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Bournemouth Crematorium

  • Country United Kingdom
  • Total identified casualties 35 Find these casualties
  • Region Hampshire
  • Identified casualties from Second World War
  • GPS Coordinates Latitude: 50.74634, Longitude: -1.85587

History information

BOURNEMOUTH CREMATORIUM is situated in the Bournemouth North Cemetery and the names of 34 servicemen and women of the Second World War whose remains were cremated there are inscribed on a screen wall. BOURNEMOUTH NORTH CEMETERY contains 110 Second World War burials, 75 of them forming a plot to the right of the main entrance, the rest scattered. The war graves plot was used for the burial of airmen from various RAF stations in the area prior to the opening of RAF Regional Cemeteries and 23 of the 41 airmen who lie there were killed during an air raid on 23 May 1943.