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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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Estimated burial sequence at Ma'Asker Al Raschid RAF Cemetery based on date of death plus breakdown of deaths by Armed Service
Ma'Asker Al Raschid RAF Cemetery - RAF Armoured Car Burials and British Army personnel on attachment with the RAF Iraq Levies
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