Commonwealth War Graves in Stratford Cemetery

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Commonwealth War Graves in Stratford Cemetery

Image: © Graham Hogg Taken: 2 Apr 2014

Stratford-on-Avon Cemetery contains 22 First World War burials, made mainly from the hospital at Clopton House. During the Second World War, there was a contingent of the Royal Canadian Air Force based at nearby Wellesbourne Mountford and of the 137 Second World War burials (most of them forming this war graves plot), 97 are of Canadian airmen. The cemetery also contains 14 war graves of other nationalities.

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Image Location

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Latitude
52.185358
Longitude
-1.721318