Music Hall and Variety Artistes Burial Places
This page is an attempt to list some of the burial and resting places of the music hall and variety artistes of the Victorian and Edwardian era. If you have any information you would like to add to this page please Contact me.
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The Twickenham Cemetery Variety Artistes Memorial
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Samuel Adams - Music Hall Proprietor - West Norwood Cemetery, Norwood High St. S.E.27 - Grave 25,215 - Square 95 - No trace of headstone remains
Ben Albert - Singer & Comedian - West Norwood Cemetery, Norwood High St. S. E. 27 - Grave 35,050 - Square 104 - Monument is a small scroll which is partly buried.
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Wilkie Baird - Comic singer who took part in the first Royal Variety Performance - Eastern Section of Highgate Cemetery - b 1874 d 1944
Freddie (Frederick Charles) Bamberger, Music Hall pianist - The Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, Sydney, Australia - Location Add-Anglican FM dd Grave 69 - buried 28 August 1975 - Age 72.
Bessie Bellwood (Music hall Artiste), her most famous song is What Cheer Ria. - St. Patricks Cemetery, Leytonstone. Monument exists - b 1857 d 1896
Willie Benn, 'Eccentric Pianist often Billed as 'The Mad Pianist' or 'The Rollicking Rubenstein'. Included on Walter Lambert's famous painting "Popularity" of 1903 - Lambeth Cemetery b ? d 1919
Charles Bertam ( James Bassett ) - Known as the King's Conjuror - West Norwood Cemetery, Norwood High St. S. E. 27 - Grave 31,826 - Square 82 - Headstone with a rugged cross on top still exists.
Walford Bodie (Dr.) Conjurer, ventriloquist and faith healer - Doune Churchyard, MacDuff in Banffshire - His assistants Mystic Marie d 1906 and La Belle Electra d 1919 are buried close to him - d 1939
Joe Boganny - acrobat and music hall artiste. Real name Joseph Toledano. Born in Liverpool. - East Ham Jewish Cemetery b 1874 d 29 July 1943 - See this site for more information.
William John Maurice Bottle, otherwise known as 'Datas, the Memory Man', star of the music halls from 1901 with his amazing memory feats. He was born William John Maurice in Newnham, Kent and married in 1897 in Lewisham, he later changed his real name to Bottle and is a distant relative of Ted Bottle. Datas died in 1957 in Croydon and was buried in Bandon Hill Cemetery, Wallington, Surrey, Plot number XD466, together with his wife. The grave has no headstone, but the inscriptions are to be found on the kerbstones. - b 1875 d 1956
Blondin - Tightrope Walker - Kensal Green Cemetery, Harrow Rd. N. W. 10 - Plot 13,198 - Square 140, Row 1 - b
Albert Alex Bowlly (Albert Allick "Al" Bowlly) - Singer, guitarist, songwriter, composer and band leader - Buried in a mass grave at the Westminster Cemetery, Uxbridge Road, Hanwell - b 1898 d 17th April, 1941 from a bomb in Jermyn Street, London.
Brierly Jack - Ford cemetary, Liverpool - Member of "THE THREE MACS," well known for their version of "MULDOON'S TENEMENT." Jack was also a boxer (glove fighter,) as were his five brothers, and performed successfully on the stage and in the ring during the 1880s and 1890s. - b 1870 d 1897
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Herbert Campbell - Singer & Comedian - Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington High St. N. 16
Kate Carney - Putney Vale Cemetery D5 No 47 - b 1869 d 1950 - buried with her husband and son.
Harry Champion - Cockney Music Hall singer, hits included 'Any Old Iron, Boiled Beef and Carrots, I'm Henry The Eighth I am and many more - East Finchley Cemetery N3 - b 1866 d 1942
Albert Chevalier - Singer & Coster Comedian - Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington High St. N. 16 - Buried in same Plot as George Leybourne! ( New Road J8 )
G.H. Chirgwin (1854-1922) - Music-hall artist, (The White-Eyed Kaffir) - Buried with four of his children who died in infancy at Barnes Common Cemetery, London SW - Details recorded c.1966 as follows ? Double grave No.6, Row B, Section 3. Cross on plinth, with surround. - Memorial inscriptions ? East side: - In loving memory of our dear John Lundy Chirgwin born August 3rd 1897, died March 5th, 1898 also In loving memory of Thomas Chirgwin born September 3rd died September 5th, 1898 also of George Chirgwin father of the above born December 14, 1854 died November 14, 1922 South side: - In ever loving memory of Josie Caroline our “Jo” born May 12th, 1902, died April 22nd, 1903 also our darling Georgina, born February 22nd 1909, died February 25th, 1909. - [For a time Chirgwin had lived at No . 6 Castelnau, Barnes ? only five minutes walk from this cemetery] This cemetery, for long unused, has become very neglected, vandalised and overgrown. However there have been recent attempts to bring it back into order. [contact: Friends of Barnes Common].
Paul Cinquevalli - Juggler - West Norwood Cemetery, Norwood High St. S. E. 27 - Grave 32,152 - Square 82 - Monument on family plot still exists. b 1859 d 1918.
John William Clack Snr - Stage name Carlo - (Father of John William Clack Jr - Stage Name Olrac - See below) - Streatham Cemetery - d December 1927. Also buried at Streatham Cemetery are John William Clack Snr's wife Georgina Clack (Carlo), their son's Isaac Thomas Henry Clack (Harry Carlo) and Alexander Clack (Alec Carlo), also their grandson Bobby Clack and his wife Lilian clack (Bobby Olrac and Lilian). - They all started out as Carlo's, when John William Clack Snr Retired, the brothers formed the Olrac's, Jack, Alec and Harry, as time went on they went their separate ways. Harry and wife Frances May Clack (La Belle Maie), both buried at Streatham Cemetery, had an act and then Alec and wife Nelli who was a tight rope walker. Jack married into the Famous Zaro Trope Family and was Married to Pauline Comerford (Zaro). Jack's Son in law was the son of Willi Pantzer. Alec was friends with Charlie Chaplin. The Olrac's appeared in the Royal Command Performance at the Palace Theatre in 1912.
John William Clack Jr, not to be confused with John William Clack Snr who is buried at Streatham Cemetery. - Stage Name Olrac - Twickenham Cemetery - d 5th September 1939.
Harry Clifton - Music Hall vocalist - Kensal Green Cemetery - d 1872.
Charles Coburn - Singer of The Man who broke the Bank At Monte Carlo and Two Lovely Black Eyes - Old Brompton Cemetery - Real name Colin Whitton McCallum - b 1852 d 1945 - buried with his wife and daughter.
Albert Collcott - Music Hall Scene Painter - Nunhead Cemetery, Linden Grove, Nr. Peckham, Sth. London. S. E. 15 - His unmarked grave is in Square 65.
Lottie Collins - Singer - St Pancras Cemetery - b 1866 d 3rd May 1910 - her real name wass Charlotte Louise Tate - then married to Music Hall lyricist J. Tate who is buried not far from Marie Lloyd in Hampstead.
Sam Collins - Singer - Kensal Green Cemetery, Harrow Rd. N. W. 10 - Tombstone engraved ' Farewell, Good natured, Honest hearted Sam, Until we meet before the great i am ' His Irish hat and Shillelagh are carved on the Tombstone. b 1826 d 1865
Arthur Conquest - Acrobat & Animal Impersonator - West Norwood Cemetery, Norwood High St. S. E. 27 - Grave 32,491 - Square 108 - Scroll type Monument still exists. b 1875 d 1945
Tom Costello - Singer & Comedian - Streatham Park Cemetery, Rowan Rd. S. W. 16 - b 1863 d 1943
Sam Cowell - Singer & Comedian - Blanford, Dorset - Tombstone engraved ' Here lies all that is mortal of Sam Cowell. Born April 15th. 1819 - Died March 11th. 1864 '
Dan Crawley - (Real name Daniel Crowley) Singer / Dancer / Comedian - Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington High St. N. 16. (His wife, Lilian Bishop, is also buried next to him) - b 1872 d 1912
J. P. Crocker - Christy Minstral who performed at St. James Hall, Piccadilly. - Brompton Cemetery, Old Brompton Rd. S. W. 5 - b 1834 d 1869
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Walter Pfeffer Dando (1852-1944) - Mechanical Engineer, Stage Machinist, Stage Manager, Regisseur, Theatrical Mechanician & Architect, Theatrical Engineer & Inventor, India-rubber Merchant, India Rubber Spring & Chest Expander Manufacturer, Photographer, Film-maker, Variety Artists’ Agent, Piano Salesman, Bulldog Breeder & Exhibitor, Author, Lecturer , Musician And “compulsive Patentee” - And his first wife ?
Mlle. Aenea, (1859-1928) (née Letitia Barry, Mrs. Walter P. Dando), dancer, flying ballerina, “La Mouche D’Or” - Together with their daughter ? Letitia Mary Anne Emma “Queenie” Dando (1879-1921) pianist. Were all buried in the Dando Family Grave at Hendon Cemetery & Crematorium, London Borough of Barnet (formerly Hendon Park Cemetery) in Plot No. 25985 (in square C7 on map). The grave is enclosed by a kerb with a celtic cross, bearing a bronze plaque depicting three dancing angels, at its head. Three stones forming the plinth bear the following memorial inscriptions ? “IN MEMORIAM / QUEENIE / A DELIGHTFUL MUSICIAN / DAUGHTER OF W.P. DANDO / AT REST JAN.1.1921” “ALSO HER BELOVED MOTHER / LETITIA DANDO / “ÆNEA” / JOINED HER IN HEAVEN / JANUARY 16.1928. AGED .66” [“ÆNEA” was, in fact, 68 when she died] “ALSO / WALTER P. DANDO / DIED NOV. 13TH 1944. AGED 92. / R. I. P.” -
Walter Dando’s second wife, Daisy (Letitia) Paver (c.1888-1962), dancer, was cremated at Golders Green where there is no memorial.
David Devant - Conjuror - Highgate Cemetery West, Swains Lane, N. 6. b 1868 d 1941
Hugh J. Didcott (d. 1909) - One time music-hall artist, influential music-hall & variety artists’ agent. Buried: Willesden Jewish Cemetery in plot AX Row 1 No.28 - A simple headstone bears the inscription ? “SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / H.J. MORICE / (HUGH JAY DIDCOTT) / DIED / NOVR 26T 1909. / GOD REST HIS SOUL.” Parts of this inscription are repeated in Hebrew.
Phyllis Dixey - "The Girl the Lord Chamberlain Banned" Singer and Entertainer, famous for her own Strip Shows at the Whitehall Theatre, 'The Whitehall Follies.' - Died at her home in Burgh Heath Road, Epsom on the 2nd June ,1964. - Buried in Epsom and Ewell Cemetery, Grave No. V27, in the Catholic Section, restored in late 2005 by the British Music Hall Society. - b 1914 d 1964
Josh Dixon - Real name James Drysdale Dickson - Comedian, Dancer, singer of 'The lighthouse keeper" and "The cabby" and later Stage Door Keeper and Call Boy at the Victoria Palace Theatre during the Crazy Gang period - Streatham park cemetery Private grave No. 2435 sq 8 variety artistes plot - b 1874 d 1956
T. E. Dunville - Singer & Comedian - Buried Nr. Bridport, Dorset. - Grave marked with a white cross with the words ' Jesus Wept ' Sadly, he Committed Suicide.
Augustus Durandeau - Music Hall Songwriter - Nunhead Cemetery, Linden Grove, Nr. Pecham, Sth. London. S. E. 15 - b 1848 d 1893
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Fred Earle - Comic, son of Joseph Tabrar, next to his grave is Billy Williams - d 1915
Tom Edwards - Ventriloquist - West Norwood Cemetery, Norwood High St. S. E. 27. - Grave 35,152 - Square 89 - Family monument still exists. b 1879 d 1933
Gus Elen - Singer & Comedian - Streatham Park Cemetery, Rowan Rd. S. W. 16. - b 1863 d 1940
G. H. Elliott - Singer - St. Margarets, Rottingdean, Nr. Brighton. b 1882 d 1962
Joe Elvin - Cockney Comedian - Burried next to his good friend, the Music Hall star Eugene Stratton (See below) in Bandon Hill Cemetery, Wallington Surrey - b 1862 d 1935)
Norman Evans - Comedian - Carelton Cemetery, Blackpool. - Headstone is in the form of a Garden Wall.
Will Evans - (William Edward Evans) - Music Hall and Pantomime performer, son of the pantomime clowns Fred Evans and Amy Rosaling - Lambeth Cemetery, Grave 437 D1 Cons - b 1875 d 1931.
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Bud Flanagan - Singer & Comedian - Golders Green Crematorium, Hoop Lane, N. 11. Plot : Lawn.
Florrie Forde (the, Australian Marie Lloyd) - Streatham Park Cemetery London. b 1876 d 1940
George Formby Snr. - Singer & Comedian - Warrington Cemetery, Warrington, Cheshire.
George Formby Jnr. - Singer & Comedian - Warrington Cemetery, Warrington, Cheshire.
Tom Foy - Comedian - Brompton Cemetery, Old Brompton Rd. London. S. W. 5. - b 1866 d 1917
Will Fyffe - Comedian - Western Necropolis, Glasgow.
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Harry Gardner - Real Name Edward Gardner - 'The famous Lyceum clown' - b 1869 - d 1917 - St Pancras Cemetery.
Gertie Gitana - Singer - Wigston Cemetery, Leicester. - b 1887 d 1957.
John Green (Paddy Green) - Proprietor of Evans Music Hall from 1856 - b 1805 d 1874
- Buried at St Mary R.C Church, Mortlake. Grave F 16.
Joe Griffiths - Part of The Griffiths Brothers and also a co-founder of the water rats- Highgate Cemetery - d 1901.
Sidney Grant (Real name Samuel Fraser) - Variety Entertainer - b 1872 - d 1928 - Mont à L'Abbé New Cemetery, Jersey, sepulchre in the name of Albert E. J. Parker No 57 letter X, 2nd South Grave.
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Tommy Handley - Comedian - Golders Green Crematorium, Hoop Lane, N. 11.
Peter Haslip - Music Hall Proprietor - West Norwood Cemetery, Norwood High St. S. E. 27. - Grave 8,271 - Square 108 - The family Memorial no longer exists. b 1815 d 1896.Will Hay - Comedian - Streatham Park Cemetery, Rowan Rd. S. W. 16. - b 1888 d 1949
Arthur Haynes - Comedian - Hammersmith New Cemetery, Clifford Ave. S. W. 14. - b 1914 d 1966Richard Hearne ( Mr. Pastry ) - Comedian - St. Mary's, Platt, Nr. Borough Green, Kent.
Dick Henderson - Comedian - St. Mary's R. C. Cemetery, Harrow Rd. N. W. 10. - b 1891 d 1958.
Charles Hengler - Circus Owner - Hampstead Cemetery, Fortune Green Road, London - b 1820 d 1887.
Leslie Henson - Singer/ Revue Artist - Golders Green Crematorium, Hoop Lane, N. 11.
Jenny Hill - Singer - Nunhead Cemetery, Linden Grove, Nr. Peckham, Sth. London. S. E. 15. - Headstone still exists. Known as ' The Vital Spark ' - b 1850 d 1896
Stanley Holloway - Comedian, Singer and Comedy actor - ST. Mary's the virgin Church, East Preston, West Sussex, with his wife who was buried with him in 1997 - b 1890 d 1982
George Honey - Comedian - Highgate Cemetery East, Swains Lane, N. 6. - d 1880 ( May 28th. )
A. B. Houghton - Upside Down trick Pianist - West Norwood Cemetery, Norwood High St. S. E. 27. - Grave 22,638 - Square 122 - No Headstone now remains. b 1866 d 1925
Julia Frederica Howell - Singer ? - West Norwood Cemetery, Norwood High St. S. E. 27 - Grave 16,807 - Square 97 - No monument exists. - b 1843 d 1881
Julio H. Hughes - Scene Painter & Actor - Nunhead Cemetery, Linden Grove, Nr. Peckham, Sth. London. S. E. 15. - Buried in Square 27 - A ruined cross marks his grave. d 1872.
G. W. Hunt - Songwriter, wrote many of Arthur Lloyd's songs - Born and died in the same years too - Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington High St. N. 16. - Plot is C6 in Little Elm Walk - b 1839 d 1904
Alec Hurley - Singer (Tenor) and Comedian, second husband of Marie Lloyd - Tower Hamlets Cemetery - b 1871 d 1913
James Baker Husk - Musical-hall chairman of the Cider Cellar, Dr Johnson's Tavern, The Oxford and Royal Music Halls - Highgate cemetery grave no 23301 - Members of the Alhambra theatre cast attended the funeral 23rd May 1879 - b 1811 d 1879
Leslie ' Hutch ' Hutchinson - Singer - Highgate Cemetery East, Swaines Lane, N. 6. - Plot : Near entrance, Immediately on Right. d 1969.
Alexander Muir Hyslop - Piano accompanist to the silent movies in music halls - Lodgehill Cemetery, Harborne, in an unmarked grave - b 1886 d 1963
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Lucy Johnson - Singer ? - West Norwood Cemetery, Norwood High St. S. E. 27. - Grave 30,671 - Square 88 - No monument exists. - b 1869 d 1903
Jack Judge - Singer and originator of the World War One song; "It's along way to Tipperary" - Rood End Cemetery, Oldbury, West Bromwich, Midlands. Buried in the Catholic Section.
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Marie Kendall - Music Hall comedienne, principal boy and singer, whose most famous song was 'Just Like The Ivy (I'll cling to you) Marie appeared in the first Royal Variety Performance in 1912.- b 1873 d 1964
Fred Kitchen - Singer & Comedian - West Norwood Cemetery, Norwood High St. S. E. 27. - Grave 32,791 - Square 68/80. - Family Monument still exists. - b 1872 d 1951.
Bertha King - Real Name: Bertha (nee Sandeman) Bierman - One of the Ardoz trio, trapeze and music hall artists touring the UK and Europe in the early 1900s - Died at Brinsworth House, Staines Rd, Twickenham, the VAF Home - b 1884 d 1979
Katty King, Arthur Lloyd's wife - Actress and Music Hall Performer - Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington - (Buried with her daughter Maude Emily Olivia Lloyd d 1880, and her son Harry Lloyd's wife Margaret Leigh Lloyd d - 1904) - b 1851 d 1891.
Hetty King - Male impersonator, her hits include Piccadilly, and All The Nice Girls Love A Sailor. - Golders Green Crematorium - b 1883 d 1972.
T. C. King, father
of Katty King - Actor and Drury
Lane Tragedian - Churchyard of Claines near Worcester - b - 1818 d 1893
Charlie Kunz - American bandleader and popular piano soloist - Streatham Park Cemetery.
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Lafayette ( The Great ) - Illusionist - Piershill Cemetery, Edinburgh.
Walter Laburnham (George Walter Davis) - Cockney comedian and singer. Buried in Abney Park Cemetery, not far from his old friend George Leybourne who greatly influenced his career. Epitaph reads "A true friend to all who knew him" - b 1847 d Good Friday 1902.
Arthur Lennard - Best known as the singer of "Skylark, skylark" - St. Nicholas Churchyard, Shoreham. - d 1955
Fannie Leslie - Actress - St Pancras Cemetery - b 1856 - 1935
Lew Lake - Comedian - Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington High St. N. 16.
Lupino Lane - (Born Henry William George Lupino) - Music Hall, Theatre, and Film Actor / Comedian, famous for playing Bill Snibson in 'Me and My Girl' - Streatham Park Cemetery - b 1892 d 1959
Frederick Laroche (Born Frederick Morris) - Comic Singer who performed with his wife Madame Laroche (Real name Agnes Morris) serio comic vocalist, both also toured with Arthur Lloyd for two years - Norwood Cemetery - d 1881
Lily Lassah - Variety Artiste and Pantomime Principal Boy from the 1890s to the 1930/40s, later appeared on TV with Wilfrid Pickles (around the 1950s) - Streatham Cemetery - d 1973.
Harry Lauder - Singer & Comedian - Bent Cemetery, Hamilton.
Fred Law - Singer & Music Hall Proprietor - West Norwood Cemetery, Norwood High St. S. E. 27. - Grave 24,823 - Square 44 - No Tombstone exists. - b 1845 d 1902.
Tom Learmore - Singer & Comedian - Streatham Park Cemetery, Rowan Rd. S. W. 16. - b 1866 d 1939.
Frederick Ledger - Second Editor of the ERA Newspaper - d 1874 - Norwood Cemetery, and his son Edward Ledger d 1874.
Bert Lee - Songwriter - Ormes Head, Llandudno.
Will Lennon - West Norwood Cemetery, Norwood High St. S. E. 27. - Grave 27,528 - Square 50 - Memorial still exists. His wife is also buried with him and they both perfomed on the Music Halls. - b 1854 d 1898 ( Wife b 1851 d 1897 )
Dan Leno ( George Galvin ) - Comedian - Lambeth Cemetery, Blackshaw Rd. S. W. 17. - b 1860 d 1904.
Fred Leslie - Leading comedian in some Gaiety productions - Charlton Cemetery, Cemetery Lane, London. SE7
Letine ( George Gorin ) - Leader of a Troupe of Acrobatic Cyclists - Nunhead Cemetery, Linden Grove, Nr. Peckham, S. E. 15. - His Grave is in Square 42, but the Pedestal has been removed. He was Murdered outside the Canterbury Music Hall on 2nd. June 1889
George Leybourne - Singer - Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington High St. N. 16. - Buried in same plot as Albert Chevalier. George Leybourne had died penniless (15th September 1884) and it was not until 5th December 1891 that a headstone was erected to mark his grave in Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington, paid for by Dan Leno and the Grand Order of Water Rats. He was joined in his grave by not only his grandson Frederick, but also Frederick's father - none other than the great Albert Chevalier, and Frederick's mother - Leybourne's daughter Florence. But he was not actually joined by his wife. The epitaph is 'God's finder touched him and he slept'. - Text from an article by Peter Honri called Leybourne! Lion Comique of the Halls - Theatephile September 1984 edition - Courtesy John Grice.
Millie Lindon (1877-1940), serio [cousin of Rudge sisters See R] née Milicent Warris m. 1. T.E. Dunville, 2. Sir Edward Hulton, 3. Major-Gen. John Thompson, 4. Baron Otto Sklenar von Schaniel - Putney Vale Cemetery, in Hulton Family Grave in Block B [Plot No. not known] - Memorial inscription ? “TO THE MEMORY OF/ MILLICENT / WIDOW OF / SIR EDWARD HULTON / AT REST MARCH 11, 1940 / “PEACE AT LAST” with the second of her four husbands, Sir Edward Hulton, Bart. (1869-1925) and her daughter, Frances Mary “Betty” Stevens (née Hulton) (1909-1932) [mother of Sir Jocelyn Stevens].
Arthur Lloyd - Newington Cemetery, Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh. b 1839 d 1904
Horatio Lloyd - South Necropolis, Glasgow. b 1807 d 1899
Marie Lloyd - Singer - Hampstead Cemetery, Fortune Green Rd. N. W. 6 - b 1870 d 1922
Marie Lloyd jnr - Daughter of Marie Lloyd (See above) - Hampstead Cemetery, Fortune Green Rd. N. W. 6 - b 1888 d 1967. She is buried with her mother and her grandparents.
Cecilia Loftus - Scottish actress, singer, and music hall performer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries - Valhalla Cemetery, Westchester, NY - b 1876 d 1943
Jimmy Logan - Comedian - Dallnotter Cemetery, Clydebank, Glasgow. - Ashes buried with Brother.
Tommy Lorne - Comedian - Auld Isle Cemetery, Kirkintilloch.
Jack Lotto - Head of the Lotto trick cycling family. A co-founder of GOWR and the third member of 'Old Joe's (Elvin) Treble' Buried next to Joe and Eugene Stratton at Bandon Hill Cemetery. B 1857 D 1944
Arthur Lucan ( Old Mother Riley ) - Comedian - Eastern Cemetery, Hull. - b 1885 d 1954.
Victoria Lytton - Dancer, actress, comedienne - Streatham Park Cemetery b 1870 d 1943
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G. H. Macdermott - Singer - West Norwood Cemetery, Norwood High St. S. E . 27 - Grave 24,074 - Square 98 - Family Memorial still exist. b 1845 d 1901.
Frank Matcham - Architect - Highgate Cemetery East, Swains Lane, N. 6.
Ernie Mayne - (Percy Ernest Barratt) - Music Hall Artist - Section A, Grave 1D, New West Border, Mill Lane Cemetery, Shoreham, Sussex Aged 62 - Wife buried with him 1950 - At Christmas 1936 he came out of retirement to make his last appearance in a Worthing pantomime, "Robinson Crusoe" at the Connaught Theatre. - b 1871 d 1937.
Ambrose Maynard - Comic Vocalist - Nunhead Cemetery, Linden Grove, Nr. Peckham, S. E. 15. - His Grave is in Square 56 and is marked by a Headstone.
Tom McNaughton - Formed The Brothers McNaughton with his brother Fred. Tom married Alice Lloyd (Marie Lloyd's sister) in 1894 - Hampstead Cemetery - d 1923
Lex McLean - Comedian - His ashes are above the Proscenium Arch of the Pavillion Theatre, Glasgow
Max Miller - Comedian - Downs Crematory, Brighton.
Victoria Monks - Music Hall singer, famed for her song "Wont You Come Home Bill Bailey" and billed as John Bull's Girl - St.Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery nr Harlesden - b 1884 d 1927
Ernest Potter Morgan - Actor manager / Manager of the Manchester Hippodrome c.1905 - b 1864 - d 1927. And Ada Ella Morgan (nee Hollingsworth) - Acted under her maiden name and as Ada Morgan - b 1864 - d 1938 - Both burried at Hammersmith Cemetery, Mortlake.
Lily Morris - commedienne, known for her songs 'Why Am I Always The bridesmaid and Don't Have Any More Missus More", amongst many others. - Southgate Cemetery Plot D 1472 - (married name: McDougall) b 1884 d 1952.
Edward Moss - Theatre Circuit owner and Theatrical Entrepreneur - Large family vault in Portobello Cemetery, Edinburgh - d 1912
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Jolly JOHN NASH (1830-1901)
singer and friend of Arthur Lloyd, performing with him on countless occasions including the first ever
performance before Royalty by command. Known also as The Laughing
Blacksmith - Fulham Cemetery - b 1830 d 1901.
Nellie Navette - Dancer - Streatham Park Cemetery, Rowan Rd. S. W. 16. - b 1865 d 1936.
Jimmy Nervo - (Real name James Henry Holloway) Acrobat, Comedian - St. Marylebone Cemetery, East End Rd. N. 3. - b 1897 d 1975.
John Reilly Newcombe - Ford Park cemetery, Plymouth. His wife, Louisa, and other Newcombes are also buried there - b 1803 d 1887. One of Newcombe's daughters was the wife of Henry Reed, who for several years was the conductor of the orchestra at the Plymouth Theatre Royal. Members of the Reed family are also buried in Ford Park cemetery.
Harry Nicholls - A mainstay of the Theatre Royal Drury Lane pantomimes between 1880 and 1890, under the direction of Augustus Harris ("Druriolanus") many of which he wrote or co-wrote himself - Chiswick Old Cemetery - b 1852 d 1926.
Novello Ivor - David Ivor Davies - (Novello was his mother's maiden name) - Composer, author and actor-manager, he composed and starred in "Glamorous Night" 1935, "Careless Rapture" 1936, "Crest of the Wave" 1937, "The Dancing Years" 1939, "Perchance to Dream" 1945, "King's Rhapsody" 1949. Other musicals included "Arc de Triomphe" 1943 and "Gay's the Word" 1951. - Born in Cardiff 1893 - Died in his flat above the Novello Theatre, London 5 March 1951. - Ashes interred under a great lilac tree at Golders Green Crematorium, London ("We'll Gather Lilacs") - b 1893 d 1951.
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OMI - the tattooed man, buried Chalvington Church Yard, Sussex.
Olrac - See Clack.
Archibald O'Neill - Archie O'Neill, the one-legged dancer - Yew Tree Cemetery, Liverpool, Lancashire, Section 2E, Plot 348 (public grave - no marker) - b 1893 d 1959.
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Edmund James Payne - Music Hall Actor, Singer, Comedian and Dramatist - Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington, No: 123207, Section J08, a couple of plots along from George Leybourne and Frederick Chevalier - b 1864 d 1914.
George Adney Payne - Proprietor of the Britannia Theatre Hoxton. Acquired the Canterbury in 1877. Began his career at the Greenwich Parthenon and subsequently influenced most of the important London Music Halls. Died in a motor accident at Tunbridge Wells in 1907 -
b 1846 d 1907 - St Pancras Cemetery.
Arthur Pearl - comic singer and song writer. - Streatham Park Cemetery - b 1866 d 1945
Charles John Phipps - Theatre Architect - Highgate Cemetery - b 1835 d 1897
Sam Poluski ( Samuel Govett ) - Comedian - Lambeth Cemetery, Blackshaw Rd. S. W. 17. - b 1866 d 1922.
Will Poluski - Comedian - Golders green Crematorium, Hoop Lane, N. W. 11.
J. J. Poole - Music Hall Proprietor - Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington High St. N. 16.
Nelly Power - Singer - Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington High St. N. 16.
Harry Prescott - Seven Royal Hindustans - Streatham Park Cemetery - b ? d 1935
Arthur Prince - Ventriloquist - Hampstead Cemetery, Fortune Green Rd. N. W. 6. - He was Buried with his Dummy ' Jim ' . - b 1881 d 1948.
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Pat Raferty - Singer of patriotic Irish songs - Hills Cemetery, Horsham,West Sussex - d 1952
Frank Randle (Real name, Arthur Hughes but took the name Arthur McEvoy when his mother married Richard McEvoy) ( Comedian ), Carlton Cemetery, Blackpool. Headstone reads ' I got nothing that I asked for, But everything I hoped for, Despite myself my prayers were answered, I was among all men richly blessed'. - b 1901 - d July 7th 1957.
Harry Randall - Leading Music Hall Comedian and Pantomime dame - Hampstead Cemetery, not far from Tom McNaughton (See above) - b 1860 d 1932.
Ella Retford - Irish born Music Hall singer and actress, hits included Under the Honeymoon Tree and Hello There Little Tommy Atkins - East Sheen Cemetery, Richmond - d 1962.
Arthur Roberts - Comedian & Actor - Paddington Cemetery, Willesdon Lane, N. W. 2. - The site of the Grave has not yet been found. - b 1852 d 1933.
William Hedley Roberts - Worked with Kate Williams as Atlas & Vulcana - Streatham Park Cemetery - b 1864 d 1946.
George Robey (Sir) - Knighted shortly before he died and known as the Prime Minister of Mirth. Went onto become a classical actor - Cremated at Downs Crematorium, Brighton - No permanent memorial - d 1954
James Rogers - Comedian - Brompton Cemetery, Old Brompton Rd. S. W. 5. - b 1823 d 1863.
William Gribbon Ross - Music Hall Performer, Singer, famous for his song 'I am Sam Hall', a ballad about a chimney sweep condemned to death, which he sang for nearly ten years - Kensal Green Cemetery, Harrow Rd - b 1819 d 1881.
William Ellsworth Robinson AKA “Chung Ling Soo” - Magician - who famously died on stage at the Wood Green Empire performing “Defying the Boxers” or catching the bullet trick - East Sheen Cemetery, Richmond, Surrey - b 1861 d 1918.
The Rudge Sisters:
Letitia Elizabeth Rudge (Letty Lind) (1861-1923)- Skirt dancer, soubrette & Gaiety Girl - Windsor Cemetery (also known as Spital Cemetery) - Plot No. BN 242 - Headstone (constantly overgrown by ivy) - Memorial inscription ? “IN / LOVING MEMORY OF / LETTY LIND / WHO PASSED AWAY ON / AUGUST 27TH 1923”
Sarah Frances Louise Rudge, Mrs. H.E.C. Sim - (Millie Hylton) (1870-1920) - Male impersonator, principal boy, serio, comic actress - Putney Vale Cemetery, Block B Plot No. 182 - Headstone ? large cross bearing an angel - Memorial inscriptions on plinth stones ? - “IN LOVING MEMORY OF / MY DARLING MOTHER / SARAH FRANCES LOUISA [sic] SIM / MILLIE / WHO PASSED AWAY SEPT. 1ST 1920” [The death certificate gives her date of death as 31st August] This memorial inscription was obviously written by her daughter Millie Sim, b. 1895, actress] - As far as can be discerned two lower stones bear a memorial to her husband, Harry Clulow Sim, who had predeceased her in 1901, and had been buried at ? “CHRIST CHURCH. SANDOWN, I.O.W.”
Elizabeth Gertrude Rudge “Cissie”, Mrs. George Grossmith Jnr. (Adelaide Astor) (1873-1951) - Variety artist, musical comedy actress - Kensal Green Cemetery, in Grossmith Family Grave, Grave No. 40380/161/RS with her husband, *George Grossmith Jnr. (1874-1935), actor & producer, her father & mother-in-law, *George Grossmith (1847-1912) actor & Savoyard, and *(Emmeline) Rosa Grossmith (1849-1905) also her daughter, Rosa Mary George (née Grossmith), (1907-88) and son-in-law, Edward Harry George (1904-57) there are memorial inscriptions only for those marked with an asterisk (*).
Lydia Agnes Rudge / Mrs Maurice Wingfield (div.) ( Lydia Flopp) (1877-1963), Variety artist, musical comedy actress - Died Northwood Hills, Middx., 26 August, 1963 - Buried Harrow (precise location unknown).
Fanny Rudge / Mrs. Samuel P. Mackay (Fanny Dango) (1878-1972), musical comedy actress - Brighton General Cemetery, Caulfield South , Melbourne, Vic., Australia, in Mackay Family Grave, with her husband, Samuel Peter Mackay ( -1923) her son, Peter Angus Mackay (1911-1951) ? involved in film production c.1935 and her step-daughter, Elsie [Gertrude] Mackay (1894-1963), actress / Mrs. Max Montesole.
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Eugene Sandow - Strongman - Putney Vale Cemetery, Kingston Rd. S. W. 15.
Mark Sheridan - Singer & Comedian - Cathcart Cemetery, Edinburgh.
Ella Sheilds - Male impersonator, famous for singing Burlington Bertie from Bow, Adeline, and If You Knew Susie. - Golders Green Crematorium - b 1879 d 1952.
Sammy Shields ( Alexander Young ) - Comic Vocalist - West Norwood Cemetery, Norwood High St. S. E. 27 - Grave 38,272 - Square 94 - His Grey Granite cross Tombstone still exists. b 1872 d 1933.
Charles Dundas Slater - Music Hall Proprietor - West Norwood Cemetery, Norwood High St. S. E. 27. - Grave 23,252 - Square 47 - Charles committed suicide in the back of a cab. There is no trace of a monument. b 1852 d 1912.
Edward Askew Sothern - Comedian - Famed for his portrayal of Lord Dundreary in Tom Taylor's Our American Cousin at the Haymarket Theatre which ran for nearly five hundred performances - Municipal Cemetery by Southampton Common - b 1826 d 1881.
James Hurst Stead - Born in Hull, Yorkshire - Music Hall Performer - St Pancras Cemetery - b 1828? – d 1886.
Joseph Stoddart ( Colonel Stodare ) - Magician - Highgate Cemetery West, Swains Lane, N. 6. - b 1822 d 1866.
Eugeen Stratton - Music Hall Star - buried next to friend Joe Elvin (See above) - Bandon Hill Cemetery, Wallington, Surrey - b 1861 d 1918
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Harry Tate - Comedian - St. Mary's, Northolt -b 1872 - d 1940 - I am told that Harry Tate is in the parish registers of St Mary's Northolt. He was buried on the 18th of February 1940. He had been living at 42 Court Farm Rd, Northolt but died at springfield hospital SW17 - Info courtesy Dawn Trafford.
J. W. TATE - Composer or many songs including his famous "A broken doll" Married Lottie Collins (See above) and Clarice Mayne in his lifetime - Hampstead Cemetery, has an impressive memorial stone. d 1922
Alfred Herbert Taylor (Stage Name: Dan Rolyat) - British actor / comedian early 1900s - Streatham Park Cemetery - d 1927
Jack Thomas - Welsh Comedian, performing from about 1910 until his death in 1921 - b 1888 d 1921 - Buried 10 May 1921, Manchester General Cemetery, Section: Non conformist, Grave Number: 142A.
Lydia Thompson / Eliza Hodges Thompson - 'The original blonde bombshell' More about her here. Kensal Green Cemetery - b 1838 d 1904
Little Tich - Comedian - East Finchley Cemetery, Finchley, ( Formerly St. Marylebone ), East End Rd. N. 3.
Vesta Tilley Music Hall performer and male impersonator - Putney Vale cemetery with her husband Walter De Frece - Vesta Tilley married Lord Frece and so became Lady de Frece. - b 1864 d 1952
Marie Tyler ( Marian Louise Wheeler ) - Male Impersonator - Nunhead Cemetery, Linden Grove, Nr. Peckham, S. E. 15. - Buried in Square 138 - Although a Headstone exists, it is very difficult to find. - b 1875 d 1905.
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The Great Vance - Singer - Nunhead Cemetery, Linden Grove, Nr. Peckham, S. E. 15. - Nothing now marks his resting place as the Council destroyed his Headstone. His grave is on the Left hand side of the Scouts Path facing the open space behind the Chapel. b 1838 d 1888
Vesta Victoria - Music Hall performer - Cremated at Golders Green and Lilac tree planted in her memory, which has since died. - b 1873 d 1951
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Charles Wallace - Negro Comedian - West Norwood Cemetery, Norwood High St. S. E. 27. - Grave 25,329 - Square 30. - No monument exists. b 1849 d 1874.
Harry Weldon - Music Hall Comedian, married comedienne
Hilda Clyder - Hampstead Cemetery - b 1881 d 1930.
Edward Weston - Music Hall Proprietor - Nunhead Cemetery, Linden Grove, Nr. Peckham, S. E. 15. - Plot 51 - A Headstone does exist. - b 1822 d 1874.
C. W. Wright - Cornet Player, Empire Theatre, Bradford - War Grave at the Bowling Cemetery, Bradford - Memorial Stone 29032 Drummer, Duke of Wellington's REGT - b 1880 d 1919.
Billy Williams (Richard Isaac Banks) - Singer, Billed as The Man in the Velvet Suit - Section A, Row 15, Grave 5, Mill Lane Cemetery, Shoreham, Sussex, Father Richard Shaw, died 1914, buried next to him, and grave also next to Fred Earle - b 1878 d 1915.
Kate Williams (Miriam Kate Roberts) - Irish strong Woman who worked with Hedley Roberts as (Atlas & Vulcana) - Streatham Park Cemetery - b 1874 d 1946. A Facebook page on Vulcana can be found here.
James Woodward (Captain) - Worked with seals and sealions on stage and has a magnificent bronze memorial in Ramsgate Cemetery - d 1933
Joseph Woodward - Sea Lion Act - Golders Green Crematorium, Hoop Lane, N. W. 11. - b 1872 d 1945.
Tom Wootwell - Comic Singer - Buried with his wife in Milton Cemetery, Portsmouth - d 1941
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The Streatham Park Cemetery Variety Artistes Memorial
Erected in Loving Remembrance of the Following Artistes of the Variety Profession
Above - The Streatham Park Variety Artistes Memorial in April 2013 - Courtesy Adrian Barry. The Memorial was erected by the Variety Artistes Benevolent Fund in 1924. The names are of those buried in that particular cemetery. Restoration of the Memorial was begun in 2009 by the charitable organisation 'The Music Hall Guild of Great Britain and America' who also plan to transform the former VABF chapel into a permanent exhibition.
| Name |
Died |
Age |
Notes |
| John COLLINSON |
March 1926 |
72 |
|
| Joseph G. SMITH |
July 1926 |
63 |
|
| Edward H. DRIVER |
July 1926 |
74 |
|
| James MELROSE |
October 1926 |
69 |
|
| John DWYER |
October 1926 |
69 |
|
| John C. LESTER |
February 1927 |
63 |
|
| Ernest BARNES |
February 1927 |
57 |
|
| Alfred C [?M]AYOR |
April 1927 |
5_ |
Could find no Alfred MAYOR death in the GRO indexes,
but Alfred C MAY died Marylebone District, June quarter 1927 aged
52. |
| John W. CLACK |
December 1927 |
80 |
Stage name Carlo, father of J OLRAC who is buried in Twickenham Cemetery. |
| William F. STANLEY |
March 1928 |
64 |
|
| Alfred WRAGGE |
April 1928 |
44 |
|
| Charles W. HOLCROFT |
April 1928 |
69 |
|
| Hetty TOWERS |
April 1928 |
76 |
|
| Emily TABRAR |
July 1928 |
71 |
|
| William BANKS |
December 1928 |
50 |
|
| Emily R. HANNAFORD |
January 1929 |
64 |
|
| Fergus O'CONNOR |
January 1929 |
53 |
|
| Elizabeth COLLINSON |
January 1929 |
74 |
|
| Theodore E. WILLMAN |
August 1942 |
72 |
|
| Sarah J. CABBETT |
May 1938 |
72 |
|
| John JONES |
June 1938 |
52 |
|
| John CASH |
July 1938 |
50 |
|
| Eliza HOLLAND |
August 1938 |
68 |
|
| Thomas J. SHELTON |
November 1938 |
58 |
|
| John JUDGE |
December 1922 |
43 |
|
| Annie BAYLIS |
June 1924 |
52 |
|
| Louis FITZPATRICK |
June 1924 |
71 |
|
| Arthur I. DOYLE |
August 1924 |
38 |
|
| Harry GLYNN |
February 1925 |
67 |
|
| Hubert C. BEERS |
September 1925 |
37 |
|
| Harry HALSIE |
April 1926 |
38 |
|
| Patrick LANGFORD |
June 1926 |
39 |
|
| William WALKER |
October 1932 |
49? |
|
| John BARLOW |
January 1933 |
46 |
|
| Harry KATO |
January 1933 |
74 |
|
| Thomas MACKNEY |
January 1933 |
66? |
|
| John FAULKENER |
May 1933 |
39 |
|
| William N. CHILDS |
October 1933 |
34 |
|
| Elizabeth BUTLIN |
January 1934 |
58 |
|
| Isabella SKINDSLEY |
March 1934 |
83 |
|
| Charles C. HARVEY |
March 1934 |
73 |
|
| Hyam LONG |
April 1934 |
73 |
|
| Carr LYNN |
April 1934 |
49 |
|
| John HENRY |
May 1934 |
54 |
|
| DICK McKAY |
May 1934 |
75 |
|
| Elizabeth GAINS |
August 1934 |
74 |
GRO indexes have Elizabeth GAINES dying in Battersea
District Sept. quarter 1934 |
| Arthur ALBERT |
November 1930 |
58 |
|
| Alexander THOMAS |
March 1931 |
77 |
|
| Michael HENNESSY |
November 1931 |
58 |
|
| Henry A. HOLLERAND |
December 1931 |
58 |
|
| Harry PAULO |
June 1932 |
84 |
|
| Daniel ELMER |
October 1932 |
48 |
|
| Charles E. CLARKE |
March 1934 |
78 |
|
| William R. PERCIVAL |
August 1922 |
45 |
|
| Louise STANHOPE |
April 1923 |
63 |
|
| Annie L. RUMBALL |
September 1923 |
29 |
|
| Samuel AUSTIN |
October 1923 |
50 |
|
| William PERKINS |
December 1923 |
52 |
|
| Charles H. BROWN |
December 1923 |
46 |
|
| Emma E. CARLE |
December 1921 |
76 |
|
| George L. SEDGEWICK |
January 1922 |
55 |
|
| James GUEST |
January 1922 |
79 |
|
| Edgar PLEON |
July 1922 |
35 |
|
| Vernon COWPER |
July 1922 |
50 |
|
| John McBRIDE |
January 1923 |
62 |
|
| Harry TACCETTE |
May 1936 |
62 |
|
| Richard DAVIES |
June 1936 |
64 |
|
| Madeline ALASKA |
July 1936 |
60 |
|
| Nellie NAVETTE |
August 1936 |
71 |
|
| Fred EARLE |
16 November 1936 |
62 |
|
| Frank WEIR |
12 December 1936 |
70 |
|
| J. CROCKETT | 27 May 1937 |
77 |
James CROCKETT aged 77 death registered Lambeth
District June quarter 1937 |
| M. TWIGG |
21 September 1937 |
72 |
Margaret H. TWIGG aged 72 death registered in Battersea
District September quarter 1937 |
| Minnie DURHAM |
25 May 1938 |
72 |
|
| Bert BRAY |
12 June 1938 |
52 |
|
| Lizzie COLLINS |
12 August 1938 |
68 |
|
| T. DIACOFF |
10 November 1938 |
68 |
|
| H. KARDOC |
3 Jan 1939 |
63 |
Harry G KARDOC aged 62 death registered in Southwark
District March quarter 1939 |
| James HUNTER |
February 1924 |
43 |
|
| Louin [Sic] A. KELVIN |
February 1924 |
38 |
|
| Fred BRANDON |
March 1924 |
49 |
|
| Thomas F. DORSETT |
March 1924 |
33 |
|
| Jesse N. HEAD |
March 1924 |
55 |
Jesse W. HEAD aged 55 death registered in
Wandsworth District MArch quarter 1923 |
| James HORN |
March 1924 |
53 |
|
| George W. CLAYTON |
March 1924 |
74 |
|
| William G. SPREADBURY |
June 1924 |
51 |
|
| Ella CILFILLAN |
October 1924 |
50 |
|
| Emily PANLO |
November 1924 |
77 |
|
| Esther TROWBRIDGE |
November 1924 |
86 |
|
| Kate P. CROSTON |
July 1939 |
61 |
|
| George W. SMITH |
November 1939 |
68 |
|
| Mary E. POPE |
January 1940 |
74 |
|
| Ernest G. READE |
February 1940 |
63 |
|
| Clara ARNOLD |
March 1940 |
61 |
|
| _EN SHAW |
17 January 1937 |
77 |
Benjamin SHAW, 77, death registered Edmonton District
March quarter 1937 |
| Annie HUGHES |
10 April 1937 |
81 |
|
| J.E. PIERCE |
7 November 1937 |
64 |
Joseph E. PIERCE, 64, death registered WESTMINSTER
District December quarter 1937 |
| Frederick C. VOSE |
March 1942 |
69 |
|
| Lilian A. GORMAN |
January 1939 |
54 |
|
| Marie WOELLHAF |
January 1939 | 73 | |
| Arthur SPENCER |
April 1939 |
62 |
|
| Joseph COLLINS |
April 1940 |
62 |
|
| Mary D. DILLON |
January 1944 |
70 |
|
| William T. GREEN |
December 1924 |
34 |
|
| Ethel M. HEAD |
March 1925 |
49 |
|
| Leonard KILROY |
April 1925 |
31 |
|
| Christopher J. HORN |
June 1925 |
50 |
|
| Coway CLARK |
September 1925 |
62 |
|
| Tamamatto CHIYOKICHI |
September 1925 |
68 |
|
| Mason DIXON |
October 1925 |
43 |
|
| Ellen WRIGHT |
February 1926 |
69 |
|
| William R. GLENNEY |
February 1929 |
70 |
|
| Albert S. HUGHES |
March 1929 |
74 |
|
| Gertrude LEE |
March 1929 |
50 |
|
| Caroline HARRINGTON |
August 1929 |
76 |
|
| Katherine BOWLER |
November 1930 |
75 |
|
| William SKINGSLEY |
February 1931 |
79 |
|
| Beatrice COLLINS |
February 1931 |
48 |
|
| Madge BELMONT |
March 1931 |
40 |
|
| Frederick O. MENOTTI |
March 1942 |
80 |
|
| Dennis HARVEY |
December 1941 |
62 |
|
| John VAUS |
January 1945 |
76 |
|
| Leslie FAIRFAX |
December 1941 |
70 |
|
| [L or E?] SHAW |
16 April 1940 |
49 |
Edith E. SHAW aged 49 death registered Westminster
June quarter 1940. |
| Richard F. HENRY |
April 1940 |
76 |
|
| Julia H. HAWKINS |
May 1940 |
81 |
|
| Robert P. CLACK |
September 1940 |
30 |
|
| Charles F. HUGHES |
September 1940 |
65 |
|
| Elizabeth FORTUNE |
November 1940 |
74 |
|
| Charles H. HARTLEY |
November 1940 |
84 |
|
| Milud IBRAHIM |
April 1943 |
63 |
|
| Walter JENKINS |
July 1943 |
64 |
|
| Charles E. CLARK |
July 1943 |
76 |
|
| Victoria M. CUNNINGHAM |
August 1943 |
75 |
|
| Doris SELKIRK |
August 1943 |
21 |
Doris Selkirk 31 [sic] death registered Chelmsford
September quarter 1942 |
| David J. JACKSON |
October 1943 |
82 |
|
| Tom COSTELLO |
November 1943 |
80 |
|
| Walter HAND |
February 1941 |
67 |
|
| Emma WITHEY |
August 1944 |
58 |
|
| William GARLAND |
November 1938 |
62 |
|
| James M. SOLOMAN |
July 1940 |
60 |
|
| Walter KING |
September 1944 |
73 |
|
| Bruce H. GREEN |
December 1944 |
64 |
|
| Fred AUSTIN |
July 1935 |
63 |
|
| John HIGGINS |
July 1935 |
62 |
'Champion Jumper of the World' More Info Here. Died in Charing Cross Rd in 1935, aged 62. Buried in Streatham Park cemetery. |
| W.E.M. PHILLIPS |
November 1935 |
66 |
William E.M. PHILLIPS, 66, death registered Camberwell,
December quarter 1935 |
| George R. DAWKINS |
November 1935 |
72 |
|
| Charles BIGNELL |
December 1935 |
69 |
|
| Richard VOSS |
December 1935 |
63 |
|
| Joseph FORD |
January 1931 |
80 |
|
| Georgina S. THOMSON |
May 1942 |
68 |
Cremated |
| Frank PINK |
November 1934 |
74 |
|
| William KIRKWOOD |
November 1934 |
39 |
|
| James McCOURT |
May 1935 |
38 |
|
| James? E? STICHBURY? |
May 1931? |
45 |
|
| Nellie RICHARDS |
March 1932 |
64 |
|
| John ENYER |
April 1932 |
65 |
|
| Nina ELTHAM |
08 June [20]03 |
91 |
Nina Vera Eltham, born 19 Mar 1912,
death registered Bromley district June 2003 |
| Edward HURLEY |
January 1927 |
58 |
|
| Emile DESCHEEMAECKER |
April 1928 |
57 |
|
| Theresa KENNEDY |
June 1928 |
54 |
|
| John WALSH |
Jan 1929 |
59 |
|
| MAZANO |
August 1929 |
76 |
|
| Clifford RYLAND |
August 1930? |
49 |
|
| F. KERR |
21 March 1937 |
67 |
|
| E L. HOPKINS |
31 March 1937 |
50 |
Edward L. Hopkins, 50, death registered Lambeth
June quarter 1937 |
| Georgina CLACK |
March 1932 |
84 |
|
| Clive WATTS |
September 1932 |
67 |
|
| A SPENCER |
9 April 1935? |
62? |
|
| M. GERALDINE |
11 July 1939 |
61 |
|
| G. COLLINS |
28 March 1940 |
62 |
|
| Julie KENT |
April 1931 |
52 |
|
| Charles DILLON |
July 1934 |
Aged 63 |
|
| A. FILLIS |
30 March 1940 |
82 |
|
| George J. WEBB |
June 1944 |
69 |
|
| Abigail E. WILLMAN |
October 1944 |
72 |
|
| George J. WEBB |
June 1944 |
69 |
|
| Henry BENDON |
July 1931 |
67 |
|
| Joseph TABRAR |
August 1931 |
74 |
|
| Robert L. DICKSON |
November 1931 |
59 |
|
| Samuel FRYER |
December 1931 |
52 |
|
| Charles GRANT__Y |
December 1931 |
19 |
GRANTWAY? |
| Ernest A. WESTBY |
January 1931 |
51 |
|
| Sarah WITHEY |
February 1932 |
81 |
|
| G.W. FORD |
2 January 1939 |
44? |
George W.I. FORD, 44, death registered Camberwell
district March quarter 1939 |
| Marie AUSTIN |
14? January 1939 |
72 |
|
| Theo YELSON |
22 Jan 1939 |
34 |
|
| Jenny COOPER |
24 February 1939 |
58 |
|
| I. McCARTHY |
6 March 1939 |
60? |
Ian McCarthy, 60, death registered Surrey N.E.
March quarter 1939 |
| Lily LONG |
14 Jan 1939 |
34 |
|
| Johnny DANVERS |
1 April 1939 |
?? |
|
| Tom LEAMORE |
6 September 1939 |
73 |
|
| Tom CONNOR |
5 October 1939 |
45 |
|
| T. MORRIS |
18 November 1939 |
68 |
|
| Mrs. KELLINO |
9 January 1940 |
74 |
|
| C. POWELL |
31 January 1940 |
61 |
|
| I. WILLIAMS |
8 ??? 1940 |
68 |
|
| Alfred W. PETERSON |
May 1929 |
72 |
|
| George BELMONT |
June 1929 |
55 |
|
| Frank SYLVO |
November 1929 |
68 |
|
| Henry J. WATTS |
March 1930 |
65 |
|
| Henry MONTAGUE |
April 1930 |
79 |
|
| Clifford RYLAND |
August 1930 |
73? |
|
| Julian BARNARD |
December 1930 |
49 |
This list of names on the The Streatham Park Cemetery Variety Artistes Memorial was very kindly compiled and sent in for inclusion on the site in 2009 by Dai Bevan.
Above - A close up view of the Streatham Park Cemetery Variety Artistes Memorial photographed in 2009 - Courtesy Dai Bevan.
The Twickenham Cemetery Variety Artistes Memorial
Erected in Loving Remembrance of the following Artistes of the variety profession
Above - The Twickenham Cemetery Variety Artistes Memorial photographed in 2009 - Courtesy Dai Bevan
Surname |
Forename(s) |
Stage Name |
Died |
Age |
Notes |
AGUSTIN |
Annie |
23 March 1984 |
102 |
Cremated |
|
ALLEN |
Margaret Hannah |
9 March 1934 |
71 |
||
ALLIN |
Dora |
16 February 1987 |
84 |
Cremated |
|
ARMSTRONG |
William |
2 May 1940 |
82 |
||
ASHLEY |
Harry |
28 October 1948 |
85 |
||
BAKER |
Hylda |
1 May 1986 |
81 |
Cremated |
|
BALE |
George |
28 May 1949 |
82 |
||
BALE |
Rex |
6 March 1983 |
75 |
Cremated |
|
BARNES |
Elizabeth Amelia |
16 August 1940 |
69 |
||
BARNETT |
Samuel Harry |
27 September 1958 |
84 |
||
BARRY |
Leonard |
5 October 1980 |
83 |
Cremated |
|
BATTY |
Elizabeth Lavinia |
25 October 1976 |
91 |
Cremated |
|
BEAUMONT |
Polly |
9 March 1937 |
78 |
||
BEER |
Daisy |
19 June 1988 |
82 |
Cremated |
|
BERNHART |
Thelma Beulah |
12 April 1969 |
76 |
Buried Westminster Cemetery |
|
BERTRAM |
Frank |
18 April 1936 |
90 |
||
BIERMAN |
Bertha |
9 October 1970 |
94 |
Cremated |
|
BOISSET |
Albert |
10 June 1943 |
75 |
||
BONNING |
Eliza |
Selina Seaforth |
27 February 1928 |
76 |
|
BRANDON |
Harry |
29 October 1935 |
81 |
||
BROWN |
Gladys Bertha |
26 May 1967 |
81 |
||
BROWN |
William |
Wally Walford |
10 April 1931 |
70 |
Name, without dates, also on kerbstone. |
BROWNE |
James Henry |
31 December 1943 |
71 |
||
BURGESS |
Joe |
10 December 1933 |
82 |
||
BUXTON |
C. |
13 October 1938 |
69 |
||
CAIRNS |
Joshua |
24 November 1945 |
65 |
||
CALLAGHAN |
Harry |
Harry Calden |
18 May 1932 |
75 |
Name, without dates, also on kerbstone. |
CAMERON |
Maud Annie |
9 November 1976 |
90 |
Cremated. |
|
CANOVER |
Thomas |
3 October 1955 |
86 |
||
CAREY |
Emily |
11 December 1948 |
90 |
||
CARLOSS |
Bessie Violet |
7 March 1982 |
84 |
Cremated |
|
CHARD |
Frederick Wm. |
23 November 1934 |
75 |
||
CHATER |
Pauline |
28 October 1984 |
92 |
Cremated. |
|
CLAPHAM |
May |
4 October 1984 |
95 |
Cremated. |
|
CLARKE |
Louisa |
12 April 1949 |
84 |
||
CLARKE |
Mildred |
9 December 1983 |
87 |
Cremated |
|
CLENSY |
Cyril John |
16 August 1962 |
84 |
||
COLLARD |
Arthur A. |
Arthur Mayo |
29 August 1933 |
82 |
|
COLLINS |
Fred |
25 November 1985 |
94 |
Cremated |
|
COLLINS |
Marie |
11 December 1950 |
80 |
||
CONY |
William Henry |
27 April 1936 |
73 |
||
CORLESS |
Edith |
14 November 1950 |
67 |
||
CORNISH |
William |
14 July 1953 |
78 |
||
COWLEY |
Frank |
11 August 1985 |
87 |
Cremated |
|
CRAIG |
George |
21 March 1929 |
72 |
||
CUTTER |
Maudie |
28 February 1985 |
95 |
Cremated |
|
DAVIS |
Saxon |
Rose Marion Davis |
16 December 1978 |
90 |
Cremated |
De BLOCK |
Jules |
18 January 1937 |
82 |
||
De CONE |
M. |
30 October 1936 |
73 |
||
DEACON |
Minna |
11 August 1986 |
98 |
Cremated |
|
DELEHANTY |
Peter |
29 November 1943 |
73 |
||
DENBIGH |
Mary |
26 October 1981 |
85 |
Cremated |
|
De'OLIVEIRA |
Manoel |
16 Feb 1969 |
79 |
Cremated |
|
DEVEREUX |
Laura |
27 September 1949 |
90 |
||
DeVOY |
James H.W. |
James LeFre |
7 August 1932 |
75 |
Name, without dates, also on kerbstone. |
DIX |
Beatrix |
6 June 1985 |
95 |
Cremated |
|
DRYDEN |
Leo |
21 April 1939 |
74 |
||
ELLIOTT |
Rose |
16 December 1950 |
74 |
||
ELLISTON |
Harry |
3 July 1950 |
84 |
||
FARRAR |
Jabez Sonny |
17 October 1979 |
71 |
Cremated |
|
FARRELL |
Edward |
Edward Macdermott |
14 January 1922 |
75 |
Name, without dates, also on kerbstone. |
FARRELL |
Johanna Lavina |
Vinney Bishop |
10 October 1927 |
67 |
Mother of early 1900s boxer Willie Farrell. |
FORD |
Walter |
18 April 1962 |
?? |
||
FOSSETT |
Elizabeth |
16 April 1978 |
68 |
Cremated |
|
FOX |
Roy |
20 March 1982 |
81 |
Cremated |
|
FRANTZ |
Lucia |
12 April 1949 |
84 |
||
FROST |
Rosalind |
20 August 1967 |
72 |
||
GILLAM |
Jack |
16 May 1973 |
- |
Cremated |
|
GRAY |
L. |
13 April 1939 |
70 |
||
GREY |
Harry |
6 April 1936 |
61 |
||
GRICE |
Robert |
21 June 1936 |
76 |
||
GRIFFITHS |
Cora |
25 January 1985 |
94 |
Cremated |
|
GULLIMORE |
Sarah Alma |
5 June 1958 |
76 |
||
HALL |
Kathleen (Kitty) |
16 June 1988 |
94 |
Cremated |
|
HALLS |
Alexander William |
6 April 1984 |
80 |
M.B.E. Cremated |
|
HANCHARD |
James William |
Major Miles |
1 December 1926 |
79 |
|
HARRIS |
Sarah |
9 February 1944 |
84 |
||
HARRIS |
W.D. |
14 July 1938 |
71 |
||
HARTLEY |
Gladys |
11 February 1984 |
88 |
Cremated |
|
HAYES |
Charles William |
16 October 1976 |
82 |
Cremated |
|
HEARNE |
George |
9 August 1928 |
46 |
||
HEFFRON |
John |
18 November 1934 |
77 |
||
HEGARTY |
James |
24 January 1938 |
78 |
||
HIBBITT |
William Styles |
Will Styles |
19 April 1928 |
64 |
|
HICKEY |
Agnes |
16 December 1954 |
97 |
||
HINTON |
Beryl |
25 November 1985 |
96 |
Cremated |
|
HOLTON |
Charles Albert |
29 May 1943 |
72 |
||
HOPKINSON |
Frank |
11 June 1943 |
74 |
||
HUGHES |
Charles |
28 October 1959 |
76 |
||
HUGHES |
William John |
3 March 1978 |
87 |
Cremated |
|
HURLEY |
George |
17 December 1943 |
65 |
||
JACKSON |
Jane Davidson |
31 October 1960 |
84 |
Cremated |
|
JAMES |
Eleanor |
10 March 1954 |
80 |
||
KENNEDY |
H. |
11 November 1938 |
67 |
||
KILT |
William |
4 November 1941 |
72 |
||
KIMBER |
Vera Nancy Ada |
13 December 1977 |
74 |
Cremated |
|
KING |
J. |
22 March 1939 |
55 |
||
LANGAN |
Charles |
30 June 1937 |
70 |
||
LANGAN |
Frank |
Frank Lang |
25 April 1930 |
60 |
|
LANGAN |
Patrick |
22 March 1928 |
86 |
||
LAROLA |
Fred |
19 April 1947 |
81 |
||
LAW |
John |
2 April 1941 |
72 |
||
LAWSON |
Alexander |
10 July 1945 |
62 |
||
LEATHERDALE |
Richard John Lewis |
14 March 1981 |
80 |
Buried Lambeth Cemetery |
|
LEE |
Bernard |
6 August 1981 |
91 |
Cremated |
|
LEE |
Sidney |
26 April 1953 |
81 |
||
LEEMING |
Albert |
17 August 1968 |
85 |
Cremated |
|
LEITH |
Ethel Maud |
27 August 1967 |
89 |
Cremated |
|
LEVENSTON |
Florence Ann |
13 January 1977 |
81 |
Cremated |
|
LEWIS |
Sarah Clunn |
11 December 1945 |
65 |
||
LLOYD |
James |
21 January 1933 |
88 |
||
LORD |
Ethel Emma |
31 December 1966 |
78 |
||
LUDLOW |
Sarah |
30 September 1984 |
88 |
Cremated |
|
MANNING |
William |
19 January 1927 |
66 |
||
MARBA |
James |
28 May 1941 |
74 |
||
MARSDEN |
Bert |
4 October 1948 |
7_ |
||
MAURA |
Frank |
8 June 1946 |
84 |
||
MAWER |
Marie Louise |
11 November 1967 |
73 |
Cremated |
|
MAXAM |
Henry Edward |
19 February 1945 |
77 |
||
MAYOUE |
Alice |
31 October 1954 |
88 |
||
McCOLE |
Andrew |
John Hina |
6 April 1929 |
76 |
|
McNICHOLL |
William Joseph |
8 January 1982 |
84 |
Cremated |
|
MELVILLE |
Rosalind Elizabeth |
24 February 1929 |
93 |
||
MILTON |
Gladys |
5 May 1982 |
92 |
Cremated |
|
MOORE |
Florence |
22 February 1944 |
74 |
||
MORGAN |
Evan John |
John Courtney |
25 May 1929 |
70 |
|
MOSLEY |
Marion |
7 June 1983 |
81 |
Cremated. |
|
MOSS |
W.E. |
13 January 1946 |
90 |
||
MURRAY |
Bert |
1 March 1976 |
83 |
Cremated |
|
MURRAY |
Ellen Louisa Renee |
25 May 1977 |
90 |
Cremated |
|
NEWMAN |
Edgar |
11 August 1960 |
65 |
||
NORTON |
May |
24 August 1977 |
88 |
Cremated |
|
O'DONNELL |
Alice Kate |
27 June 1960 |
97 |
||
OLRAC |
J |
5 September 1939 |
69 |
OLRAC was the stage name of John William Clack, not to be confused with the John William Clack burried at Streatham Cemetery who was his father. | |
OSCROFT |
Edward |
11 October 1977 |
94 |
Cremated |
|
PABLO |
Edward |
28 May 1936 |
80 |
||
PARENTI |
Edith May |
Freda Brandon |
6 February 1961 |
90 |
|
PARKER |
Louisa Charles |
BLEWETT |
14 September 1962 |
54 |
|
PARKMAN |
Henry Edward |
Hal Collier |
21 May 1931 |
86 |
Name, without dates, also on kerbstone. |
PASSMORE |
Thomas |
24 February 1932 |
64 |
Name, without dates, also on kerbstone. |
|
PAVETT |
George |
George Barber |
5 May 1930 |
78 |
|
PAYNE |
Vera |
29 December 1983 |
87 |
Cremated |
|
PETERSON |
Laura |
27 September 1949 |
90 |
||
POOLE |
H. |
13 November 1938 |
60 |
||
POOLE |
Ivy Cecilia |
15 April 1981 |
91 |
Cremated |
|
POOLE |
Mildred H. |
12 October 1977 |
86 |
Cremated |
|
POWER |
Antonia |
7 November 1929 |
72 |
||
RAYMOND |
Bob E. |
19 June 1985 |
81 |
Cremated |
|
READ |
Arthur |
15 November 1959 |
|||
REED |
Leslie |
5 January 1937 |
77 |
||
REES |
Phillip |
10 January 1969 |
85 |
Cremated |
|
REEVE |
Gladys May |
18 March 1988 |
93 |
Cremated |
|
RICHARDS |
Harry |
25 August 1978 |
61 |
Cremated |
|
ROACH |
Thomas |
Sid Urma |
15th December 1927 |
80 |
|
ROBINSON |
Maud |
29 December 1975 |
87 |
Cremated |
|
ROBINSON |
May |
9 April 1988 |
95 |
Cremated |
|
ROSE |
Harry |
17 January 1944 |
84 |
||
ROYSTON |
Harry |
7 March 1941 |
78 |
||
SCHWARZ |
Madeleine Marjorie |
11 January 1977 |
90? |
Cremated |
|
SCOTT |
Emily |
18 November 1939 |
88 |
||
SCOTT |
Tom |
2 May 1929 |
79 |
||
SEDDON |
Joseph |
12 April 1933 |
68 |
||
SHARPE |
Charles |
28 November 1950 |
72 |
||
SIMPSON |
John Roy |
9 May 1969 |
89 |
||
SINCLAIR |
Fred |
15 May 1947 |
82 |
||
SMITH |
Ellen Ann |
14 January 1988 |
92 |
Cremated |
|
SMITH |
Samuel |
Charles Clifford |
10 March 1929 |
81 |
|
SPIERS |
James George |
James Newland |
20 March 1931 |
91 |
Name, without dates, also on kerbstone. |
SPINK |
Alfred George |
5 March 1947 |
77 |
||
SPURWAY |
Mary |
Nellie Leamar |
5 July 1938 |
81 |
|
SQUIRES |
Molly |
15 June 1985 |
89 |
Cremated |
|
STELLING |
Harry |
15 June 1944 |
74 |
||
STEPHENS |
Charles Hector |
15 February 1941 |
69 |
||
TARR |
Lilian |
23 July 1986 |
84 |
Cremated |
|
TAYLOR |
Isabel Rose |
21 March 1929 |
82 |
||
TEALE |
Getrude Victoria |
6 February 1979 |
91 |
||
THOMPSON |
Constance |
6 November 1977 |
85 |
Cremated |
|
THOMPSON |
Jessie Grave |
6 December 1961 |
78 |
||
TILBURY |
Walter Robert |
29 March 1942 |
78 |
||
TRIM |
Kate |
4 May 1959 |
82 |
||
TYSON |
Joseph |
13 March 1930 |
82 |
||
WALKER |
Harry |
20 April 1937 |
78 |
||
WALTON |
Matthew |
31 July 1929 |
83 |
||
WARRINER |
Ernest |
4 March 1960 |
82 |
||
WATSON |
D. |
12 January 1947 |
93? |
||
WATTS |
Frances May |
22 March 1980 |
85 |
Cremated |
|
WEATHERHEAD |
Joseph |
8 June 1932 |
81 |
Name, without dates, also on kerbstone. |
|
WELLER |
Arthur Charles |
16 June 1969 |
75 |
Cremated |
|
WELLESLEY |
Harold |
21 December 1964 |
83 |
||
WEST |
Alfred |
15 September 1935 |
71 |
||
WHALL |
Alfred |
1 March 1970 |
96 |
Cremated |
|
WHELAN |
Gordon Albert |
13 March 1985 |
76 |
Cremated |
|
WHITE |
George |
21 August 1955 |
82 |
||
WHITTAKER |
ADA |
11 December 1965 |
83 |
||
WILDE |
Gordon |
16 December 1936 |
67 |
||
WORTH |
John Joseph |
Alfred Lindsay |
29 January 1933 |
83 |
|
WRIGHT |
Winifred Sabine |
30 April 1984 |
83 |
Cremated |
|
ZANETTO |
George |
28 May 1949 |
82 |
||
ZENON |
Faustyn |
15 August 1953 |
88 |
Links and References
The information on this page is from the following sources:-
Some Nunhead references - From a book published by the
' Friends of Nunhead
Cemetery '
Some West Norwood references - From a booklet by the ' Friends
of Norwood Cemetery '
Some artiste's burial information - courtesy Adrian Barry, Director
of The Music
Hall Guild of Great Britain and America.
Streatham Park and Twickenham Cemetery Memorials by Dai Bevan.
Other references, and inspiration for this page - Gareth Price.
Also see the Music Hall and Variety Artistes Commemorative Plaques Page
Abney Park Cemetry Trust
If
you are in the Stoke Newington area I can highly recommend the Guided
Walks at Abney Park Cemetery. The tour I went on in August 2013 took
in the final resting places of Fred Albert, Walter Labernum, Herbert
Campbell, Nelly Power, Edmund Payne, Albert Chevalier, and George Leybourne
amongst others. There are thought to be around 40 famous theatrical
names buried there in all. We were shown round some of the beautifully
restored monuments and grave stones at this former private cemetery
by Neil Morkunas, whose lively and personable talk on the artistes we
encountered was a wonderfully evocative step back into the music hall
period.
Right - Details for the 2015 Music Hall guided walks at Abney Park Cemetery.
Guided Tours of the cemetery are by The Music Hall Guild of Great Britain and America in association with the Abney Park Trust.
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Like so many other private cemeteries in Edinburgh, Newington was allowed to fall into disrepair until the city council was forced to step in and place a compulsory purchase order on it. In places the vegetation is so thick that it is impossible to walk and in the few areas that have been cleared it appears that some headstones have also been tidied away.
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