The cemetery, which adjoins Mortlake Road (the A205 or
South Circular Road) and Lower Richmond Road (the
A316), opened in 1909 and is still in use.[2] It is also known as Fulham New Cemetery as it provided burials for the then
Metropolitan Borough of Fulham when the old
Fulham Cemetery on Fulham Palace Road was full. It has a
grid layout of paths and had a temporary
chapel, which was replaced by a small red brick chapel in 1931.[3] The chapel is in the gothic style, designed by Arthur Holden, Fulham Borough Surveyor & Engineer, with stained glass by Antoine Acket (1918–1981) added in 1953.[4]
Gwyneth Dunwoody (née Phillips; 1930–2008), British Labour Party politician and the longest ever serving female
MP in the UK Parliament
Ferdynand Goetl (1890–1960), Polish writer and political activist[7] who was forced to leave Poland after
World War II due to his involvement in the German investigation of the
Katyn massacre; he died in exile in
London.[8]
Stanisław Kot (1885–1975), Polish economist and politician.[7] He was a member of the
People's Party; and, during World War II held several senior posts in the
Polish Government in Exile, as well as Polish ambassador to the Soviet Union and to Italy. In 1947, in the wake of the
communist takeover of Poland, he became a political refugee, living in France and later in the United Kingdom, where he was the leader of the People's Party in exile.
Józef Retinger (1888–1960), Polish political adviser. He was a founder of the
European Movement that would lead to the founding of the
European Union and also founded the
Bilderberg Group, an annual conference established in 1954 to foster dialogue between Europe and North America.[10]