6 Squadron RAF, Ma'Asker & Habbaniya Cemeteries
Ma'Asker Al Raschid Cemetery Grave Sequence / Breakdown by Service
Grave Allocation numbered in Chronological Order
The diagrams shown below should be used in conjunction with the searchable table giving details of the 300 men and women who were buried at the Ma' Asker Al Raschid RAF Cemetery (formerly Hinaidi RAF Peace Cemetery) between 1921 and 1937. Note that the 224th burial (in an isolated grave between Plots 1 and 2) was for Sir Gilbert Clayton, British High Commissioner to Iraq at the time of his death in 1929. Each grave is numbered in date of burial chronological sequence and highlighted according to which armed service is applicable and if the burial is for a man who had received one or more WW1 decoration / honour.
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Of the 197 burials for Royal Air Force personnel, 24 were for men serving with an RAF Armoured Car Company or the Armoured Car HQ. For the names and details of these men, click HERE.
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Of the 72 burials for the British Army, 15 were for officers and NCOs who were attached to the RAF Iraq Levies at the time of their death. The second diagram below identifies the grave locations of these men, who were:
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Captain John Carvosso (ex Royal West Kent Regiment) 27/12/1921
Lieutenant Richard Burridge 29/12/1921
Sergeant Major A Wood 18/07/1922
Captain Clement Simpson 12/08/1922
Captain John McWhinnie 05/10/1923
Captain Henry Hammond (ex Dorset Regiment) 23/11/1923
Lieutenant Montague Mott (ex 30 Dragoon Guards) 19/08/1924
Lieutenant John Griffith 04/05/1925
Captain John Coffey 04/06/1925
Lieutenant George Heather (ex Loyal Regiment) 09/07/1925
Lieutenant Sidney Haserick (ex Kings Own Light Infantry) 09/01/1928
Captain Michael Wallace 02/08/1929
Quartermaster Sergeant James Willey 19/04/1930
Sergeant James Sullivan 27/06/1930
Colonel Francis Gossett 18/01/1931​​​​
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