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Soviet Soldiers Buried in the UK — An Overview
Советские солдаты, похороненные в Великобритании — обзор
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At least 18 named Soviet servicemen are buried in military and municipal cemeteries across England — from Hampshire to Yorkshire. Their graves are maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
During and immediately after the Second World War, a number of Soviet servicemen died on British soil and were buried in military and municipal cemeteries across England. Their deaths came through several routes: liberation from German prisoner-of-war camps and concentration camps, medical evacuation to British hospitals, service with Allied forces, and in one case, an aircraft crash involving a Soviet military mission.
All graves are maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) and can be searched at cwgc.org. Soviet records are cross-referenced in the OBD Memorial database (obd-memorial.ru).
**Known burial sites:**
- Aldershot Military Cemetery, Hampshire — 1 Soviet grave
- Leeds (Harehills) Cemetery, West Yorkshire — 1 Soviet grave
- Tidworth Military Cemetery, Wiltshire — 3 Soviet graves
- West View Road Cemetery, Hartlepool, Cleveland — 1 Soviet grave
- Liverpool (Kirkdale) Cemetery, Merseyside — 1 Soviet grave
- Liverpool (Anfield) Cemetery, Merseyside — 1 Soviet grave
- Shaftesbury Borough Cemetery, Dorset — 1 Soviet grave
- Chester (Blacon) Cemetery, Cheshire — 4 Soviet graves
- Huddersfield (Edgerton) Cemetery, West Yorkshire — 2 Soviet graves
- Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery, North Yorkshire — 3 Soviet graves
- Great Ouseburn Memorial, North Yorkshire — commemorative plaques
This research was compiled by independent historian Roman Firsov (r.firsov@gmail.com, www.group9may.com).
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