"Introduction To Madingley American Cemetery" Madingley by Damian-Lappin

Madingley American Cemetery and Memorial is situated in the Cambridgeshire countryside 3 miles outside of the city of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Otherwise known as Cambridge Military Cemetery, Cambridge American Cemetery or simply Cambridge Cemetery, it is maintained by the American Battle Monuments Commission. Madingley American Cemetery is Britain's only World War Two American Military Cemetery.

The three thousand eight hundred and nine headstones extend in a fan shaped arrangement outwards from the flag pole area. The graves are aligned in seven rows of concentric plots labeled A thru G. Each of the plots is enclosed by a boxwood hedge.

Constructed from blocks of portland stone a type of limestone quarried on the south coast of England, the Tablets Of the Missing stretch a total of four hundred and seventy two feet in length and contain the details of five thousand one hundred and twenty six missing in action, lost or buried at sea in addition to those who gave their lives but could not be positively identified

• Pros:It's free, there is a lot of historical information, the gardens are beautiful
• Cons:You are somewhat at the mercy of the weather
• In a nutshell:A beautiful and moving memorial to America's war dead.