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
- 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
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
- ↑ "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
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
