Wimborne Road Cemetery, Bournemouth

Wimborne Road Cemetery, Bournemouth
Wimborne Road Cemetery
Details
Established	1878
Location	Wimborne Road, Bournemouth
Country	UK
Coordinates	50°44′03″N1°52′23″W / 50.73417°N 1.87306°W / 50.73417; -1.87306
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
• Guy Boothby (1867–1905), author
• William Campbell (missionary) ^[5]
• 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 ^[6]
• Francis Mawson Rattenbury (1867–1935), architect

References

1. "Bournemouth Cemeteries and Burials". www.bournemouth.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 16 March 2015.
2. Historic England. "Wimborne Road Cemetery, Bournemouth (1000726)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 28 December 2015.
3. "Cemetery Details". CWGC.
4. "Headstone for Ripper-hunt officer". BBC News . BBC. 4 July 2007. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
5. 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
6. Location of grave and VC medal at the Wayback Machine (archived 2004-10-27)(Dorset)

External links

• Wimborne Road Cemetery, Bournemouth at Find a Grave

Media related to Wimborne Road Cemetery at Wikimedia Commons