St Mary's Cemetery is a

cemetery A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite, graveyard, or a green space called a memorial park or memorial garden, is a place where the remains of many death, dead people are burial, buried or otherwise entombed. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek ...

opened in 1860 in

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, London. It was established by St Mary's Burial Board in part of

Wandsworth Common Wandsworth Common is a public common in Wandsworth, in the London Borough of Wandsworth, south London. It is and is maintained and regulated by Wandsworth Council. It is also a Ward of the London Borough of Wandsworth. The population of the ward ...

. It has also been known as Battersea St Mary's Cemetery and Battersea Rise Cemetery. Its burial land was exhausted in the 1960s. There is a small chapel where services can be conducted. It is owned by the

London Borough of Wandsworth Wandsworth () is a London boroughs, London borough in South West (London sub region), South West London, England. It forms part of Inner London and has an estimated population of 329,677 inhabitants. Its main communities are Battersea, Balham, P ...

. Notable burials include: *

John Burns John Elliot Burns (20 October 1858 – 24 January 1943) was an English trade unionist and politician, particularly associated with London politics and Battersea. He was a socialist and then a Liberal Member of Parliament and Minister. He was ...

, trade unionist and politician, MP for

Battersea Battersea is a large district in southwest London, part of the London Borough of Wandsworth, England. It is centred southwest of Charing Cross and also extends along the south bank of the Thames Tideway. It includes the Battersea Park. Hist ...

* Sir William Anderson Rose,

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, MP for

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* William Taylor, headmaster of

Sir Walter St John's Grammar School For Boys Sir Walter St John's was a boys' school in Battersea. As the population and the English educational system changed, so did the school. The school was colloquially known as "Sinjuns" and was finally closed in 1986-7. Early history In September 1 ...

for 34 years from 1873 to 1907 The cemetery contains the

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of 15 British service personnel from

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and 3 from

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External links

Wandsworth Council Cemeteries and crematorium website

St Mary's Cemetery at London Parks and Gardens Trust

CWGC Cemetery Report, details from casualty list. * Cemeteries in the London Borough of Wandsworth Parks and open spaces in the London Borough of Wandsworth Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in England {{UK-cemetery-stub