Boston Cemetery
Boston Cemetery | |
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Details | |
Established | 1855 |
Location | |
Country | England |
Coordinates | 52°59′20″N 0°01′39″W / 52.9888°N 0.0274°W |
No. of interments | 38,000 |
Website | Boston Cemetery |
Find a Grave | Boston Cemetery |
Boston Cemetery is a
History
In 1854, a competition was held to design two chapels, a lodge and entrance gates for the new Boston Cemetery. The first prize was won by Pritchett & Sons of York, the firm of
The layout of the cemetery, lodge and Anglican chapel remain intact, though the nonconformist chapel was demolished in 1961.[1]
Notable burials
- Herbert Ingram, founder of The Illustrated London News
War Graves
The cemetery contains the war graves of 82 Commonwealth service personnel. There are 50 from World War I and 30 from World War II. The graves from the former war are scattered throughout the cemetery, most of those from the latter war are in a special war graves plot, behind which is a memorial to civilians of Boston who died by enemy action in the same war. There is also one non-war grave in the war graves plot.[3]
One of the most curious graves is that of Major
Another grave is that of Linley Moreton Phillips, an Australian civilian prisoner of war in Ruhleben internment camp from 1914 to 1918, who died on ship returning to Boston.[5]
References
- ^ a b c Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1391801)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 Jan 2020.
- ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1000935)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 Jan 2020.
- ^ Boston Cemetery CWGC Cemetery Report.
- ^ "Walter George Burnett Dickinson – OBA Wiki".
- ^ "An Australian's Funeral". The Lincolnshire Standard. 23 March 1918.