Ocracoke Preservation Society
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British Cemetery Ceremony
Fri, May 10
|Ocracoke British Cemetery
The annual Ocracoke British Cemetery ceremony is scheduled for Friday, May 10, 2024.
Time & Location
May 10, 2024, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Ocracoke British Cemetery, 234 British Cemetery Rd, Ocracoke, NC 27960, USA
About the event
2024 marks the 82nd anniversary of the sinking of H.M.T. Bedfordshire off the North Carolina coast
on May 11, 1942. All are welcome to attend the graveside memorial ceremony and reception that follows
at the Ocracoke Community Center. Representatives from the British Royal Navy and Royal Canadian
Navy will be in attendance, as well as members of the United States Coast Guard, the Commonwealth
War Graves Commission, and students from Ocracoke School.
The annual graveside ceremony traces its ties to the Ocracoke community back to May 1942, when an