Liberal Jewish Cemetery, Willesden
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Details
Established	1911
Location	Off Pound Lane,Willesden, London NW10 2HG (London Borough of Brent)
Country	England
Coordinates	51°32′35″N0°14′16″W / 51.54306°N 0.23778°W /51.54306; -0.23778
Type	Jewish
Style	Queen Anne Revival architecture
Owned by	Liberal Jewish Synagogue
Size	4 acres[1]
Website	Liberal Jewish Synagogue: Cemetery
Find a Grave	Liberal Jewish Cemetery

TheLiberal Jewish Cemetery, Willesden, is acemetery for Jews in Pound Lane,Willesden, in theLondon Borough of Brent. It is adjacent toWillesden United Synagogue Cemetery. Established in 1911 by theLiberal Jewish Synagogue, it opened in 1914 and was originally known as the Liberal Jewish and Belsize Square Cemetery.^[2] Several notable British Jews, including members of theSassoon family and theRothschild family, are buried at the cemetery, which also has a Grade II listed war memorial.^[3]

The cemetery's prayer hall, inQueen Anne Revival architectural style, was designed byErnest Joseph and erected in the 1920s; it was extended in 1963.^[1] Directly opposite the prayer hall is aGrade II listed war memorial, commemorating 22 people who died in the First World War.Historic England describe it as "one of very few freestanding First World War memorials which specifically commemorate Jewish service personnel". A plaque was added later to commemorate those who died in the Second World War.^[3]

Notable people buried at the cemetery include:

Image	Name	Dates	Description	Notes	Ref	Grave
	Sir Louis Baron, 1st Baronet	1876–1934	Tobacco and cigarette manufacturer	He was the managing director of theCarreras Tobacco Company.
	Bernard Delfont, Baron Delfont	1909–1994	Theatreimpresario	Brother of Leslie Grade and Lee Grade.	[4]
	Benno Elkan	1877–1960	Sculptor	Elkan created the first statue in Britain of SirWalter Raleigh, and designedFrankfurt's Great War Memorial, incorporating mourning mothers as a symbol of loss in World War I; it was removed by the Nazis in 1933 and re-erected in 1946. His work also includes theKnesset Menorah inJerusalem.	[1]
	Arnold Goodman, Baron Goodman	1913–1995	Lawyer	Goodman was Chairman of theArts Council.	[4]
	Lew Grade, Baron Grade	1906–1998	TV and film producer	Elder brother of Bernard Delfont	[4]
	Leslie Grade	1916–1979	Theatrical agent	Younger brother of Bernard Delfont and Lew Grade	[4]
	Otto Metzger	1885–1961	Engineer and inventor	Metzger, who grew up inNuremberg, Germany, was an engineer and inventor of animpact-extrusion process for forming seamless zinc and brass cans. He and his wife Sophie Metzger (née Josephthal) (1894–1998) are commemorated in the cemetery by adjacent rose bushes.	[5][6][7]
	Sir Albert Sassoon, 1st Baronet	1818–1896	Businessman and philanthropist	He ran the family firm, which was originally based inBombay, India and became known asDavid Sassoon & Co. Sassoon was originally buried in theSassoon Mausoleum which he had built inBrighton, but in 1933 his body was removed and reburied at this cemetery.	[8][9][10]
	Sir Edward Sassoon, 2nd Baronet	1856–1912	Businessman and politician	He was the eldest son of Sir Albert. ALiberal Unionist PartyMP, Sassoon was also active in Jewish community affairs, serving as a vice-president ofJews' College, London and theAnglo-Jewish Association.
	Frank Schon, Baron Schon of Whitehaven	1912–1995	Industrialist	Born in Vienna, and moved to Britain in March 1939.
	SirIsaac Shoenberg	1880–1963	Electronics engineer and inventor	Born inPinsk,Imperial Russia (now inBelarus), Shoenberg is best known for his role in inventing the system used by theBBC in London in 1936 for the world's first public high-definition TV broadcast.	[11]
	SirAndrew Shonfield	1917–1981	Economist	Best known for writingModern Capitalism (1966), a book that documented the rise of long-term planning in postwar Europe. From 1972 to 1977 he was Director of theRoyal Institute of International Affairs, usually known as Chatham House.	[12]
	Conchita Supervía	1895–1936	Spanish operadiva	Supervía was a highly popular Spanishmezzo-soprano singer who appeared inopera in Europe and America and also gave recitals. Her tombstone was designed by SirEdwin Lutyens. The grave, which had fallen into disrepair, was refurbished by a group of admirers and re-consecrated in October 2006.	[4][13]
	Walter Wolfgang	1923– 2019	Socialist and peace activist	Wolfgang was vice-president and Vice Chair of theCampaign for Nuclear Disarmament up to the time of his death, and a supporter of theStop the War Coalition.	[14]
	Israel Zangwill	1864–1926	Author andcultural Zionist	At the forefront ofcultural Zionism during the 19th century, and a close associate of Theodor Herzl, Zangwill later rejected the search for a Jewish homeland inPalestine and became the prime thinker behind theterritorial movement.	[15]

The cemetery contains theCommonwealth war graves of a World War IRoyal Flying Corps officer and, from World War II, aRoyal Navy officer, two soldiers and an officer of the British Army and an airman and two officers of theRoyal Air Force.^[16]

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