North Sheen Cemetery
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North Sheen Cemetery is a cemetery in
Hammersmith and Fulham Council.[2]
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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]
The cemetery includes 111 identified graves of
Notable burials
- Antoni Cwojdziński (1896–1972), Polish writer[7]
- MPin 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]
- Manuel Chaves Nogales (1897–1944), Spanish journalist and writer.
- Museum of Art in Łódź and the Warsaw National Museum.
- Tadeusz Grodyński (1888–1958), Polish economist[7]
- 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.
- Herminia Naglerowa (1890–1957), Polish writer[7]
- Witold Narbutt (1900–1957), Polish engineer[7]
- German invasion of Polandin September 1939.
- Bilderberg Group, an annual conference established in 1954 to foster dialogue between Europe and North America.[10]
- chimneysweep, who was awarded the George Cross for rescuing people from a bomb-damaged building in London in 1944. He was initially buried in an unmarked grave. In 1999 a new stone was dedicated by arrangement of the Royal Marines Association and supported by the Victoria Cross and George Cross Association, the Royal Marines Historical Societies and representatives from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.[11]
- Raine Spencer, Countess Spencer (1929–2016), British socialite, stepmother of Diana, Princess of Wales[12]
- Wiesław Strzałkowski (1909–1988), Polish poet[7]
- Charles Wells (1841–1922), British gambler and fraudster who, famously, broke the bank at Monte Carlo[13]
- Adam Żółtowski (1881–1958), Polish linguist[7]
- sports shooter and inventor of the first practical gun camera
See also
- Mortlake Cemetery (Hammersmith New Cemetery)
References
- ^ "Kew Village Plan Consultation Boards" (PDF). Village Plans. London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
- ^ London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
- ^ a b "North Sheen Cemetery". Parks & Gardens. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ "North Sheen Cemetery, Fulham New cemetery". Surrey Churches. 25 February 2020.
- ^ "North Sheen Cemetery". Cemetery Details. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
- ^ "North Sheen Cemetery, Surrey". ww1cemeteries.com. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
- ^ ISBN 978-83-904926-8-1.
- ^ Krzyzanowski, Jerry (2011). "Ferdynand Goetel". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 25 December 2011.
- ^ Chutnik, Sylwia (2007). "Aleksandra Piłsudska: Feminist First Lady of the Second Republic". Muzeum Historii Kobiet. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- OCLC 26551991.
- ^ "Anthony "Tony" Smith GC". www.vconline.org.uk. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ "A headstone at last for Princess Diana's stepmother". The World News. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ISBN 978-0-7509-6926-0.
