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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

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.

Joe Boganny - acrobat and music hall artiste born in Liverpool - East Ham Jewish Cemetery b 1874 d 29 July 1943 - See this site for more information.

William James Maurice Bottle otherwise known as 'Datas, the Memory Man', star of the music halls from 1901 with his amazing memory feats. He was born in Newnham, Kent 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 1824 d 1897

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 )

Paul Cinquevalli - Juggler & Clown - West Norwood Cemetery, Norwood High St. S. E. 27 - Grave 32,152 - Square 82 - Monument on family plot still exists. b 1859 d 1918

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 - Edmonton 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 - Singer / Comedian? - Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington High St. N. 16.

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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David Devant - Conjuror - Highgate Cemetery West, Swains Lane, N. 6. b 1868 d 1941

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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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.

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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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Gertie Gitana - Singer - Wigston Cemetery, Leicester. - b 1887 d 1957.

Joe Griffiths - Part of The Griffiths Brothers and also a co-founder of the water rats- Highgate Cemetery - d 1901.

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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 1966

Richars 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.

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

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

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 two 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 1932.- Her ashes were scattered over Clapham Common, not far from where she lived. - 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 - Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington - Burial - 086574 - Section - K10 - Index - 3 S 12 - no stone remains. - 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 Vale 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.

Lew Lake - Comedian - Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington High St. N. 16.

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.

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'.
Above text from an article by Peter Honri called Leybourne! Lion Comique of the Halls - Theatephile September 1984 edition - Courtesy John Grice.

Arthur Lloyd - Newington Cemetery, Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh. b 1839 d 1904

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.

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 - Music Hall Artist - Shoreham, Sussex - 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

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.

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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 - Comedian - St. Marylebone Cemetery, East End Rd. N. 3. - b 1897 d 1975.

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.

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OMI - the tattooed man, buried Chalvington Church Yard, Sussex.

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Arthur Pearl - comic singer and song writer. - Streatham Park Cemetery - b 1866 d 1945

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.

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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Frank Randle ( 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'. - 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.

James Rogers - Comedian - Brompton Cemetery, Old Brompton Rd. S. W. 5. - b 1823 d 1863.

W. G. Ross - Singer - Kensal Green Cemetery, Harrow Rde. N. W. 10.

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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.

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

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

Little Tich - Comedian - East Finchley Cemetery, Finchley, ( Formerly St. Marylebone ), East End Rd. N. 3.

Vesta Tilley Music Hall performer and male impersonator - Golders Green Crematorium, Golders Green, London; ashes under a lilac tree - 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

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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.

Billy Williams - Singer - Mill Road Cemetery Shoreham, Sussex. - d 13/3.1915.

Joseph Woodward - Sea Lion Act - Golders Green Crematorium, Hoop Lane, N. W. 11. - b 1872 d 1945.

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