Hi Phil
I managed to get your photos yesterday before today's rain, which is currently ruining the Ryder Cup.
Wimborne Road Cemetery is very unhelpfully laid out; there are 7 plots (the 2nd digit in the grave no.), there is a path from east to west dividing the plots into north and south (the final digit), each plot then has 26 rows defined by letters (the 1st digit), and finally the grave number (the one, two or three digits following the /). To add to the confusion, the north plots are reversed from the south plots (eg plot 7N is to the north of plot 1S), there are no markers to show the end of one plot and the start of another, the rows are not marked, and finally there is a diagonal path from the chapel, which is in the centre of the east/west path, to the southern gate which crosses plots 4S and 5S at an angle dissecting many rows!
When I went before, the lady in the council's bereavement services had kindly e-mailed a map showing the general layout and position of the plots and which way the rows and numbers work. I had still spent over an hour searching (albeit I was in the right area) before I found a workman who showed me how to find a grave. Basically modern graves are mixed up with older ones - you have to find a modern grave, and its grave number is inscribed on the back of the stone. Then you can work your way along the rows and down the graves till you find it. Last time it turned out the grave I was seeking did not have a stone.
On this occasion, the row H in 4S was close to the chapel in the centre and it took only a couple of minutes to find it and the grave you are seeking. I have 4 pictures and was going to attach one, but the option doesn't seem to work for me today, so if you PM me with your e-mail, I'll send them.
Richard
