Bandon Hill Cemetery

Cemetery in London

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

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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

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* 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

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1. ^ 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.
2. ^ The Crisis magazine September 1913
3. ^ a b "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. ^ [1] CWGC Cemetery Report.

## External links

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* Bandon Hill Cemetery at Find a Grave

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