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Bournemouth North Cemetery and Bournemouth Crematorium
Historic cemetery in Dorset, England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bournemouth North Cemetery and Bournemouth Crematorium is a municipal cemetery in Bournemouth, England.[1] The cemetery is located between the suburbs of Charminster, Strouden Park and Queen's Park and is owned by Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council.[2]
The cemetery has 110 war grave burials from World War II, 75 of whom are buried in a section maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, with one burial unidentified and one Dutch war burial.[3] In addition, the CWGC maintain a screen wall memorial to 35 Commonwealth service personnel who were cremated at Bournemouth Crematorium during the same war.[4]
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Notable burials and cremations
- Captain Frederick Barter (1891–1952), World War I British Army VC recipient (cremated).[5]
- Staff-Sergeant Joseph John Davies (1889–1976), World War I British Army VC recipient (cremated).[5]
- Field Marshal Sir Cyril Deverell (1874–1947), World War I British Army commander and Chief of the Imperial General Staff 1936–37 (cremated).[6]
- Captain Henry James Knight (1878–1953), Boer War British Army VC recipient (cremated).[5]
- Sergeant Frederick McNess (1892–1958), World War I British Army VC recipient (cremated).[5]
- Second-Lieutenant Alfred Oliver Pollard (1893–1960), World War I British Army VC recipient and author (cremated).[5]
- Sergeant James Welch (1889–1978), World War I British Army VC recipient.[5]
- McDonald Hobley (1917-1987), actor and broadcaster (cremated).[7]
• Anthony Richard Dawson (1969-2001) victim of the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks
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Gallery
War graves section,
Gravestones dating from the 1940s.
References
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