Welcome to Rake Lane Cemetery Website. A special
feature of this cemetery is that many of its monuments are connected
with major maritime disasters of the early twentieth century, including
Titanic, Lusitania and the Empress of Ireland.
But, among other associations with the sea are the Liverpool pilot boat
disasters of 1917 and 1939 and the
tragic loss of the submarine Thetis.
There are some notably beautiful
headstones, such as the full-rigged sailing ship carved in relief on an
American sea captain's grave of 1885 and another of New Brighton
lighthouse to commemorate one of its keepers. Soldiers are buried
here who fought in the Crimean War, the Boer War and another who fought
with Garibaldi in Italy. There is also a memorial to 'One of The Few', a hero
of the Battle of Britain.
Latest News. See The Friends and
The Chapel.
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