The cemetery

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

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "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. 1 2 "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.

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