On one of the most picturesque populated islands (Ocracoke) on the Outer Banks is the small and caringly maintained British Cemetery . Buried within, is four British sailors. The sailors were crew on the HMS Befordshire, which was sunk by the enemy fire off the coast of North Carolina in May 1942. The cemetery bears a plaque in honor of the sailors and it reads: Robert Brooke, “If I should die think only this of me that there’s some foreign corner of a foreign field that is forever England .” It is a beautiful place, peaceful, and a small reminder of the sacrifice that so many made during World War II. Good journeys!