Commonwealth War Graves Harrogate Stonefall

Many airfields were established in Yorkshire during the Second World War, among them R.A.F. station at Harrogate, Linton-on-Ouse, Tockwith, Rufforth and Marston Moor. No. 6 (R.C.A.F.) Bomber Group, had their headquarters at Allerton Park near Knaresborough and all the stations controlled by this group were in the area north of Harrogate, the largest base having its headquarters at Linton-on-Ouse. Nearly all of the 988 Second World War burials in Stonefall Cemetery in Harrogate are of airmen, two-thirds of them Canadian. (1 of the burials is an unidentified R.A.F. airman), Many of these men died in the military wing of Harrogate General Hospital. There are also 23 servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated at Harrogate Stonefall.

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• Text: Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• Photos: Commonwealth War Graves Commission