Commonwealth War Graves Ramsgate and St Lawrence

Ramsgate was a naval station during the Second World War and one of the ports controlling the initial despatch of volunteer vessels for the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk in 1940. Nearby Manston aerodrome, a Royal Air Force fighter airfield, was attacked several times during the Battle of Britain and was put out of action for a period. The cemetery was used by the aerodrome and by Ramsgate General Hospital. Second World War burials in the cemetery number 88, six of them unidentified. Most of these graves form a second plot which also contains eleven German and one Dutch grave.

"1939-1945
This memorial was given
by the townspeople of
Ramsgate to honour the
memory of those of all
nations who fell in the
service of the Country
and lie here and elsewhere
in this cemetery

Memoria in Aeterna"
"They shall not grow old
as we that are left grow old,
Age shall not weary them
nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun
and in the morning,
We Will Remember Them."

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Source

• Text: Sharky Ward
• Photos: Anthony (Sharky) Ward