

Graves of Leonard and Phoebe Marks at Ma'Asker
Over the past few months I have had several conversations with Ron Workman and Lucille Mole (the children of Dorothy Marks, Leonard...

Steve Johnson
Nov 25, 2024


Ma'Asker Al Raschid Cemetery - Scottish Regiment Deaths
Few people realise that nine of the graves at the Ma'Asker Al Raschid Cemetery (representing 12.5% of all British Army burials at...

Steve Johnson
Nov 14, 2024


Death of Peter Burlton - RAF Habbaniya and RAF Hinaidi Researcher
Peter Arthur Burlton - Head Researcher RAF Habbaniya Association It is with great regret that I have to report the death of Peter...

Steve Johnson
Oct 17, 2024


SEARCH Functionality Added to my Website
With 150 Blog/News items as well as more than 250 pages of information on numerous topics, I have decided to add a 'Search' function to...

Steve Johnson
Oct 8, 2024


Memorial to the Iraq (Assyrian) Levies Who Died in WW2
I received a query regarding the age of the Memorial at the Habbaniya War Cemetery in Iraq, erected in honour of the 106 men of the RAF...

Steve Johnson
Oct 3, 2024


Habbaniya War Cemetery - Valletta VW832 Crash Victims
On the morning of the 17th April 1957, a Royal Air Force transport Vickers Valetta of 114 Squadron (Serial No: VW832) took off from Aqaba.

Steve Johnson
Oct 1, 2024
