Rake Lane Cemetery
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| Established | 1883 |
| Location | Rake Lane, Wallasey, Merseyside, England |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 53°25′32″N 3°02′38″W / 53.42562°N 3.04375°W |
| Find a Grave | Rake Lane Cemetery |
Rake Lane Cemetery, also called Wallasey Cemetery, is a cemetery in Wallasey, Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England. It was opened in 1883 and notably contains a large number of monuments and graves connected with early 20th-century maritime disasters, including the sinkings of the Titanic and the Lusitania.[1]
Notable burials
[edit]- Captain William Thomas Turner, last captain of the RMS Lusitania.
- Captain Stanley Lord, captain of the SS Californian the night of the sinking of the RMS Titanic[2]
- Robert Leith, last chief wireless operator and survivor of the sinking of RMS Lusitania
- Ray Holmes, Royal Air Force pilot, veteran of the Battle of Britain
- Arthur Johnson, footballer
- Sarah Agnes Stap, senior stewardess aboard RMS Titanic[2]
- Seven victims of the 1939 Liverpool Pilot boat disaster
War graves
[edit]The cemetery contains the war graves of 259 Commonwealth service personnel of both World Wars. Those whose graves could not be marked by headstones are listed on a Screen Wall memorial near the Cross of Sacrifice.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Wallasey (Rake Lane) Cemetery". Wirral Official. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
- 1 2 "Titanic Passengers and Crew Buried in Rake Lane Cemetery Wallasey". Encyclopedia Titanica. Retrieved 18 April 2026.
- ↑ "Wallasey (Rake Lane) Cemetery". cwgc.org. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wallasey Cemetery.
- Wallasey (Rake Lane) Cemetery at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Rake Lane Cemetery at Find a Grave
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