What to do and see in East Anglia, England: The Best Cemeteries

Memorial to American servicemen serving in East Anglia who perished in World War II.

The memorial is dedicated to all who served in the 7th Armoured Division (The Desert Rats), the 4th Armoured Brigade (The Black Rats) and the 7th Armoured Brigade (The Green Jerboa), throughout history. In 1944 the men of 7th Armoured Division (The Desert Rats) arguably one of the most famous units in the British Army was based here and in the nearby countryside and towns, before they left to take part in the Normandy Campaign, landing late on 6 June 1944. These few months are the only time the Desert Rats were ever in the UK. The Memorial and main plaque inaugurated on the 23rd October 1998 by Field Marshal Lord Carver is located on the A1065 two miles north of Mundford, Norfolk, England. The additional plaque commemorating the Desert Rats of the 4th & 7th Armoured Brigades from 1945 to 2003 was added to the plinth and inaugurated during the Open Day on the 27th June 2004. A new museum has just been opened.

This is the final resting place of over 500 First and Second World War service personnel. Many of the First World War servicemen here died in military hospitals located nearby, while many of the burials of the Second World War are of airmen who served at the airbases that were established across Cambridgeshire.