60 Miles
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About 60 Miles
Brussels shooting: Security doubled for France v Scotland friendly
... " Lille, where Scotland fans have been gathering for the friendly match against France, is less than 60 Miles (96km) from Brussels...
Nagorno-Karabakh forces agree Azerbaijan demand to disarm
... The town is some 100km (60 Miles) north of Karabakh s regional capital, Khankendi, known as Stepanakert by Armenians...
Libyan official refutes blame for flood disaster
... The BBC has been told that some victims bodies have washed ashore more than 100km (60 Miles) from Derna, after they were swept out to sea...
Malaysia detains Chinese ship suspected of looting British WW2 wrecks
... Their resting site is on the bed of the South China Sea, some 100km (60 Miles) off the east coast of Malaysia...
Ministry of Defence condemns 'desecration' of Royal Navy wrecks
... The ships are resting on the bed of the South China Sea, 60 Miles (100km) off the east coast of Malaysia...
Cheltenham man completes John O'Groats to Land's End route in wheelchair
... Engineers put lithium batteries into the 38-year-old s wheelchair and took out 70kg of weight to " be faster and go further" and allow him to travel 60 Miles or more on a single charge...
Homeless children: Living with trauma, tears and tiredness
... When the 28-year-old told her local authority their property would be too small when her baby was born, they offered her a bigger place, 60 Miles away in Colchester...
Ukraine war: How the conflict is creating family rifts in Russia
... She says this became clear while she was filming Vanya s funeral in their home village of Arkhangelskoe, 60 Miles [97km] outside Moscow...
World War Two graves of Allied dead restored in Iraq
Before: Workers prepare the ground for nearly 300 new headstones at Habbaniya War Cemetery
Nearly 200 damaged World War Two Graves in the Iraqi desert have been restored After decades of conflict prevented their upkeep.
Habbaniya War Cemetery , 60 Miles west of Baghdad, is The Burial place of 173 WWII Allied casualties.
It is also The Final resting place of a further 117 men who died in battles in the late 1940s and 1950s.
The Graves gradually deteriorated over time due to The High salt content of the earth in Iraq.
If the stonework is not properly maintained it dries out and crumbles.
Since 1990 war and political instability in the country meant that it was unsafe for staff at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission to manage The Site .
Safety concerns led to the CWGC placing its operations in the country on hold for decades, save for brief periods where repairs were possible.
After : The newly restored gravesBut following recent improvements in the security situation, stonemasons at the CWGC's operations base in Beaurains, France, made nearly 300 white Portland stone headstones to transport to Iraq.
Local contractors started work on the ground in March and all of The Stones have now been installed.
Among The Soldiers buried there is Lance Corporal William Kirby , born in Liverpool, who died aged 22.
The Son of a general labourer And One of eight children, he joined the army at the outbreak of World War Two and was stationed in India.
He died fighting for Fallujah on 22 May 1941
Lance Corporal William Kirby is buried at The SiteHe was part of a detachment of 350 men of The King 's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) who were airlifted to Iraq to reinforce The British garrison at RAF Habbaniya.
The garrison was under threat from Iraqi nationalist forces who had been encouraged by The Nazis to destabilise the Allies in the region.
On 19 May 1941 a fierce battle began to secure The Town of Fallujah, an important strategic Crossing Point of the Euphrates River on The Road to Baghdad.
British forces, fighting against tanks and mortar fire, were eventually able to drive back the Iraqis.
Lance Corporal Kirby was one of 18 men from his regiment killed on the same day.
The CWGC maintains 23,000 memorial and cemetery sites around The World , helping to commemorate 1. 7 million Commonwealth war dead.
Iraq represents its fifth largest commitment, where 51,000 casualties from World War One and 3,000 from World War Two are commemorated.
iraq, baghdad, world war two
Source of news: bbc.com
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