Cemetery Details

Cemetery:	BOURNEMOUTH EAST CEMETERY
Country:	United Kingdom
Locality:	Hampshire
Location Information:	This is in Gloucester Road, Boscombe, and was at one time called Boscombe (St. James's) Cemetery. It belongs to the Corporation. The war plot is enclosed by a hedge, and the War Cross is on the West side of it.
Historical Information:	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.
No. of Identified Casualties:	192