Streatham Cemetery

Streatham Cemetery is a cemetery on Garratt Lane in Tooting, London; it is one of three cemeteries managed by Lambeth London Borough Council, the others being West Norwood Cemetery and Lambeth Cemetery. Both Streatham and Lambeth Cemeteries are located within the London Borough of Wandsworth.Streatham Cemetery on the Lambeth London Borough Council website

History Under the Metropolitan Burial Act 1852 (15 & 16 Vict. c. 85), which followed the second cholera epidemic of 1848–49, the Streatham Burial Board acquired the land for a cemetery in what was countryside at the time. The cemetery opened for burials in 1894 and was provided with two lodges and two mirror-image chapels built in the Gothic style by William Newton Dunn.History of Streatham Cemetery – Friends of Streatham Cemetery website The cemetery was subjected to extensive "lawn conversion" from 1969 to 1991 and many monuments were removed. There are new graves available and burials are possible in chambers.Environmental, Historical and Cultural Significance of Cemeteries in Lambeth – House of Commons Publications

The cemetery has a large number of burials of casualties from World War I (218) and World War II (167) which are maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.Streatham Cemetery – Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) databaseStreatham Cemetery on Traces of War

Notable burials Sir Wyke Bayliss (1835–1906), artist, author and poetCourt News, The Times, 10 April 1906 Edward Foster VC (1886–1946), recipient of the Victoria Cross during World War IEdward Foster VC – Victoria Cross database Frederick Hackwood (1851–1926), antiquarian Jan Kwapiński (1885–1964), Polish independence activist and politician Vera Menchik (1906-1944) First and longest reigning Women's world chess champion Jane Roberts ( 1819–1914), First Lady of Liberia Charlie Wilson (1932–1990), one of the gang who committed the Great Train Robbery of 1963Douglas Greenwood, Who's Buried Where in England, Constable, London (2006) p. 345

References

External links Friends Of Streatham Cemetery Streatham Cemetery on Find a Grave Streatham Cemetery on London Cemeteries