Willesden Jewish Cemetery
Name Dates Description Notes
Hermann Adler 1839-1911 Rabbi Adler was born in Hanover , Germany . He was the second son of Rabbi Nathan Marcus Adler ( see below ) and succeeded him as Chief Rabbi of the British Empire , a post he held from 1891 to 1911
Michael Adler 1868-1944 Rabbi , Anglo-Jewish historian and author Michael Adler , who was not related to the family of chief rabbis , was the first Jewish military chaplain to the British Army to serve in time of war , serving with the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front during the First World War from 1915 to 1918 . He was responsible for the Magen David , instead of the traditional Cross , being carved on the headstones of Jewish soldiers who died in wartime
Nathan Marcus Adler 1803-1890 Rabbi Born in Hanover , in present-day Germany , he became Chief Rabbi of the City of Hanover . From 1844 to 1890 he was Chief Rabbi of the British Empire . He was instrumental in bringing together the United Synagogue , established by Act of Parliament in 1870 , and was a founder of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
Sir Israel Brodie 1895-1979 Rabbi Brodie was Chief Rabbi of Great Britain and the Commonwealth 1948-1965 . He founded and led the Conference of European Rabbis . In 1969 , after he had retired , he was knighted for services to British Jewry , the first Chief Rabbi to receive this honour
Sir Hermann Gollancz 1852-1930 Rabbi and Hebrew scholar Gollancz , who was born in Bremen , Germany , was the first Jew to earn a doctorate of literature from London University and the first holder of the degree to be ordained as a rabbi . In 1923 , he was the first British rabbi to be given a knighthood
Joseph Hertz 1872-1946 Rabbi and biblical scholar Hertz , who was born in what is now Slovakia , was Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom from 1913 until his death in 1946 , in a period encompassing both world wars and the Holocaust . He also edited a notable commentary on the Torah ( 1929-36 , one-volume edition 1937 ) . Popularly known as the Hertz Chumash , this classic Hebrew-English edition of the Five Books of Moses , with corresponding Haftorahs , is used in many synagogues and classrooms throughout the English-speaking world
Simeon Singer 1846-1906 Rabbi , preacher , lecturer and public worker He is best known for his English translation of the Siddur , the standard prayer book used in British and Commonwealth synagogues , informally known as the Singer 's Prayer Book or the Singer 's
Other notable burials -- Rabbis
The Willesden United Synagogue Cemetery, usually known as Willesden Jewish Cemetery, is a cemetery for Jews at Beaconsfield Road, Willesden, in the London Borough of Brent. It opened in 1873 on a site. It has been described as the Rolls Royce of London's Jewish cemeteries and is designated Grade II on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. In 2015 it was awarded a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to restore some key features of the cemetery and to create a visitor centre, a permanent exhibition and a web-based education project.