The Guards Plot

I really dont have a clue what a Russian is doing buried there



Flight Sub Lt Warneford VC

Footage of his funeral

There are several clips of his funeral at the Pathe archive

Name: SANDYS, EDWIN THOMAS FALKINER
Initials: E T F
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Regiment/Service: Middlesex Regiment
Unit Text: 2nd Bn.
Age: 40
Date of Death: 13/09/1916
Awards: D S O
Additional information: Son of the late Lt. Col. E. C. C. Sandys (Indian Army), and of Mrs. Sandys. Served in West Africa-Sierra Leone (1898-9). Born at Bareilly, India.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: E.6. 173797.
Cemetery: BROMPTON CEMETERY

I have found these references in the Times of 14th & 15 Sept 1916

another casualty of the 1st day of the Somme

Name: RAYMOND, EDWARD WETHERALL HUNTER
Initials: E W H
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Date of Death: 29/05/1915
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 7.3. 173146.
Cemetery: BROMPTON CEMETERY

From the Times of 31st May & 1st June 1915

Name: THOMPSON, MINNIE BAILEY
Initials: M B
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Staff Nurse
Regiment/Service: Territorial Force Nursing Service
Secondary Unit Text: attd. 2nd London General Hospital.
Age: 45
Date of Death: 18/09/1914
Additional information: Daughter of George and Emma Thompson.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: N. 172593.
Cemetery: BROMPTON CEMETERY





Finally an appearance from one of the furry creatures

Chris,

nice shots, some very interesting graves, used to work in the area and never knew they were there! Must visit when I am 'up town' next.

Thank you for sharing them with us.

Regards,
Scottie.

Chris,

nice shots, some very interesting graves, used to work in the area and never knew they were there! Must visit when I am 'up town' next.

Thank you for sharing them with us.

Regards,
Scottie.

Excellent pictures and information - like Scottie I must visit the cemetery one day.........
I read somewhere that Beatrix Potter had her "inspiration" for the name of Squirrel Nutkin
from a grave in Brompton Cemetery; the occupant's surname was Nutkins.

Nice photos and some very interesting graves.
I wonder what the Russian was doing there, perhaps one of the embassy staff, I assume that headstone was added a later date as it says Soviet Forces and has a star engraved on the stone, would it not have been Russian Forces at the time of his death and possibly have shown something other than a star ?
I seem to remember reading about Sandys suicide somewhere before.
Beatrix Potter lived in a house near the cemetery at the Boltons, some of the most expensive properties in London.

Stuart