Ramleh War Cemetery

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Ramleh Cemetery
Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Used for those deceased 1917-1948
Established	1917
Location	31°56′N″34, 52°E′″{{{8}}} near Ramla, Israel
Total burials	5,914, of which 1,694 are unnamed
Unknown burials	7
Burials by nation
Allied Powers: United Kingdom: 3,608 Canada: 1 Newfoundland: 1 Australia: 71 New Zealand: 94 South Africa: 35 British West Indies: 23 France: 77 Arab: 12 Belgium: 3 Czech: 7 Greece: 20 Norway: 2 Poland: 272 Yugoslavia: 11 India: 528 Africa: 41 High Commission Territories: 58 Seychelles: 2 Central Powers: Germany: 31 Turkey: 416 Italy: 41 Austria: 2

Ramleh Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery and Memorial to the Missing is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) burial ground for the dead of both World Wars, and the period of the British mandate of Palestine located in the town of Ramla in Israel.

The cemetery grounds were assigned to the United Kingdom in perpetuity by the municipality of Ramla in recognition of the sacrifices made by the British Empire in the defence and liberation of Palestine during the war.

It is the largest cemetery for Commonwealth forces in Israel.

[edit] Ramleh Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery

The cemetery lies on a plain looking towards the hills of Judea in the general dirction of Jerusalem. The location is close to the site of the Battle of Junction Station (13 to 14 November 1917). The cemetery was in use throughout the period of the British mandate of Palestine including the Second World War up to the start of May 1948. Among those buried there are the two British Serjeants, Paice and Martin, who were hanged by the Jewish underground in 1947 as a result of the mandatory authorities' refusal to commute death-sentences on Jewish freedom-fighters.