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.
Notable burials Captain William Thomas Turner, last captain of the . Captain Stanley Lord, captain of the the night of the sinking of the 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 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.
References
External links
Wallasey (Rake Lane) Cemetery at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission