A tale of two coffins; James Moore (1949-1935) & Ivy May Hamilton (1922-1966) Kensal Green Cemetery

Not many people visit the KGC catacombs these days but anyone lucky enough to get the chance always sees this pair of coffins with their immortelles. Why the coffins were not tucked away into a vault but left standing out in a corridor no one was really sure. The assumption was that they were temporarily deposited in the catacombs waiting for either a grave to be prepared in the cemetery or awaiting transportation to another cemetery. Had they just been forgotten about? Both coffins turn out to have very different stories, both are fascinating. A year ago, the cemetery was visited by Ron Carlson, the CEO of PBD Inc, a Chicago based corporate design firm who, in his spare time, flies light aircraft and records YouTube videos about cemeteries under the name Faces of the Forgotten. His video of KGC featured the catacombs and the two coffins including a lingering closeup of the name plate on the coffin on the left. One of Ron's subscribers, HazelOwl7893, otherwise known as Hazel Mahan (we…