Bournemouth East Cemetery, Hampshire, England

Cemetery Details

Location Bournemouth, Dorset, United Kingdom
Co‑ordinates N50.7339, W1.82826
Description

Some of the 120 First World War burials in this cemetery are those of soldiers who died in Bournemouth's auxiliary and private hospitals. 75 of these graves are in a special plot on the main path and include a Special Memorial to 2 soldiers drowned off Bournemouth in January 1915, whose bodies were not recovered. The plot also contains 7 of the 68 Second World War burials, the rest being scattered throughout the cemetery. One of the First World War burials is unidentified. There are 4 Foreign National war burials here.

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Names

Showing 6 people of interest from cemetery

FULWOOD, George Thomas

Service number 3318
Driver
50th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 4 May 1884

PUNCH, William Joseph

Service number 5435
Private
1st Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1880

FITZGERALD, Edward Michael

Service number 736
Lance Corporal
2nd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born May 1891

DELLEY, Joseph Louis

Service number 5575
Private
26th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 3 Nov 1895

CRICHTON, Eric Charles

Service number 2616
Private
7th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1898

EDWARDS, Harold

Service number 2397
Lance Corporal
54th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 2 Jan 1897

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