Bandon Hill Cemetery

Cemetery in London

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.