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Shelley, Percy Bysshe [heart only] b. August 4, 1792 d. July 8, 1822
Poet. One of the great English poets of the romantic period. Author of "Queen Mab," "Adonais," "Ozymandias" and others. Husband of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. His heart was not originally buried with his body. It was retrieved from his funeral pyre by his friend Trelawny and kept by Shelley's wife Mary, pressed flat, in a copy of the poet's "Adonais" and was interred for the first time in her tomb in St. Peters', Bournemouth. (Bio by: David Conway)
St Peter Churchyard, Bournemouth, Dorset, England
Silvestri, Constantin b. May 31, 1913 d. February 23, 1969
Orchestra Conductor. The one time head of the Bucharest Opera, he fled Romania in 1956 and became the chief conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in 1961.
St Peter Churchyard, Bournemouth, Dorset, England
Smith, Frederick E. b. 1919 d. May 15, 2012
Author. Best known for his penning of the "633 Squadron" series. Raised in the Northeastern region of England, he served with the RAF during World War II and from that period, he lived through what he would later describe as "bizarre" experiences which included surviving a black mamba bite and his dangling out of an airborne craft without a parachute. After marrying, he moved to Africa where he held various occupations before giving into his lasting dream of becoming a writer. He yielded the...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
Bournemouth Crematorium and North Cemetery, Bournemouth, Dorset, England
Tregonwell, Lewis Grosvenor Dymoke b. 1760 d. 1833
The founder of Bournemouth, which he made into a fashionable resort after building his country mansion (now part of the Royal Exeter Hotel).
St Peter Churchyard, Bournemouth, Dorset, England
Welch, James b. July 7, 1889 d. June 28, 1978
World War I British Victoria Cross Medal Recipient. In the First World War, he served as a Lance-Corporal in the 1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. On April 29, 1917, his unit was in a forward advance against German lines at Oppy, France. Lance-Corporal Welch entered an enemy trench killing one man, then armed with an empty revolver, he chased four of the enemy in the open and captured them single-handed. Manning the enemy machine-gun for over five hours, he more than once went into the...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Bornemouth Crematorium and North Cemetery, Bournemouth, Dorset, England
Welensky, Sir Roy b. January 20, 1907 d. December 5, 1991
Prime Minister of Rhodesia from Nov 1956 to Dec 1963.
Kinson Cemetery, Bournemouth, Dorset, England
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