The Wimborne Road Cemetery is located at

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. The cemetery was opened in 1878 and laid out by the architect Christopher Crabb Creeke. St Augustin's Church stands across the road from the cemetery. Cemetery Junction is a major intersection of the A347 road. The cemetery contains the war graves of 48 Commonwealth service personnel of

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Notable interments

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(1841–1917), statesman *

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(1867–1905), author *

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* Christopher Crabb Creeke (1820–1886), architect *

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(1800–1882), founder of the

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(1915–2003), author * Staff Surgeon RN William Job Maillard (1863–1903),

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recipient in 1898 Occupation of Crete ''(Dorset)'' * Francis Mawson Rattenbury (1867–1935), architect

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* {{Cemeteries in England Grade II listed buildings in Dorset Cemeteries in Dorset Bournemouth 1878 establishments in England