Wimborne Road Cemetery, Bournemouth

Historic cemetery in Dorset, England

50°44′03″N 1°52′23″W / 50.73417°N 1.87306°W / 50.73417; -1.87306TypeCemeteryFind a GraveWimborne 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

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
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^[4]
Francis Mawson Rattenbury (1867–1935), architect

References

^ "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.
^ Location of grave and VC medal at the Wayback Machine (archived 2004-10-27) (Dorset)