Bandon Hill Cemetery

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 6ΒΌ hectares[1] and contains about 14,000 grave spaces.[1]

The cemetery

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

The Cemetery also contains the war graves of 124 Commonwealth service personnel of both World Wars[5]

References

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