lavery (20 March 1856 – 10 January 1941) was a Northern Irish painter best known for his portraits and wartime depictions. Life and career John Lavery was born in inner North Belfast, baptised at St Patrick's Church, Belfast a ...

, painter *

David Lean Sir David Lean (25 March 190816 April 1991) was an English film director, producer, screenwriter and editor. Widely considered one of the most important figures in British cinema, Lean directed the large-scale epics ''The Bridge on the River ...

CBE, critically acclaimed film director *

Rosa Lewis Rosa Lewis (''née'' Ovenden; 1867–1952) was an English cook and owner of The Cavendish Hotel in London, located at the intersection of Jermyn Street and Duke Street, St. James. Known as the "Queen of Cooks", her culinary skills were highly p ...

, hotelier of the Cavendish, Jermyn Street, known as the "Queen of Cooks" and "Duchess of Duke Street" * Sir John William Lorden, resident of Ravenswood, Putney Hill and former president of the National Federation of Property Owners and Ratepayers * Daniel Massey, Canadian-British actor and

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recipient *

Hilary Minster Roger Michael Hilary Minster (21 March 1944 – 24 November 1999) was an English character actor. Life and career Born in Surrey, England, he is best known for playing General Erich Von Klinkerhoffen in the sitcom '' 'Allo 'Allo!'' between 198 ...

, British actor *

Kenneth More Kenneth Gilbert More, Order of the British Empire#Current classes, CBE (20 September 1914 – 12 July 1982) was an English film and stage actor. Initially achieving fame in the comedy ''Genevieve (film), Genevieve'' (1953), he appeared in many ...

, character actor post-Second World War (cremated) * The 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn, OM, politician, ashes buried here after cremation at

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, actor (''The Boys in the Band'') *

Joe O'Gorman Joseph George O'Gorman (24 July 1890 – 26 August 1974) was a British entertainer and cricketer. With his brother Dave (1894–1964) he formed a song, dance and comedy act called the O'Gorman Brothers. Starting by touring the variety halls o ...

, music hall performer and founder of the

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Jennifer Paterson Jennifer Mary Paterson (3 April 1928 – 10 August 1999) was a British celebrity cook, author, actress and television personality who appeared on the television programme ''Two Fat Ladies'' (1996–1999) with Clarissa Dickson Wright. Prior to th ...

, TV chef of

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fame (cremated) *

Lance Percival John Lancelot Blades Percival (26 July 1933 – 6 January 2015), known as Lance Percival, was an English actor, comedian and singer, best known for his appearances in satirical comedy television shows of the early 1960s and his ability to impro ...

, actor and singer (cremated) *

Jon Pertwee John Devon Roland "Jon" Pertwee (; 7 July 1919 – 20 May 1996) was an English actor, comedian, entertainer, cabaret performer and TV presenter. Born into a theatrical family, he served in the Royal Navy and the Naval Intelligence Division during ...

, noted Doctor Who actor (cremated). *

Roy Plomley Francis Roy Plomley, ( ; 20 January 1914 – 28 May 1985) was an English radio broadcaster, producer, playwright and novelist. He is best remembered for devising the BBC Radio series ''Desert Island Discs'', which he hosted from its inception i ...

OBE, creator of the world's longest running radio programme,

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's ''

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'' * Nyree Dawn Porter OBE, actress (cremated) * Sir Edward J. Reed, 19th-century constructor of the

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, MP, author and railway magnate *

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, former prime minister of

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recipient of the

Sir Ronald Ross Sir Ronald Ross (13 May 1857 – 16 September 1932) was a British medical doctor who received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1902 for his work on the transmission of malaria, becoming the first British Nobel laureate, and the f ...

, discoverer of

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transmission by mosquitoes *

William Scoresby Routledge William Scoresby Routledge, FRGS (1859–1939) was a British ethnographer, anthropologist and adventurer. With his wife, Katherine Routledge, he completed the first ethnographies of the Kikuyu ( East Africa) and the people of Rapa Nui (Easter ...

, British ethnographer, anthropologist and adventurer *

Charles Rumney Samson Air Commodore Charles Rumney Samson, (8 July 1883 – 5 February 1931) was a British naval aviation pioneer. He was one of the first four officers selected for pilot training by the Royal Navy and was the first person to fly an aircraft fr ...

, pioneer naval aviator. *

Eugen Sandow Eugen Sandow (born Friedrich Wilhelm Müller, ; 2 April 1867 – 14 October 1925) was a German bodybuilder and showman from Prussia. Born in Königsberg, Sandow became interested in bodybuilding at the age of ten during a visit to Italy. After a ...

, the

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n known as the father of modern bodybuilding * Lieutenant Colonel Harry Norton Schofield,

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Victoria Cross recipient *

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, noted pre-Second World War

driver for

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, who still maintain his grave *

Vladek Sheybal Vladek Sheybal (born Władysław Rudolf Zbigniew Sheybal; 12 March 1923 – 16 October 1992) was a Poles, Polish character actor, singer and director of both television and Theatre director, stage productions. He was well known for his portrayal ...

, a

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, comedy actress including the ''

'' films (cremated) * Edwin Tate, son of

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of Tate & Lyle sugar refining fame, in a family mausoleum inscribed with the family motto "Thincke and Thancke" *

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(c.1846–1917), British architect, best known for

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Vesta Tilley Matilda Alice Powles, Lady de Frece (13May 186416September 1952) was an English music hall performer. She adopted the stage name Vesta Tilley and became one of the best-known male impersonators of her era. Her career lasted from 1869 until 192 ...

, born Matilda Alice Powles, a

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, who was a star in both Britain and the US for over 30 years. * Alain de Cadenet,

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driver, 2 time Australian Super Prix winner, Entered the

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a record 15 times * Micky Johnson,

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, pre-war racing driver, 1929 Alps Grand Prix Winner (cremated)

References

External links

Photo Gallery of Putney Vale CemeteryFind A Grave at Putney Vale CemeteryPutney Vale Cemetery
on the

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website
Putney Vale Crematorium at Remembrance Online
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