Dishforth Cemetery

• Country United Kingdom
• Total identified casualties 78 Find these casualties
• Region Yorkshire
• Identified casualties from Second World War
• GPS Coordinates Latitude: 54.15618, Longitude: -1.41168

Location information

The central feature of the cemetery is the Cross of Sacrifice which stands near the entrance, to the left of the main path.

Visiting information

All the war graves are grouped together, 62 constituting a War Graves Plot (Graves 1 to 62) on the right of the entrance, bordering the central path, and 16 forming another group (graves 65 to 80) beside the boundary on the left hand side. Connected to this group are 11 Post War service burials in the care of C.W.G.C.

History information

The cemetery is just north of the village and not far from the former R.A.F. Station at Dishforth (since 1988 an Army Air Corps base). It contains 78 burials of the 1939-1945 War, of whom all were airmen and the majority belonged to the Royal Canadian Air Force. Many of the Canadian airmen buried here were stationed at Dishforth, the airfield having been used by No. 6 (R.C.A.F.) Bomber Group.