Beckenham Crematorium and Cemetery

19/01/2026

It's always wonderful to see personal touches when it comes to saying goodbye

24/12/2025

✨️It's Christmas eve! 🎄 So, from the team here at Beckenham, we would like to wish a very Merry Christmas to our followers and families, and a wonderful new year!✨️

We would also like to announce the winner of our little Christmas giveaway!
A massive congratulations to Karla Holmes! Please drop us a message at your earliest convience to arrange getting your hamper! 🎉

10/12/2025

Thank you so much to all who joined us for our Winter Memorial Service last night. It was a lovely and fitting way to remember those who we will miss so deeply over the Christmas period.
A big thank you to those who helped with the service from Francis Chappell & Sons, Nigel for his wonderful singing and our celebrants Jo, Sacha, Ruth & Rev. Jim.

08/12/2025

A reminder for tomorrow!

We're delighted to be collaborating with Francis Chappell & Sons this year for their memorial service. All our welcome to join us for our winter service of remembrance.

02/12/2025

✨️Christmas Givaway!✨️

We want to spread a bit of Christmas cheer here Beckenham and have a little fun!

So in that spirit, from now up until Christmas Eve, if you like, follow and share this post you will be put into a draw to win a Christmas hamper!

We will accept entries up until midday on the 24th of December, and will do the draw later that day.

Good luck!

01/12/2025

Please come join us next week for our Christmas Service

We're delighted to be collaborating with Francis Chappell & Sons this year for their memorial service. All our welcome to join us for our winter service of remembrance.

18/11/2025

We're delighted to be collaborating with Francis Chappell & Sons this year for their memorial service. All our welcome to join us for our winter service of remembrance.

17/11/2025

07/11/2025

Our next spotlight on the lead up to remembrance day is on the Beckenham Auxiliary Fire Service. Within our ground, we proudly have a memorial in dedication to 21 of the 34 members of the service who lost their lives during an air raid bombing of Old Palace School. 19 of those on the memorial are buried here, laid to rest by their comrades. Lest we forget.
Credit for the photos goes to https://oldpalaceschoolbombing.com/

04/11/2025

Our beautiful Japanese Garden is available for above ground scattering, as well as a scenic location for wall plaques.
For interment options and enquiries, please get in touch with our memorials team on 0208 650 0322, or email beckenham.memorialoffice@thecmg.co.uk

03/11/2025

On the lead up to Remembrance Day, we would like to commemorate some of our wartime residents, to shed a spotlight on those we owe so much to.

We start with this wonderful gentleman, George Evans VC.
An excerpt from the London Gazette in 1920 reported the following of his bravery:
Company Sergeant Major George EVANS, 18th Battalion, Manchester Regiment.

For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty during the attack at Guillemont on the 30th July 1916, when under heavy rifle fire and machine gun fire he volunteered to take back an important message after five runners had been killed in attempting to do so. He had to cover about 700 yards, the whole of which was under observation from the enemy.

Company Sergeant Major EVANS, however, succeeded in delivering the message, and although wounded, rejoined his company, although advised to go to the dressing station.

The return journey to the company again meant a journey of 700 yards under severe rifle and machine gun fire, but by dodging from shell-hole to shell-hole he was able to do so, and was taken prisoner some hours later.

On previous occasions at Montauban and Trones Wood this gallant Warrant Officer displayed great bravery and devotion to duty, and has always been a splendid example to his men.

After his brave actions on the battlefield, he was captured and taken as Prisoner of War for over 2 years.

His medal was soon to be known as the children's VC, due to his work as an inspector for the NSPCC from 1902 to 1915.

28/10/2025

Don't forget, you can view our book of remembrance online at:
https://www.remembrance-books.com/Beckenham/