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
Established	1909
Location	Kew, London
Country	England
Type	Active
Owned by	Hammersmith and Fulham Council
Find a Grave	North Sheen Cemetery

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
• Ferdynand Goetl (1890–1960), Polish writer[6] 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.[7]
• 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.
• Tadeusz Grodyński (1888–1958), Polish economist[6]
• Stanisław Kot (1885–1975), Polish economist and politician[6]
• Herminia Naglerowa (1890–1957), Polish writer[6]
• Witold Narbutt (1900–1957), Polish engineer[6]
• Manuel Chaves Nogales (1897–1944), Spanish writer[8]
• Boris Perott (1882–1958), Russian physician[9]
• Aleksandra Piłsudska (1882–1963), Polish political activist who was married to Polish leader Józef Piłsudski[10]
• 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[11]
• Tony Smith GC (1894–1964), 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.[12]
• Raine Spencer, Countess Spencer (1929–2016), British socialite, stepmother of Diana, Princess of Wales[13]
• Wiesław Strzałkowski (1909–1988), Polish poet[6]
• Charles Wells (1841–1922), British gambler and fraudster[14]
• Adam Żółtowski (1881–1958), Polish linguist[6]

See also

• Mortlake Cemetery (Hammersmith New Cemetery)

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. Jerzy R. Krzyzanowski (2011). "Ferdynand Goetel". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 25 December 2011.
8. "Manuel Chaves Nogales (1897–1944) – Find A Grave..." www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
9. "Dr Boris Andreevich Perott (1882–1958) – Find A..." www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
10. Chutnik, Sylwia (2007). "Aleksandra Piłsudska: Feminist First Lady of the Second Republic". Muzeum Historii Kobiet. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
11. Eringer, Robert. The Global Manipulators. Pentacle Books. pp. 16–22. ASIN B00546KTEM. OCLC 26551991.
12. Find A grave
13. Robinson, Matthew (23 October 2018). "Royal rejection: Princess Diana's stepmother 'ACID RAINE' left in grave with NO headstone". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
14. Quinn, Robin (1 August 2016). The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo: Charles Deville Wells, Gambler and Fraudster Extraordinaire. History Press. ISBN 978-0-7509-6926-0.

External links

• Find a Grave: North Sheen Cemetery
• The National Archives (UK): North Sheen cemetery. Laying out additional land