

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'...

Steve Johnson
Apr 5, 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...

Steve Johnson
Mar 21, 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...

Steve Johnson
Jan 18, 2023


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...

Steve Johnson
Dec 19, 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...

Steve Johnson
Nov 15, 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...

Steve Johnson
Oct 1, 2022