About Me

I first became interested in Brookwood Cemetery in the 1970s. At that time there was very little published information available.

When I was studying for my degree, I was able to research for a dissertation investigating the reasons why Brookwood Cemetery was established. Some of this material was used in the first edition of my standard history of the cemetery railway, The Brookwood Necropolis Railway. This appeared in 1983.

Since then, I have continued my research. From 2007-12 I was employed as the Historical Consultant to Brookwood Cemetery.

I have published a number of articles in various magazines on Brookwood and cemetery-related subjects. I have also submitted a number of book reviews to the Funeral Service Journal and other magazines. For more information on these, follow the links above.

Over the years I have accepted a large number of invitations to lecture on various aspects of Brookwood, on the cemetery railway, and related themes. Recent lectures include:

“The History of Brookwood Cemetery” 15th August 2019, 8pm, for the West Middlesex Family History Society.

“The Brookwood Necropolis Railway”, 9th July 2019, 7pm at the F W Paine Museum, Kingston.

“The Brookwood Necropolis Railway”, 13th May 2019, 7.30pm, for the Hampton WI.

“London’s Necropolis Railway”, 26th February 2019, 6.30pm, at 88 Tavistock Place for the Dickens Fellowship.

I also design and host a number of websites.

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Articles The Aberdeen Granite Industry Around Woking British and Commonwealth War Cemeteries Brookwood Cemetery Brookwood Cemetery in the WHJ Burial Acts Cemeteries - Far From the Madding Crowd Committed to the Cleansing Flame The Corpses at Waterloo Cremation Criminal Justice Death Redesigned Demise of the Necropolis Railway Emergency Repairs to the Columbarium Emergency Repairs to the Drake Mausoleum Encyclopedia of Cremation Final Journey From Dust to Ashes Letter to the Woking Advertiser London Cemeteries London Cemeteries in Old Photographs London Necropolis Company Acts The London Way of Death London's Dead Mortmain Hall Necropolis London and its Dead Memorials for Restoration in Brookwood Cemetery The Missing Muslims from Horsell Common Railway Wonders of the World The Reburial of Edith Thompson Report into UK Funeral Customs Rescuing Elaine Falkiner Restoration of the Lake Restoration of the Memorial to Jane Senior Rhododendron Clearance at Brookwood Service of Dedication to Edith Thompson Shadowtracks Ten Years of the Brookwood Cemetery Society The Victorian Cemetery Whos Buried Where in London Wikipedia

Wikipedia Analysis 1 Wikipedia Analysis 2

Abdullah Yusuf Ali Alexander Mackonochie Alexis Aladin Arthur Cates Arthur Henry Stanton Barcelona Air Disaster Battle of Britain Pilots Brookwood Russia Memorial Charles Bradlaugh Charles Nottage Charles Warne Churches Using Brookwood Cemetery Cyril Frisby VC Daniel Beak VC Edgar Inkson VC Edith Thompson Edmund Baron Hartley VC Edward Enfield Fernhurst Air Disaster The First Burials at Brookwood Sir Fortunatus Dwarris Frederick Edmon Channell Frederick Spofforth Gustav von Franck Henry Cornish Sir Henry Goldfinch Sir Henry Maxse Hogg Family Grave Horace Martineau VC Horatia Nelson Johnson HS2 Reburials Institutions Using Brookwood Cemetery James Case Jane Hammond James Hollowell VC John Lynch John Macpherson John Sherwood-Kelly VC John Trouncer Leonard Carter Matthew F M Meiklejohn VC Muslim Soldiers at Brookwood Cemetery Perpignan Air Disaster Peter Morris Ramadan H Guney Richard Ansdell Ross Mangles VC Robert Nisbet Bain Robert Dolling Rupert Hallowes VC St Edward the Martyr St Peters Walworth Reburials Samuel Prentice QC Syed Ameer Ali Thomas Hawksley Tom Jackson Carlisle VCs at Brookwood Cemetery Sir Vincent Raven Wallace Duffield Wright VC William Addison VC William Ewart Lockhart William Kenny VC William Reynolds VC William Smyth William Stewart Ross

Books Bisley Camp Branch Line Brookwood's Mausolea Brookwood Necropolis Railway Columbarium Glades of Remembrance Introduction to Brookwood Cemetery 3 London's Necropolis London's Necropolis 2 St Cuthberts Church Guide

Reviews of Brookwood Necropolis Railway Brookwood Necropolis Railway 3 Brookwood Necropolis Railway 2 Brookwood Necropolis Railway 1

Introduction to Brookwood Cemetery 1 Introduction to Brookwood Cemetery 2

Reviews of London's Necropolis

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