CITAT{DLER. The Family atl{unheai} It is a dangerous environment to explore unsupervised.

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1 The Family atl{unheai} This is a listing f all the members f the CITAT{DLER family that are buried in the family vaults at Nunhead Cemetery, Linden Grve, Peckham, SELs 3LP There are six grave plts. N's. 1593L,8586,17184:1 vault & N's 17232, :1 vaull The pink flecked marble memrial stands abve the vaults" On it are inscribed the names f thse laid t rest here. The inscriptins cyer every facet f the plished marble clumn. Reading them evkes a very strng feeling f persnal cnnectin. Hidden deep in almst impenetrable wdland, with vines and creepers cvering tmbstnes all arund, sme fallen, sme standing, and with tall. trees frming a dense canpy verhead, this is a quiet and peaceful spt. Standing n the muddied pink marble chips that cver the graves yu are aware that generatins f the Chandler family have std shulder t shulder n that same grayel t pay their last respects, and that in due curse thers wuld gather t d the same fr them. They als tuched the plished marble clumn, just as yu will have nw dne. Samuel prvided a place fr his family t gather tgether in death and in life. It is understd that the slid ak cffins are as gd tday as the duy they entered the vsults The marble clumn is apprx. 6 feet tull, and 30 inches square at the base, tapering t 20 inches. It was tpped with a 16 inch rnamental finial that has fallen ff due t the clumn having mved, s that it nw leans frward by abut I inches ff the vertical The ji.nial is nw prpped aguinst the clumn. The tilt frm yerticul is prbably due t rts etc, but is nt yet cnsidered dangerus Hwever, Nreme cautin is urged. It wuld nt be udvisable t stand in frnt f the clumn! It is nt pssible t visit the graves, due t quite understandable health and safety cncerns, unless accampanied und supervised by the staff, There are thusands f grwes ut Nunhead, mst are vetgrwn and nt easy tfind- Massive WArian memrials twer amng the trees; all arund are mnuments standing tilted t craly angles, threatening t tpple ver withut warning. It is wrth remembering that sme af the vaults are almst certainly in a state f cllapse and the grund may literally disappear frm beneath yur feet. While remaining a tranquil and beautiful asis in the heart f Lndn, cmmnsense cautin is necessary. It is a dangerus envirnment t explre unsupervised. Preparedby Errl Chandler, great-great grandsn f Samuel Chandler senir. Publjshed 21 September 2013

2 Frnt f the clumn: THE EAMILY GRAVE OF SAMUELand MARIA CHANDLER 'Saved with an in affectinate memry f Drusilla Chandler daughter f the abve als f Maria Chandler wh fell asleep in Jesus n Jan. 6th 1883 in her TAth year a devted wife and lving mther everlasting salvatin" Als the abve Samuel Chandler wh died Feb. 26th $Az aged 83 years Lwer plished marble sectin: Blank Base sectin f grey unplished granite: W. Chandler aged 50 fthughtt be William Samuel 181s-1865) J. Chandler aged 51 (thught t be James

3 2nd face: Jsiah Chandler the belved husband f Maria Chandler died August 25th 1909 in his 57th year "'We Shall Meet Again" Sarah Chandler died Feb. 27th 1926 in her 80th year Maria Luisa Chandler died March 1932 aged 89 Samuel Sidney Chandler died March 1933 aged 51 Ellen wife f Samuel Chandler wh died December lsth 1948 Lwer plished sectin: In ever lving remembrance f Edward Fleetwd-Phillistn Died 7th December 1945 Base sectin f grey unplished granite Carline wife f S. Chandler junr Aged 29 Samuel, sn f the abve aged 2 mnths Samuel Sims, aged 2'/, years

4 3rd face: E.R.K Chandler wife f S. Chandler, The Yunger died April in- Lving memry f Sarah Grace Chandler died May sth 1890 aged 19 mnths als Claude Charles Chandler wh died 18th December 1891 Samuel Chandler fell asleep 14th April 1928 Lged72 5'At Rest" Margaret Chandler fell asleep 14th August L928 Aged 58 Captain Ernest Vivian Chandler died 16th August 1936 aged 45 Lwer plished marble sectin: "May Light Perpetual Shine Upn Him" Samuel Brisce Chandler Died t9th Aug *May He Rest In Peace" Unplished granite base: Thmas Emery Aged 45

5 4thface: Ann Stffell aged 78 years Susan Chandler aged 74 Luisa Drusilla dearly lved wife f T.A.'Ware died Feb. llth 1897 aged 23 years Hme at Last, Thy Labur Dne Silfe ilnd Blest, The Wctry Wn Jrdun Passed, Frm Pain Set Free Angels fr{w Have Welcmed Thee Lwer plished marble sectin: Oswald Gerge Nrman 14th February 1942, aged 50 Elsie Luise Dearly lved wife f Alfred Lishman Died 5 Octber 1943 aged 45 years R.I.P Unplished grey marble sectin: Drusilla Chandler Died in her lzth year CI