Cemeteries and crematorium

Searching of burial and cremation registers

All records are held at the Central Cemeteries Office.

Applications for information from the registers must be made in writing to us. There is a fee for this service. Please call us 020 8788 2113 for the current costs.

Please give as much information as possible regarding the names and date of burial with the application.

You can search the records personally free of charge by prior arrangement with the Registrar at Putney Vale.

Wandsworth's war graves

The council has a number of war graves in four of its cemeteries including seven Victoria Cross (VC) holders at Putney Vale Cemetery and a VC holder at both Wandsworth and New Battersea (Morden) cemeteries. The records for these and other graves of war interest are kept at Putney Vale Cemetery and all enquiries should be directed there. Each memorial headstone is maintained on a regular basis by the Commonwealth War Graves commission www.cwgc.org

Useful links

Government and Local Authority

• What to do after a death in England and Wales (pdf)
• General Register Office - Births, Deaths and Marriages
• Births, deaths and marriages
• North East Surrey Crematorium (jointly run by Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth Councils)

Charity, religious, and non-profit organisations

• The Samaritans
• Cruse Bereavement Care
• The Compassionate Friends Society
• The Child Bereavement Trust
• The Miscarriage Association
• Road Peace
• The British Humanist Association
• The Natural Death Centre
• Department of Work and Pensions