West Ham Cemetery
burial records are now available on Deceased Online
For those trying to find the
location of a relative's grave or to carry out family history
research West Ham Cemetery burial records are now available on the
website Deceased
Online
Opened in 1857 as one of the first publicly owned
cemeteries in London, West Ham Cemetery's 22 acres include 180,000
burials. The cemetery is home to many interesting graves and
memorials providing a fascinating insight into the Newham area over
the last 165 years.
Some notable burials include victims of the Princess Alice pleasure
boat which sank in the Thames at Beckton in 1878 and two firemen
killed in 1917 when the TNT plant of the Brunner Mond chemical
works in Silvertown exploded. There are also 214 burials from the
two World Wars.
The data on Deceased
Online comprise computerised records, details of grave
occupants and cemetery section maps to help find grave locations
which will enable online searchers to establish information about
the deceased. Users of the website can search for free; if records
are found then there is a modest charge to view or download the
relevant document.
The Deceased Online
website features millions of burial records from other London
boroughs' cemeteries and cremtoria and for regions throughout the
UK.