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The following is a brief list of the burial cemeteries for many casualties from the Airborne Forces during the Second World War, and some from more recent times.

There are many other sites abroad with fewer casualties, whilst others are buried in the British Isles who were killed at home in accidents or died from battle wounds. They are now buried in municipal and church graveyards, usually near their family homes.

The 'Gravewatch' campaign, administered by Airborne veterans, seeks to care for and record the resting place of soldiers killed in the UK, overseas or repatriated since 1948. The Falklands War marked the first time casualties were officially repatriated, although a number of Airborne soldiers are buried at Port San Carlos.

North Africa
Algeria
Bone War Cemetery, Annaba
Le Petit Lac Cemetery
Tunisia
Enfidaville War Cemetery
Massicault War Cemetery
Medjez-el-Bab War Cemetery - also home to the Medjez-el-Bab Memorial to the Missing.
Tabarka Ras Rajel War Cemetery

 

Sicily

 

Italy
Bari War Cemetery
Cassino War Cemetery - also home to the Cassino Memorial to the Missing
Sangro River War Cemetery, near Taranto

 

India (Sangshak)
Imphal War Cemetery, Manipur State.

 

Normandy
Bayeux War Cemetery, Bayeux - also home to the Bayeux Memorial to the Missing
Benouville Churchyard, Ouistreham, near Caen
Herouvillette New Communal Cemetery, near Caen
La Delivrande War Cemetery, Douvres-la-Delivrande, near Caen
Putot-En-Auge Churchyard, Putot-en-Auge.
Ranville War Cemetery, Ranville, near Caen
St Vaast-En-Auge Churchyard

 

Southern France (Dragoon)
Marzargues War Cemetery, Marseilles

 

Arnhem
Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery
Enschede Eastern General Cemetery, Overijssel
Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, near Nijmegen - also home to the Groesbeek Memorial to the Missing
Overloon War Cemetery, Noord-Brabant, Holland

 

Ardennes and Rhine Crossing
Becklingen War Cemetery, Soltau, Germany
Hotton War Cemetery, Luxembourg
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve, Germany
Venray War Cemetery, Limburg, Holland

 

Greece
Phaleron War Cemetery

 

Germany (March to the Baltic)
Berlin 1939-45 War Cemetery

 

Norway
Eiganes Churchyard, Stavanger (Op Freshman)
Western Civil Cemetery, Oslo

 

Far East
Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore
Taiping War Cemetery, Malaysia

 

Israel (Palestine 1945-48)
Khayat Beach War Cemetery, near Haifa.
Ramleh War Cemetery

 

Egypt (Canal Zone)
Moascar War Cemetery

 

Falkland Islands
Blue Beach Military Cemetery, Port San Carlos.

 

UK
Aldershot Military Cemetery, Hampshire
Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey - also home to Brookwood Memorial to the Missing
Tidworth Military Cemetery, Wiltshire

 

Please note the above list is for illustrative purposes. There are no deliberate omissions.

 

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