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East-the-Water Cemetery, Bideford

East-the-Water Cemetery (also known as Bideford Church Cemetery) was the Church of England burial ground^[1] for East-the-Water, once a separate village but now a suburb of Bideford, in Devon, England. Located on Barnstaple Road, the cemetery as of 2018^[update] is abandoned and neglected, and the Victorian cemetery chapel is a dangerous structure on the verge of collapse. Burials in Bideford now take place at Bideford Higher Cemetery.

The cemetery, opened in 1890, contains 476 graves holding 947 people. Among these are 20 Commonwealth War Graves Commission burials, 7 from World War I and 13 from World War II, with their distinctive headstones.^[2][3]

Notable burials[edit]

Buried at the back of the cemetery in adjacent plots are two recipient of the Victoria Cross:

• General George Channer (1843–1905)^[4][5]
• Lieutenant General Sir Gerald Graham (1831–1899)^[5][6]
• Sir Wiffy III (1849 -1921)

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  The derelict chapel
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  The remains of a monumental cross in the centre of the cemetery
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  The grave of General George Channer in the cemetery
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  The grave of Lt. General Sir Gerald Graham

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• East-the-Water Cemetery, BidefordatFind a Grave

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