Map of Rochester, Strood, Chatham and Brompton - 1910

The building in Rochester, Kent, that from 1859 to at least 1910 was the studio for photographer John James Eastmead, now 171 High Street, Rochester

The recent photographs taken by Ben Soppitt on the 21st October 2025 and by the UK Defence Attaché Graeme Wearmouth on the 2nd November 2025 at the Ma'Asker Al Raschid RAF Cemetery (formerly named the Hinaidi RAF Peace Cemetery) has enabled me to compare these photographs with those taken by Brigadier Adam McRae in 2021, resulting in the confirmation of another five headstones, in fragmented but identifiable condition. This brings the total number of identifiable headstones t

Three new headstones found at the Ma'Asker Al Raschid RAF Cemetery, Baghdad

Itinerary of Ben Soppitt's visit to Iraq and several British cemeteries (October / November 2025)

I made the mistake of using AI to write a News story and was amazed by the rubbish it produced below. However, I will keep it here for a while to perhaps discourage other people from trusting AI. I also did a Google search on some of the types of research that I carry out on a regular basis and was amazed at how wrong AI can be - but with such authority! By changing the order of words in a search using AI I can also receive entirely different results. If you are conducting an