RAF Sharjah Cemetary
Can anyone here help me out a bit on this please: I've been working in the Middle East for a while and recently visited the graves of a number of British servicemen who were buried at what was the RAF Churchyard and which now forms the back of the Anglican church in Sharjah city centre. It was abandoned for many years before an ex-RAF guy visited to pay his respects to some former colleagues - he then led the campaign, supported by CWGC to get it reparied. It's now in a good state and increasingly well cared for.
This is what it looked like just after it was re-discovered, it's now a lot smarter.
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I'm trying to find out a bit more about the guys buried there, seems an awfully long way from home when they could easily have been taken back. Anyone help at all with any stories and background (sorry if it's a bit ghoulish, just trying to get a record a full history of them all)
Major Raymond Lewis 01/03/1926 18/04/1963 360420 9th/12th Royal Lancers Prince of Wales's
Trooper Roy Harold Brierley 14/10/1942 18/04/1963 23538132 Trooper 9th/12th Royal Lancers Prince of Wales's
Trooper Alastair Burton 23/05/1942 04/12/1963 23875168 Trooper Royal Tank Regiment
Senior Aircraftman David Alan Stewart 10/11/1940 29/02/1964 684069 Senior Aircraftman Royal Air Force
Edward James Horne 04/10/1964
Corporal Andrew William Day 22/03/1939 10/11/1964 23238330 Royal Corps of Signals. Died by drowning in a yachting accident.
Captain Harry Whittaker Brammall 27/02/1906 10/02/1967 DSO DSC Died at Sea.
Lance Corporal Keith Frederick Ainsworth 11/09/1940 08/07/1967 23836045 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards
Lance Corporal Ernest Thomas Mills 25/03/1946 15/12/1967 23876415 R.E.M.E
Lance Corporal John Neil MacNaughton 03/02/1945 01/04/1968 23927506 Royal Army Ordinance Corps
Major Donald Perkin Tibbey 11/11/1919 18/04/1968 MBE Royal Army Pay Corps
Trooper Leslie John Philip Basford 10/05/1945 18/04/1968 24056529 Trooper Queen's Own Higlanders
Leading Aircraftsman Ian Robert Drysdale Clephane 15/04/1949 18/04/1969 4285432 Ldg.Aircraftman Royal Air Force. Died in a car crash on the Dubai-Sharjah road.
Warrant Officer II Collin Vietch Forth 01/05/1934 25/11/1972 22296093 Royal Corps of Signals
Thanks