Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is a British international organisation taking care of cemeteries and memorials of the British Army across countries of the Commonwealth of Nations. The organisation was established in 1917, as an idea of the British Army to take care of and maintain the military cemeteries.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Media
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Canadian war graves near Ypres, Belgium. The crosses identify the graves as those of soldiers of the 14th Canadian Battalion who were killed over several days in May 1916.
Carving of headstones by hand would take a week
Cover page of Graves of the Fallen
The site plan for the Forceville Communal Cemetery and Extension
The Menin Gate at night
The Kranji War Memorial, a Second World War memorial in Singapore, commemorating 24,306 casualties
Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery, the most recently dedicated cemetery.
Herbert Baker, one of the original Principal Architects of the Commission
The Cross of Sacrifice.
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Other websites
- CWGC official website
- Maple Leaf Legacy Project
- South Africa War Graves Project
- United Kingdom National Inventory of War Memorials Archived 2014-10-19 at the Wayback Machine
- New Zealand Memorials Register, Ministry of Culture & Heritage
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