Commonwealth War Graves St. Andrew Churchyard

St. Andrew church and surrounding churchyard adjoin North Weald Bassett Aerodrome, a Royal Air Force Operational Station during the 1939-1945 War. The churchyard was used for war time burials by this station and also by the R.A.F. Station at Stapleford Tawney, some six miles away. In January 1945, a "V" rocket fell on a hangar at Stapleford Tawney, killing ten men belonging to the R.A.F. and the R.A.F. Regiment, nine of whom are buried in the churchyard, the other having been buried in his home town in Scotland. There are now a small number of 1914-1918 and nearly 50, 1939-1945 war casualties commemorated in this site.

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