Second World War Air Force graves
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The photograph on this page of Second World War Air Force graves by Adrian S Pye as part of the Geograph project.
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Second World War Air Force graves
Image: © Adrian S Pye Taken: 28 Nov 2016
The Second World War graves are also mainly in two War Graves Plots with a few others scattered throughout the cemetery The general Service plot was established in 1940, and the Air Force plot in 1942 for the burial of casualties from the Air Force stations set up in the eastern counties during the war. These included Bomber Command bases in Lincolnshire and fighter stations in Norfolk and Suffolk. The Stone of Remembrance, which was unveiled by Marshal of the Royal Air Force Lord Tedder in July 1951, stands near the centre of the Air Force plot. Cambridge City Cemetery contains 181 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 829, (inclusive 3 unidentified), from the Second World War. The cemetery also contains four non-war service burials and ten war graves of other nationalities including Czechoslovakia, Poland, the Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Belgium. For a full list of all the names http://media.geograph.org.uk/files/fe9fc289c3ff0af142b6d3bead98a923/Cambridge_city_WW2.pdf
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Image Location
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