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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
- Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, [2] English composer who achieved such success that he was once called the "African Mahler"
- Eugene Stratton, [3] American-born dancer and singer, whose career was mostly spent in British music halls
- Joe Elvin, [3] Cockney comedian and music hall entertainer and a Founder of the Grand Order of Water Rats, a show business charity
- Jack Lotto, music hall performer of the late Victorian and Edwardian eras whose specialty was a trick-cycling act [4]
The Cemetery also contains the war graves of 124 Commonwealth service personnel of both World Wars [5]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Bandon Hill Cemetery". London Borough of Sutton. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
- ^ The Crisis magazine September 1913
- ^ a b "Music Hall and Variety Artistes Burial Places". at www.arthurlloyd.co.uk.
- ^ Music Hall and Variety Artistes Burial Places - The Arthur Lloyd Music Hall and Theatre History Website
- ^ [1] CWGC Cemetery Report.
