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===Notable cremations=== [[File:West London Crematorium.jpg|thumb|West London Crematorium]] * Dame [[Sarah Oram]] (1860–1946), senior military nurse. * Major [[Herbert James]] (1888–1958), [[Victoria Cross|VC]] winner at [[Gallipoli campaign|Gallipoli]], [[First World War]]. * [[Ingrid Bergman]] (1915–1982), actress (most of her ashes were scattered around the islet of Dannholmen off the fishing village of [[Fjällbacka]] on the west coast of Sweden where she spent most summers from 1958 to her death in 1982, with the remainder of her ashes buried at [[Norra begravningsplatsen]] in [[Stockholm]], Sweden next to her parents). * [[Freddie Mercury]] (1946–1991), singer in the rock band [[Queen (band)|Queen]], is commemorated by a small plinth under his birth name, Farrokh Bulsara, near which his ashes, the exact whereabouts of which are currently unknown, are traditionally held to be buried.<ref>{{cite news |title=Freddie Mercury's plaque vanishes from Kensal Green cemetery |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/freddie-mercurys-plaque-vanishes-from-kensal-green-cemetery-8520387.html |access-date=30 June 2024 |work=Evening Standard}}</ref> * [[Sir Anthony Nutting, 3rd Baronet|Sir Anthony Nutting]] (1920–1999), former diplomat and [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] MP. * [[Joe Strummer]] (1952–2002), singer-songwriter in the punk rock band [[the Clash]], was cremated here and his ashes were then given to his family. * [[George Melly]] (1926-2007), jazz and blues singer, critic.<ref>[https://www.standard.co.uk/news/melly-farewell-is-all-that-jazz-and-no-blues-6597646.html "Melly farewell is all that jazz (and no blues)"], ''[[London Evening Standard]]'', 13 July 2007.</ref> * [[Alan Rickman]] (1946–2016), actor and director. * [[Pete Burns]] (1959–2016), singer–songwriter and television personality. * [[Christine Keeler]] (1942–2017), model and showgirl. * [[Gary Rhodes]] (1960–2019), chef. * [[Eddie Linden]] (1935–2023), poet and editor.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Raffray |first=Nathalie |date=2023-12-14 |title=Literary world mourns influential poet and Aquarius magazine publisher Eddie Linden |url=https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/23989735.obituary-maida-vale-poet-aquarius-publisher-eddie-linden/ |access-date=2025-05-01 |website=[[Ham & High]] |language=en}}</ref>
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