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Wimborne Road Cemetery, Bournemouth
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| 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 / 50.73417°N 1.87306°W |
| Type | Cemetery |
| Find a Grave | Wimborne Road Cemetery, Bournemouth |
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.
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
[edit]- Frederick Abberline (1843–1929), British police Chief Inspector and detective
- Sir Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer (1841–1917), statesman
- Guy Boothby (1867–1905), author
- William Campbell (missionary)[4]
- Christopher Crabb Creeke (1820–1886), architect
- 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[5]
- Francis Mawson Rattenbury (1867–1935), architect
References
[edit]- ^ "Bournemouth Cemeteries and Burials". www.bournemouth.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 16 March 2015.
- ^ Historic England. "Wimborne Road Cemetery, Bournemouth (1000726)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
- ^ "Cemetery Details". CWGC.
- ^ 邱大昕 (2019年10月14日)〈我自己要見祂--甘為霖牧師生平考略〉，《臺灣教會公報》3529期21版
- ^ Location of grave and VC medal at the Wayback Machine (archived 2004-10-27) (Dorset)
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