Topcliffe Church Cemetery

During the two world wars, the United Kingdom became an island fortress used for training troops and launching land, sea and air operations around the globe. There are more than 170,000 Commonwealth war graves in the United Kingdom, many being those of servicemen and women killed on active service, or who later succumbed to wounds. Others died in training accidents, or because of sickness or disease. The graves, many of them privately owned and marked by private memorials, will be found in more than 12,000 cemeteries and churchyards.

Topcliffe R.A.F. Aerodrome was the station used as the headquarters of the Canadian training base of No 6 (R.C.A.F.) Bomber Group. The church cemetery contains the graves of ten Second World War airmen. There is also one burial of the First World War.