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I don't know if they did, that's a good question. I have her death certificate confirming that she died at St John's but no other information. It is certainly possible that the hospital did arrange her funeral. The family were by no means wealthy. That's another avenue for me to pursue. Many thanks for your help, much appreciated.

I had not considered Brookwood as it seems so far away from either Battersea (where she died) or Balham (where she lived). I'm not familiar with the term funeral trains. Thanks for your input though.

I've hit a wall in trying to locate the burial place of my paternal late great grandmother and would appreciate any views people may have. She lived in Balham from circa 1890 and died in St John's Hospital Battersea in April 1943. Her husband (my great grandfather) died in 1930 and was buried at Streatham Cemetery in Garratt Lane, Tooting. Her son (my grandfather) died in 1945 and was buried in Lambeth Cemetery in Blackshaw Road, Tooting. My great grandmother is in neither of these locations nor in any of the cemeteries in Wandsworth or Southwark or others in Lambeth. I've also had a search undertaken at Streatham Vale, Rowan Road but nothing found. She originated from Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, but I find it hard to believe that half way through WW2, she would have been taken to Suffolk. Any thoughts or opinions gratefully received, thanks. Steve

I have just joined because I was doing some research on Larch Road Balham as part of my family history and came across this website. Very interesting to see comments and, especially photo of children in 1922. My grandparents were in Larch Road from circa 1890 and my father and his sister were there from 1920 to just after WW2.

I would be very interested to hear from anyone who had family living there during this time. I see that most of these messages are quite old now and not all the members are active but if Tunners does return, his father was there at the same time as mine and they would almost certainly have known each other.