Abney Park Cemetery
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Abney Park cemetery is one of the "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries in London, England.
The central chapel (2020)
Every turn reveals a different landscape.
Nature takes its course, as interments are rare. The grave in the foreground, dating from 1992, is an exception (September 2005).
James Dowdle
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James John Dowdle was a Commissioner in the Salvation Army known as the "Fiery Fiddler" and the "Saved Railway Guard". He was the first Salvation Army Commissioner to be Promoted to Glory.
Commissioner James Dowdle
Illustration of the Whitechapel Mission Hall, previously 'The Eastern Star' (1867)
William Booth in about 1862, several years before he met Dowdle
Dowdle converted John Lawley seen here with his trademark umbrella (c.1877)