The aim of the British Graves Service was as far as possible to treat enemy combatants equally. However, this did not mean that they were buried with the Allied dead. German plots were created, which used the same style of temporary cross and lettering as in the Allied plots, as in this image of an … Continue reading German Cemetery Plot
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The German Treatment of the RAF Dead
RAF losses in North-West Europe began on only the second day of the war. The funeral above, conducted with full military honours, took place in October 1939. It is thought to be that of Percy Edmund Boyce Sproston, from 144 Squadron, who was killed on 29 September 1939. During the war, German burial methods ran … Continue reading The German Treatment of the RAF Dead
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