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In the foreground, the headstone of LAC John Prunty, wireless operator with 30 Squadron RAF, who died on the 16th February 1929 and was buried at the now abandoned CWGC military cemetery at Ma'Asker Al Raschid, Baghdad

Table and location of 77 surviving headstones (complete with names) at the Ma'Asker Al Raschid RAF Cemetery, Baghdad

LAC Robert Raw, who died in Iraq on the 2nd June 1935 and buried at Ma'Asker Al Raschid RAF Cemetery, Baghdad

Ma'Asker Al Raschid RAF Cemetery Grave Sequencing Anomaly (change of direction for grave numbers)

RAF headstones for 70 Squadron and 55 Squadron men in Plot 2 Row A at Ma'Asker Al Raschid RAF Cemetery, Baghdad

Position of AC1 John Maxton Ramsay grave at Ma'Asker Al Raschid RAF Cemetery, Baghdad

For those interested in the original (provisional) design and perimeter boundary of the Hinaidi Cantonment that was drawn up in 1932, I have added it to my website under the 'RAF Hinaidi' tab. I have also included a 2019 Google Maps aerial photograph which shows that most of the roads still exist despite the changes made to the air base since its control was handed over to the Iraqi Air Force in 1961. I have also indicated the location of the Hinaidi RAF Peace cemetery, just