Wimborne Road Cemetery, Bournemouth
Historic cemetery in Dorset, England
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The Wimborne Road Cemetery is located at Wimborne Road, Bournemouth.[1] It is grade II listed with Historic England. The cemetery was opened in 1878 and laid out by the architect Christopher Crabb Creeke.[2] St Augustin's Church stands across the road from the cemetery.
| Wimborne Road Cemetery, Bournemouth | |
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Wimborne Road Cemetery | |
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| Details | |
| Established | 1878 |
| Location | Wimborne Road, Bournemouth |
| Country | UK |
| Coordinates | 50°44′03″N 1°52′23″W |
| Type | Cemetery |
| Find a Grave | Wimborne Road Cemetery, Bournemouth |
Cemetery Junction is a major intersection of the A347 road.
The cemetery contains the war graves of 48 Commonwealth service personnel of World War I and 38 of World War II.[3]
Notable interments
- Frederick Abberline (1843–1929), British police Chief Inspector and detective[4]
- Sir Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer (1841–1917), statesman[5]
- Guy Boothby (1867–1905), author[6]
- William Campbell, (1841-1921), missionary[7]
- Christopher Crabb Creeke (1820–1886), architect[8]
- John Nelson Darby (1800–1882), founder of the Plymouth Brethren
- Antonia Forest (1915–2003), author
- Staff Surgeon RN William Job Maillard (1863–1903), Victoria Cross recipient in 1898 Occupation of Crete[9]
- Captain Keith Muspratt (1897-1918), World War I flying ace[10]
- Francis Mawson Rattenbury (1867–1935), architect.[11] His widow, Alma (1897/1898-1935), songwriter, implicated in his murder, is buried in a separate and unmarked grave.[12]
