There are 46 war graves situated throughout the cemetery with 31 of them being marked by the distinctive memorials commissioned and maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Most were casualties of the First and Second World Wars, however there have also been interments of those who lost their lives in more recent active service and conflicts.
Each year, in the week before Remembrance Sunday, Wimborne Cemetery are proud to individually light each of the graves of the soldiers listed below. And in November 2018, to mark 100 years since the end of WWI, a specially commissioned beacon was sighted at the top of the cemetery and lit by Wimborne Dorset & Wiltshire Fire & Rescue Service as part of a national event, Battle’s Over.
Here is a Commemorative Map of War Graves.
Surname | Forenames | Date of Death | Grave Ref | Rank | Regiment |
KNOTT | Edwin Lewis | 13/01/1915 | C7 | Private | Lancashire Fusiliers |
HABGOOD | Percy Owen | 09/11/1915 | C3 | Gunner | Royal Garrison Artillery |
WHITEWOOD | William Charles | 07/08/1915 | C6 | Sick Berth Steward | Mercantile Marine Reserve |
BENISON | Eric William | 13/08/1915 | C9 | Second Lieutenant | Royal Garrison Artillery |
LONG | Arthur | 19/08/1915 | U6 | Stoker 1st Class | Royal Navy |
FORWARD | Frederick Reginald George | 15/02/1916 | C3 | Private | Dorsetshire Regiment |
SEVIOUR | William | 10/04/1916 | C8 | Gunner | Royal Field Artillery |
COFFIN | Charles | 28/04/1916 | U6 | Private | Dorsetshire Regiment |
JOYCE | William Joseph | 18/10/1916 | U3 | Lance Corporal | Dorsetshire Regiment |
EVAMY | Frederick Henry | 06/12/1916 | C6 | Private | Devonshire Regiment |
STEVENS | Charles Maxwell | 13/03/1917 | C8 | Gunner | Royal Garrison Artillery |
CARSHORE | Walter Frances | 16/04/1917 | C6 | Lance Corporal | Training Reserve |
SAMWAYS | Christopher F | 21/04/1917 | C5 | Able Seaman | Royal Navy |
PITFIELD | Harry | 01/03/1918 | C8 | Air Mechanic 1st Class | Royal Naval Air Service |
HORDER | Frances George | 26/05/1918 | C6 | Corporal | Royal Air Force |
BENNETT | William Thomas | 26/08/1918 | C2 | Private | Dorsetshire Regiment |
WELSMAN | Percival George | 24/09/1918 | U6 | Air Mechanic 2nd Class | Royal Air Force |
CAVE | Harold Percy | 21/10/1918 | C6 | Corporal | Army Service Corps |
LOVELL | Edward Frank | 28/10/1918 | C3 | Private | Army Service Corps |
UPSHALL | Arthur William | 01/11/1918 | C4 | Private | Dorsetshire Regiment |
CRYER | Eric | 15/11/1918 | C9 | Lance Corporal | Royal Fusiliers |
MILLER | Frank Edward | 14/11/1918 | C4 | Private | Army Service Corps |
SINGLETON | Charles Gordon | 22/11/1918 | C2 | Private | Worcestershire Regiment |
CULL | Frank | 09/12/1918 | C4 | Corporal | Royal Garrison Artillery |
NORTHOVER | Ernest Harry | 22/01/1919 | U5 | Private | Dorsetshire Regiment |
OSMAN | Samuel James | 06/06/1919 | C7 | Serjeant Major | Royal Army Service Corps |
FOSTER | William Herbert | 09/06/1919 | C5 | Guardsman | Coldstream Guards |
ROSS | Wilfred Harry | 11/02/1920 | C8 | Private | Royal Army Service Corps |
DENNICK | John | 11/04/1920 | C2 | Private | Hampshire Regiment |
BARROW | Alfred William | 18/04/1920 | C2 | Private | Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) |
BARTLETT | Louis | 23/05/1920 | C6 | Private | 19th (Queen Alexandra’s Own Royal) Hussars |
HOOPER | George Edward | 07/11/1920 | U5 | Serjeant | Devonshire Regiment |
WHITLEY-BAKER | Edward | 16/12/1920 | C6 | Lieutenant | Royal Engineers |
GLADDIS | Thomas | 31/07/1940 | C16a | Bombardier | Royal Artillery |
BURNS | Francis Gilbert | 22/09/1940 | C10 | Second Lieutenant | Royal Engineer |
SIBLEY | Albert George | 04/04/1941 | C16a | Gunner | Royal Artillery |
BURT | Victor Edward George | 25/07/1941 | C11 | Leading Aircraftman | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
BURDETT | Henry Frederick James | 02/01/1942 | C17 | Aircraftman 2nd Class | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
OXFORD | Frederick William | 14/09/1943 | C17 | Private | Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry |
RAINFORD | William | 29/11/1943 | C16a | Private | The King’s Regiment (Liverpool) |
TAYLOR | Phillip Douglas | 07/12/1943 | C16a | Serjeant | The Glider Pilot Regiment A.A.C |
STODDERN | Nathan | 27/03/1944 | C16a | Serjeant | Royal Army Medical Corps |
RAY | Donald William Garnham | 12/07/1944 | C17 | Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) | 17th Bn. |
OLDBURY | Victor Howard Edgar | 06/02/1946 | C16a | Leading Aircraftman | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
LANGLOIS | Sadie Marie | 17/01/1999 | 20 J31 | Private | The Royal Logistic Corps |
HOWARTH | Andrew Martin | 18/09/2010 | 23 A14 | Trooper | The Queens Royal Lancers |