Montague John Druitt
1st April 2018
Born 15th August 1857 Died 4th December 1888 Aged 31 Years Section 8, to west of Chapel. Montague Druitt was the second son of William Druitt, Wimborne’s leading surgeon. The Druitt’s lived at Westfield House which still stands today. Educated at Winchester and Oxford, he became a barrister on the Western Circuit and Winchester Sessions. […]
VIEW MORECapt. John Hanham
1st April 2017
Born 14th January 1823 Died 16th September 1861 Aged 37 years Section 8 Captain John Hanham was killed by a single bullet at Fulwood Barracks, Preston in Lancashire in September 1861. According to a contemporary report, Capt Hanham and the commanding officer of the Fulwood depot, Col Hugh Crofton, were walking across the barracks square when […]
VIEW MOREBilly Burden – Wimborne’s Mr Laughter
1st April 2016
Born 15th June 1914 Died 8th June 1994 Aged 79 Years Section 21 J.14 Inscription: ‘Tis a long walk from Dorset’ Billy Burden’s theatrical life began at the Salisbury Playhouse when he responded to an advertisement in The Stage. After a series of comedy roles he appeared in Jack and the Beanstalk where he played […]
VIEW MORENicholas Wanostrocht
1st April 2015
Born 1804 Died 7th September 1876 Aged 72 years Section 8, near to Chapel Nicholas Wanostrocht (aka N Felix) was born in 1804 and was a celebrity cricketer of the generation before WG Grace. He was an excellent left-handed bat and invented cricketing equipment such as batting gloves and ‘longitudinal socks’ of linen filled with […]
VIEW MOREThomas and Barbara Holloway
1st April 2013
Born 1869 and 1879 (respectively) Died 20th October 1930 Aged 61 and 51 Years Section 4 consecrated On the morning of Monday the 20th October 1930, Thomas Edwin and Louisa ‘Barbara’ Holloway were shot dead in their bedroom at Watsford Farm House near Wimborne. Earlier that year the marriage of the Holloway’s 19-year-old daughter, Trixie […]
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