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Putney Vale Cemetery

Putney Vale Cemetery and Crematorium in southwest London is located in Putney Vale, surrounded by Putney Heath and Wimbledon Common and Richmond Park. It is located within 47 acres (19 ha) of parkland. The cemetery was opened in 1891 and the crematorium in 1938. The cemetery was originally laid out on land which had belonged to Newlands Farm, which was established in the medieval period.

Notable burials and cremations
Eugen Sandow Funerals held at Putney Vale include those of: A – IEllinor Davenport Adams, journalist and children's author • Major General Ernest Alexander, World War I Victoria Cross recipient • Sir Henry George Outram Bax-Ironside, British diplomat, ambassador to Venezuela, Chile, Switzerland and Bulgaria • Robert Beatty, actor (cremated) • Lady Evelyn Beauchamp (née Herbert), one of the first people to enter the tomb of TutankhamunJames Beck, actor noted for his role as Private Walker, the Cockney spiv in the BBC sitcom ''Dad's Army'' (cremated) • Admiral The 1st Baron Beresford, following state funeral at St Paul's CathedralJohn Bindon, actor • Major-General Charles Guinand Blackader, WWI general • Lillian Board MBE, athlete (cremated) • Reginald Bosanquet, journalist and newsreader for Independent Television NewsWilliam Boulter, World War I Victoria Cross recipient (cremated) • Sheila Burrell, English actress (cremated) • Harry Cunningham Brodie, MP for Reigate (1906–1910) and major in the Middlesex YeomanryKate Carney, famed music hall singer and comedian • Howard Carter, archaeologist and Egyptologist, noted as a primary discoverer of the tomb of TutankhamunMichael Coles, actor • Admiral Herbert Charles Campbell da Costa, Royal Navy flag officer in the First World WarIvy Compton-Burnett CBE, novelist (cremated) • Alain de Cadenet, racing driver • Sandy Denny, singer, songwriter and member of Fairport ConventionHenry Fielding Dickens, barrister and the eighth of 10 children born to author Charles Dickens and his wife CatherineClive Dunfee, racing driver • Sir John Ellerman, shipowner and investor, believed to be the richest man in England • Sir Jacob Epstein, sculptor • Sid Field, English comedy entertainer • Golchin Gilani, 20th-century Iranian poet • Alexander Gordon, co-owner of the Niles Tool Works • Lieutenant Colonel Harry Greenwood, World War I Victoria Cross recipient • Lieutenant Colonel Reginald Hayward, World War I Victoria Cross recipient (cremated) • John Ingram, 32, a grave digger at Putney Vale who died in 1894 in a freak accident, hit in the chest by a stray bullet from the rifle range at Wimbledon CommonSamuel Insull, Anglo-American utilities magnate • J. Bruce Ismay, chairman of White Star Line and a passenger of its ship RMS Titanic, and wife Julia Florence Ismay J – ZHattie Jacques, comedy actress notable for the Carry On films and Sykes (cremated). • Alexander Kerensky, exiled former Russian prime minister and leading figure in the February Revolution of 1917 in Russia. • Sultan Ali Keshtmand, exiled former Prime Minister of Afghanistan and leading figure in the Afghan communist period. • Greg Lake, bassist and singer with King Crimson and Emerson, Lake, & PalmerSir John Lambert CMG KCVO, soldier and diplomat • Hazel, Lady Lavery, painter • John Lavery, painter • Sir David Lean CBE, film director • Rosa Lewis, hotelier of the Cavendish, Jermyn Street, known as the "Queen of Cooks" and "Duchess of Duke Street" • Sir John William Lorden, resident of Ravenswood, Putney Hill and former president of the National Federation of Property Owners and Ratepayers • Daniel Massey, Canadian-British actor and Golden Globe award recipient • Anna Massey (1937-2011), British actress (cremated) • Hilary Minster, British actor • Kenneth More, character actor post-Second World War (cremated) • The 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn, OM, politician (ashes buried here after cremation at Golders Green) • Kenneth Nelson, actor (The Boys in the Band) • Lt-Col. Sir Henry Dickonson Nightingale, 13th Baronet, Royal Marine Officer during the Second Anglo-Burmese War in 1851–52 • Sir William Noble (1861 - 1943), BBC Founder and GPO Chief Engineer • Joe O'Gorman, music hall performer and founder of the Variety Artistes' FederationSir William Orpen, KBE, RA, RHA, Irish artist and portrait painter, prolific official war artist during World War IJennifer Paterson, TV chef of Two Fat Ladies fame (cremated) • Lance Percival, actor and singer (cremated) • Jon Pertwee, actor, noted for Worzel Gummidge, and Doctor Who (cremated) • Roy Plomley OBE, creator of the world's longest running radio programme, BBC Radio 4's Desert Island DiscsNyree Dawn Porter OBE, actress (cremated) • Sir Edward J. Reed, 19th-century constructor of the Royal Navy, MP, author and railway magnate • George Reid, former prime minister of AustraliaAlfred Joseph Richards, First World War recipient of the Victoria CrossVesta Tilley, born Matilda Alice Powles, a male impersonator who was a star in both Britain and the US for over 30 years ==References==
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