This is a quick index to the various stories of some of the people buried in the cemetery as we come upon them. Just click on one of the names to read more.
Aggett, Thomas Henry ….. The Railway Poet
Antonucci, Angelo Antonio ….. Of War, Brigands, Ice-Cream and the Antonuccis
Arthington, Robert ….. Philanthropist, the Millionaire Miser
Best, Albert …. Plumber, reservoir builder and social historian of Teignmouth
Bloomfield, Thomas Miles ….. Teignmouth Chief Coastguard
Bodnar, Wilhelm Carl Edward … anBd his mother Maria Louisa … and The Vagabond Husband
Bond, James ….. Death in Teignmouth and buried with military honours
Bower, Major James Bower ….. Caught in Flagrante
Brokensha, Samuel ….. Commander RN
Brown, Robin ….. The Shadows Flee Away
Coke, Janet Sarah ….. foster mother of Harry Welchman
Cooke, Lady Blanche and Miss Ruby ….. The Two Juanitas
Crawford, Sophia ….. A Footstone Legacy
Davis, General Frederick J ….. Three short stories
English, Isabella Jane ….. Countess of Rome who built St Scholastica Abbey
Forde, Sylvia Forde ….. Musical stage actor, wife of Harry Welchman
Heller, Emily Martha (and family) ….. A Romantic Tragedy
Hewett, Father John ….. In te domine speravi
Hooper, Walter George Horn ….. Death at Sea
Jordan, W R Hall Jordan and Frost, Frederick C ….. Keats House
Laforgue, Leah, nee Lee, ….. the source of inspiration for TS Eliot
Langston, Herbert William Douglas ….. Tunbridge to Texas to Teignmouth
Linklater, Thomas Watt ….. Death in the Docks
Lumsden, James ….. The Journalist Pioneer
Mainwaring, Georgiana Caroline Barbara …. the last of the lady hostages of the Kabul disaster 1842
Marshall, Peter Paul Marshall ….. The Pre-Raphaelite Inferno
Mortimore, Maurice Louis Charles ….. only Teignmouth fireman killed in service in World War 2.
Pearse, William Alfred Rombulow, Admiral ….. Bounding Alaska
Penn, William Rogers ….. A Ramble to the Cemetery
Poole, Samuel ….. Teignmouth and Victorian Photography
Ricketts, PC Harold ….. Bravery and a twist in the tale
Spratt, Thomas Abel Brimage, Admiral, ….. a latter-day Indiana Jones?
Steer, Ann, Philip, Thomas and Agnes ….. Of Mining, Military, Migration
Templer, Reginald Gwynne ….. Murder most foul
Vaux, Bowyer ….. FRCS
Waite, Frances Maude ….. Shocking Traction Engine Accident
Walker, Reginald Reuben ….. Another Snapshot of History
Welchman, Harry ….. Lights, music, action
Wilkins, Sir Henry and Lady Emmelina and daughter Mabel Diana ….. Inner Spirit
Williams, Henry & Elizabeth ….. bombing casualties
Wills, Sidney Charles – Triumph and Tragedy
Yeames, William Frederick, artist, ….”And when did you last see your father?”
And some others …
The Curious Case of the Shifting Shrub ….. parochial Victorian melodrama at its finest
The Curious Case of Mangold, the General and the Eggs ….. the mysterious ways of justice
The First Twenty …. a summary of the first 20 people buried in the cemetery
Teignmouth Old Cemetery 