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Ma'asker Al Raschid RAF Cemetery - Surviving Headstones
This page contains photographs of the seventy-seven (77) headstones that have survived at the Ma'Asker Al Raschid War Cemetery, out of the original 300 burials. 28 of these are still complete with the remaining 48 in various stages of fragmentation but still able to be identified. This means that, as at October 2025, more than one quarter of all headstones at Ma'Asker Al Raschid cemetery can be accounted for in identifiable condition.
The photographs below appear in Plot, Row and Grave sequence but can also be accessed directly by clicking on the name of the person of interest via the interactive grave diagram page.
You can also view a list of the seventy-seven names in alphabetical order
The background image for this page (visible on all devices except mobile 'phones) is a photograph of Plot 3 of the Ma'asker Al Raschid RAF Cemetery (formerly known as the Hinaidi RAF Peace Cemetery) c1935, looking north-west, with the grave of Sergeant William Stanley Woods (Plot 3 Row M Grave 1) closest to the camera.













































































