Local Heroes
Those who are buried or have memorials here include:
- Dr Rees Ralph Llewellyn — Performed autopsy on Mary Ann Nichols, generally considered the first victim of Jack the Ripper
- Alexander Hurley — Singer and Comedian, second husband of Marie Lloyd
- John "White Hat" Willis — Original owner of the Cutty Sark
- Alfred Linnel — Trampled by a police horse during a demonstration in Trafalgar Square. Funeral was organised by Annie Besant and William Morris
- Will Crooks — Trade unionist and first Labour Mayor of Poplar
- Hannah Maria Purcell — Widow of William Purcell, carpenter of the HMS Bounty
- Some victims of the Bethnal Green Disaster
Read more about this topic: Tower Hamlets Cemetery
Famous quotes containing the words local and/or heroes:
“The local snivels through the fields:
I sit between felt-hatted mums....”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)
“I have always been a friend to hero-worship; it is the only rational one, and has always been in use amongst civilized people—the worship of spirits is synonymous with barbarism—it is mere fetish.... There is something philosophic in the worship of the heroes of the human race.”
—George Borrow (1803–1881)