Wimborne Road Cemetery, Bournemouth
| Wimborne Road Cemetery, Bournemouth | |
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Wimborne Road Cemetery | |
Interactive map of Wimborne Road Cemetery, Bournemouth | |
| 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
- 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]
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.Retrieved 13 June 2018.
- ^ "Headstone for Ripper-hunt officer". BBC News. BBC. 4 July 2007. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ "Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer". London Remembers. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
- ^ Mark Valentine, "Introduction" in Guy Boothby, Dr Nikola, Master Criminal. Herts UK: Wordsworth Editions, 2009, p. xii
- ^ 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
- ^ "Creeke, Christopher Crabb". UKPG Database. Archived from the original on 25 December 2004. Retrieved 3 March 2008.
- ^ "Location of grave and VC medal". Archived from the original on 27 October 2004. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) (Dorset) - ^ "Casualty Details: Muspratt, Keith Knox". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. 2015.
- ^ "Lasting-memorial-for-murder-victim". Bournemouth Echo. 18 November 2007. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
- ^ "Adultery, jealousy and murder: How the Rattenbury case gripped the nation". Bournemouth Echo. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
External links
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