Steve Johnson
- Sep 21, 2023
Another Five Headstones Identified
In reviewing the hundreds of photographs taken at the Ma'Asker Al Raschid RAF Cemetery over the past 3+ years (the first batch being...
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Steve Johnson
- Sep 15, 2023
New Book Published
My latest book, Rising from the Flanders Mud, has been published (August 2023) and is available for purchase from any of the major...
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Steve Johnson
- Jun 5, 2023
Burial of Brigadier General Sir Gilbert Clayton (Sep 1929)
The contents of a photograph album was sent to me by Sian Sumners, grand daughter of Wing Commander Philip Harry Perkins, who served as a...
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Steve Johnson
- Apr 5, 2023
300th Burial at Hinaidi (Ma'Asker) RAF Cemetery
Thanks to the assistance of fellow researcher Paul McMillan, I have been able to find sufficient evidence to prove that the 'vacant'...
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Steve Johnson
- Mar 21, 2023
Rasheed Cemetery Wall Visible from Space
The latest satellite imagery on Google Earth clearly shows the new wall built around the western half of the Hinaidi RAF Peace Cemetery...
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Steve Johnson
- Jan 18, 2023
Solving a Mystery at Ma'Asker RAF Cemetery
This morning I was contacted by yet another descendent (10 as at the 18th January 2023) of a man who had died in service ‘between the...
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Steve Johnson
- Dec 19, 2022
Latest Excavation at Ma'Asker (RAF Hinaidi) Cemetery
Prior to the commencement of Stage 2 of the restoration of the Ma'Asker Al Raschid Cemetery (formerly known as the Hinaidi RAF Peace...
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Steve Johnson
- Nov 15, 2022
Remembrance Day 2022 at Ma'Asker RAF Cemetery
After the annual Remembrance Day ceremony carried out by British Embassy staff at the Baghdad North Gate Cemetery on the morning of...
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Steve Johnson
- Oct 1, 2022
Sergeant Benjamin Barnard's Final Resting Place
In the course of my research into the early days of 6 and 8 Squadrons Royal Flying Corps I was given three photographs by the late...
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Steve Johnson
- Aug 30, 2022
A 6 Squadron 'First' or an unfortunate Deception?
The February 1935 edition of The Aeroplane carried a one-page feature on 6 Squadron's 'coming of age' dinner at London's Mayfair hotel,...
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