​​Hotton War Cemetery (CWGC)​

​​The cemetery includes burials from 1940, with the outbreak of war in Northwest Europe, through to 1945 with the German Offensive in December 1944, known more commonly as the Battle of the Bulge.

This battle was predominantly fought by troops from the US, but in January 1945 British and Canadian units were called into action. They supported the American forces in pushing the German troops back to their original positions of 16 December 1944.

One notable group of graves is of soldiers from the British 1st East Riding Yeomanry. They were all killed in action in May 1940 in the area west of Ypres, Belgium. In January 1948, they were moved from their field graves, over 230km away, as Hotton Cemetery was the only one open at the time for concentration burials (when bodies were recovered from field graves and reburied in CWGC cemeteries).

War Correspondent Major Peter Henry Lawless MC is also buried here. He was an international Rugby Union player who saw action with the British Army during the First World War and was awarded a Military Cross. After the First World War he became a journalist and from 1940 to 44 served again in the army intelligence corps, before being released. He then returned to the Daily Telegraph newspaper and covered the Normandy Landings in June 1994. In March 1945, whilst covering the actions of the US Army at Remagen, Germany, and the crossing of the River Rhine, he was hit by artillery fire and killed. He was originally buried at Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery but in June 1947 he was reinterned here.

​Pilot Officer Collins Alwyn Joseph served with No.130 Squadron of the Royal Air Force. He was from Trinidad (Caribbean) and flew Spitfire aircraft. He saw action during the Ardennes offensive in December 1944. On 31 December, whilst supporting American ground units around Malmedy, his Spitfire was shot down. This was believed to have been from friendly ground fire at the time. Joseph was killed in action and was originally buried at Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery but was reinterned here in June 1947.

Another notable burial is Major John Ronald Hamilton Cartland, killed in May 1940. He was the brother of Dame Barbara Cartland, a worldwide best-selling author of the 20th century.​