North Sheen Cemetery

North Sheen Cemetery is a cemetery in Kew[1] in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames (historically in North Sheen, Surrey). It is managed by Hammersmith and Fulham Council.[2]

North Sheen Cemetery
Details
Established1909
Location
Kew, London
CountryEngland
TypeActive
Owned byHammersmith and Fulham Council
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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 cemetery includes 110 identified graves of Commonwealth service personnel in the First World War and the Second World War[4][5] and a memorial garden.[3]

Notable burials
Józef Retinger's grave
  • Antoni Cwojdziński (1896–1972) , Polish writer[6]
  • Gwyneth Dunwoody (née Phillips; 1930–2008), British Labour Party politician and the longest ever serving female MP in the UK Parliament
  • Mateusz Grabowski (1904-1976), Polish pharmacist, owner of the notable Grabowski Art Gallery in London's Sloane Avenue and philanthropist who donated his majolica collection of pharmaceutical vessels to the Kraków Pharmaceutical Museum and his art collection to the Museum of Art in Łódź and the Warsaw National Museum.
  • Ferdynand Goetl (1890–1960), Polish writer[6]
  • Tadeusz Grodyński (1888-1958), Polish economist[6]
  • Stanisław Kot (1885-1975), Polish economist and politician[6]
  • Witold Narbutt (1900-1957), Polish engineer[6]
  • Herminia Naglerowa (1890 – 1957), Polish writer[6]
  • Aleksandra Piłsudska (1882–1963), Polish political activist who was married to Polish leader Józef Piłsudski[7]
  • 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 founded the Bilderberg Group[8]
  • Tony Smith (GC) (1894–1964)[9] who was awarded the George Cross for rescuing people from a bomb-damaged building in London in 1944
  • Wiesław Strzałkowski (1909-1988), Polish poet[6]
  • Charles Wells (gambler):1841-1922
  • Adam Żółtowski (1881-1958), Polish linguist[6]
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See also

References
  1. "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.
  2. "North Sheen and Mortlake Cemeteries". Cemeteries out of the Borough. London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  3. "North Sheen Cemetery". London Gardens Online. London Parks and Gardens Trust. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  4. "North Sheen Cemetery". Cemetery Details. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  5. "North Sheen Cemetery, Surrey". ww1cemeteries.com. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  6. Grodziska, Karolina (1995). Polskie groby na cmentarzach Londynu [Polish Graves in London Cemeteries] (in Polish). PAU. p. 423. ISBN 978-83-904926-8-1.
  7. Chutnik, Sylwia (2007). "Aleksandra Piłsudska: Feminist First Lady of the Second Republic". Muzeum Historii Kobiet. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  8. Eringer, Robert. The Global Manipulators. Pentacle Books. pp. 16–22. ASIN B00546KTEM. OCLC 26551991.
  9. Brazier, Kevin (2 June 2012). "Anthony Smith". Find a Grave. Retrieved 27 September 2014.


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