Deaths, funerals and cremations FAQs
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Q: How are cremated remains kept separate?
Q: Are coffins sold back to the funeral directors?
Q: How soon after the ceremony will the cremation take place?
Q: What religious ceremony can I have with cremation?
The service for burial and cremation is the same apart from the form of committal sentences. The service may take place at your own place of worship with a short committal service in the crematorium chapel, or you may have the whole service at the crematorium chapel. Or, you may prefer a civil ceremony be conducted, or even no service at all.
Q: How is a cremation arranged?
Q: Can relatives witness the committal of the coffin to the cremator?
Q: Is the coffin cremated with the body?
Q: What are the Gardens of Remembrance at a crematorium?
Q: What types of grave are available at Wandsworth's cemeteries?
Q: I have a lawn grave. Why can’t I put a full memorial over its surface?
Q: After a funeral, when is the grave filled in?
