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QUESTIONThere is, supposedly, one British occupant of the U.S. military cemetery at Arlington. Who was this?
SIXTY-three foreign nationals are buried in Arlington National Cemetery, of whom 24 are British (including two women), five Canadian, one South African and one Australian.See the full content of this document
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Our Arlington Hero ; Answers to Correspondents [Scot Region]
One of the Britons is the famous Major- General Orde Wingate, of 'Chindit' fame, killed when a U.S. B25 Mitchell bomber in which he was travelling crashed. He is buried, with nine other victims of the crash, in a mass grave.
The most illustrious Briton interred in Arlington, however, is Field-Marshal Sir John Dill. Dill was born i...See the full content of this document
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