Bournemouth North Cemetery and Bournemouth Crematorium explained

Bournemouth North Cemetery
Established:	1931
Country:	UK
Location:	Strouden Avenue, Bournemouth
Coordinates:	50.7464°N -1.8556°W
Type:	Cemetery
Owner:	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council
Findagraveid:	2209014

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]

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]

References

1. Web site: Cemeteries in Bournemouth . 2023-01-22 . www.bcpcouncil.gov.uk.
2. Web site: Funerals to be limited to maximum of 10 people – and they must all be immediate family members . 2023-01-22 . Bournemouth Echo . en.
3. Web site: CWGC . Bournemouth North Cemetery Cemetery Details . 2023-01-22 . CWGC . en.
4. Web site: CWGC . Bournemouth Crematorium Cemetery Details . 2023-01-25 . CWGC . en.
5. Web site: Known Graves of Holders of the Victoria Cross in: Dorset. Archived copy . www.victoriacross.org . 28 November 2004 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20041027213327/http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/dorset.htm . 27 October 2004 .
6. Web site: CWGC Casualty Record. 27 December 2013.