Ma'Asker Al Raschid RAF Cemetery - Grave Numbering Anomaly

Ever since I have been researching men and women who have died in Iraq and buried at Ma'Asker Al Raschid RAF Cemetery 'between the wars', I have constantly been presented with anomalies in the way in which individual grave sites have been allocated, made all the more perplexing since the only dates that have survived the passage of time have been the 'Date of Death', often very different to the 'Date of Burial'. I have now carried out and extensive study of the 300 burials and the apparent methodology behind the allocation of grave sites and have included a summary of my findings right HERE on my website. I have attached to this post a 1935 photograph of the cemetery that shows at the Ma'Asker Al Raschid RAF Cemetery a grave numbering anomaly that has been made all the more confusing as the flow of grave numbers has changed over the years from North-South to South-North.

Update 2026: I contacted the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (Steve Hill - Senior Agency Services Manager) to see why and when the grave numbering system was changed and there is nothing in the CWGC archives to suggest a reason for this.