Bergouliye Cemetery Damascus, re buried in Sidon War Cemetery

Photo courtesy of Graham Lappin, son of Jimmy Lappin 11 Cdo. See adjacent photo in the same gallery with a clearer view of the plaque itself.

Notes
The C.W.G.C. 'Registration Report Form' states that the men are buried in a collective grave in Plot 111 Row F. Their 'Graves Concentration Report Form' states they were originally buried at Bergouliye, and re-buried at Sidon in June 1944.

Sidon War Cemetery was opened in 1943 by units of His Majesty's Forces occupying the Lebanon after the 1941 campaign. It was originally used for the burial of men who died while serving with the occupation force, but subsequently the graves of a number of the casualties of the 1941 campaign were moved into the cemetery from other burial grounds or from isolated positions in the vicinity. The cemetery now contains 176 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War and nine war graves of other nationalities. It was designed by G. Vey.
Source: C.W.G.C.