infobox organization image CWGC Logo.png size 125px caption Logo of the CommonwealthWarGravesCommission ... President of the CommonwealthWarGravesCommission is Prince Edward, Duke of Kent . History ...&menuname Records&menu sub title Records accessdate 2006 09 15 publisher CommonwealthWarGravesCommission ... until the 1960s. Burial sites and memorials See also List of total CommonwealthWarGravesCommission burials by country List of CommonwealthWarGravesCommission World War I memorials to the missing ... format Word document accessdate 2009 05 23 publisher CommonwealthWarGravesCommission ref In Struma ... Usher Kilner work CommonwealthWarGravesCommission accessdate 2009 05 23 ref The smaller size ... CommonwealthWarGravesCommission ref ref cite web url http www.cwgc.org admin files cwgc ... sub title Horticulture accessdate 2006 09 15 publisher CommonwealthWarGravesCommission ... The Commission Finances format PDF accessdate 2006 08 15 publisher CommonwealthWarGravesCommission ... 15 publisher CommonwealthWarGravesCommission ref allegedly in retaliation for the Abu Ghraib prisoner ... Notes commons category CommonwealthWarGravesCommission reflist 2 References refbegin cite book ... The History of the CommonwealthWarGravesCommission year 2007 publisher Merrell location London ... New Zealand Memorials Register, Ministry of Culture & Heritage Category CommonwealthWarGravesCommission ... 1917 establishments br CommonwealthWarGravesCommission de CommonwealthWarGravesCommission fr CommonwealthWarGravesCommission nl CommonwealthWarGravesCommission no CommonwealthWarGravesCommission vls CommonwealthWarGravesCommission ... num volunteers budget 43,027,498 2008 website http www.cwgc.org remarks The CommonwealthWarGraves ... by Fabian Ware and constituted through Royal Charter in 1917 as the Imperial WarGravesCommission . ref name Peaslee 300 The Imperial WarGravesCommission amended its name to its present ... more details
Heverlee War Cemetery is a CommonwealthWarGravesCommission CWGC burial ground for the dead of World War II located in Heverlee , Belgium . The Heverlee War Cemetery was established in 1946 and contains 977 Commonwealth of Nations Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, twenty nine First World War burials relocated to the cemetery, and twelve non Commonwealthgraves. ref name cwgc cite web author publisher CommonwealthWarGravesCommission CWGC year url http www.cwgc.org search cemetery details.aspx?cemetery 55000&mode 1 title Heverlee War Cemetery accessdate 2007 06 19 ref Notable graves Lord Frederick Cambridge Donald Edward Garland Irvin Frank Hoidas Gerald MacIntosh Johnston References reflist External links cwgc cemetery 55000 coord 50.8479 4.7034 region BE type landmark display title Category Leuven Category Military memorials and cemeteries Category CommonwealthWarGravesCommission cemeteries in Belgium Category Canadian military memorials and cemeteries Category 1946 establishments mil memorial stub ... more details
Infobox Military Cemetery name Redoubt body CommonwealthWarGravesCommission image use dates May 1915 January 1916 established 1915 designer coordinates nearest town Gallipoli, Turkey total 2,037 unknowns by country Allies of World War I Allied Powers by war source Redoubt Cemetery is a CommonwealthWarGravesCommission cemetery containing the remains of allied troops who died during the Battle of Gallipoli . It is located near Krithia on the Gallipoli Peninsula. The cemetery is named after the Redoubt Line, a chain of strongpoints built by the Ottoman forces across the southern end of the peninsula during the battles for Krithia. The cemetery was started by the 2nd Australian Infantry Brigade in May 1915 and continued to be used throughout the campaign until the evacuation in January 1916. After the war many graves were moved into it from the surrounding area and it was consequently enlarged to its current 2,037 graves. The cemetery also contains an oak tree planted by the parents of Second Lieutenant Eric Duckworth in 1922 he had been killed on 7 August 1915 but his body was never found. This memorial is unique in the peninsula as the only private memorial located within a CWGC cemetery. References http www.diggerhistory2.info graveyards pages helles helles08 pink.htm Digger History coord missing Turkey Turkey geo stub mil memorial stub Category CommonwealthWarGravesCommission cemeteries in Gallipoli ... more details
Infobox Military Cemetery name Syracuse body CommonwealthWarGravesCommission image Image Syracuse war cemetery.jpg 250px use dates 1943 established 1943 designer coordinates coord 37 04 37.075162 N 15 15 15.258090 E nearest town Syracuse, Sicily Syracuse , Sicily , Italy total 1059 unknowns 126 by country Allies of World War I Allied Powers United Kingdom Canada 4 Dominion of Newfoundland Newfoundland Australia New Zealand South Africa 7 Undivided India by war World War I 1 World War II 1058 source http www.cwgc.org search cemetery details.aspx?cemetery 2000407&mode 1 CWGC Cemetery Details Syracuse War Cemetery is a CommonwealthWarGravesCommission burial ground for the dead of World War II located near Syracuse, Sicily Syracuse on the island of Sicily . Foundation The site of the cemetery was selected in 1943 at an early stage in the operations for the capture of Sicily. In this cemetery most of the graves are those of men who lost their lives in the landings in Sicily on 10 July 1943, as part of the early stages of the campaign to capture the island Operation Husky . They include those of a considerable number who belonged to the airborne force that was landed immediately west of the town during the night 9 10 July. Graves were brought into Syracuse War Cemetery from as far north as Lentini . There is one grave for a casualty from World War I, a merchant seaman who was originally buried in the Marsala British Cemetery. In addition, three special memorials commemorate men known to have been originally buried in other cemeteries in the region, but whose graves could not be found on concentration. ref cite web url http www.cwgc.org search cemetery details.aspx?cemetery ... cwgc cemetery 2000407 References Reflist Category CommonwealthWarGravesCommission cemeteries in Italy Category Syracuse, Sicily CommonwealthWarGravesCommission Cemetery Category 1943 establishments it Syracuse War Cemetery ... more details
Infobox Military Cemetery name Canterbury body CommonwealthWarGravesCommission image use dates Aug Dec 1915 established 1919 designer coordinates nearest town Gallipoli, Turkey total 27 unknowns 5 by country Allies of World War I Allied Powers New Zealand 27 by war World War I 27 source http battlefields1418.50megs.com canterbury cemetery.htm Battlefields 14 18 Canterbury Cemetery is a small CommonwealthWarGravesCommission cemetery located at ANZAC Cove in Turkey . It contains the remains of 27 soldiers from the New Zealand Expeditionary Force . 26 were from the Canterbury, New Zealand Canterbury Mounted Rifles and one from the Wellington Regiment. It is the only CWGC cemetery on the Gallipoli peninsula which has no epitaphs on any of the grave markers. References cwgc cemetery 68700 cite web url http battlefields1418.50megs.com canterbury cemetery.htm work Battlefields 1914 1918 title Canterbury Cemetery accessdate 2008 07 30 coord missing Turkey Category CommonwealthWarGravesCommission cemeteries in Gallipoli ru ... more details
Infobox Military Cemetery name The Nek body CommonwealthWarGravesCommission image Image The Nek Cemetery.jpg 300px The Nek CommonwealthWarGravesCommission cemetery use dates Aug Dec 1915 established 1919 designer coordinates 40 14 32.64 N 26 17 24.45 E nearest town total 326 by country Allies of World War I Allied Powers Unknown 316 Australia 6 New Zealand 4 by war World War I 326 source http battlefields1418.50megs.com the nek cemetery.htm Battlefields 14 18 The Nek Cemetery is a small CommonwealthWarGravesCommission cemetery located near Suvla Bay on the Gallipoli Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey . The cemetery was constructed following the Armistice in 1919 on the site of the Battle of the Nek , at which time the ground was still covered with the remains of Australian 8th and 10th Light Horse troopers killed in the battle four years previously. It is likely that they form the majority of the unknown graves in the cemetery. ref cite web url http battlefields1418.50megs.com the nek cemetery.htm work Battlefields 1914 1918 title The Nek Cemetery accessdate 2007 07 23 ref The cemetery has the graves of only five identified soldiers and special memorials to another five known to be buried there. References cwgc cemetery 66602 Footnotes references coord missing Turkey Turkey geo stub mil memorial stub Category CommonwealthWarGravesCommission cemeteries in Gallipoli Nek ... more details
Infobox Military Cemetery name Suffolk body CommonwealthWarGravesCommission image Image Suffolk CWGC Cemetery Entrance Stone 1848778638.jpg 300px Suffolk CommonwealthWarGravesCommission cemetery use dates 1915 1918 established 1915 designer J R Truelove coordinates coord 50 48 12.5 N 02 50 39.4 E nearest town Heuvelland , West Flanders , Belgium total 47 unknowns 8 by country Allies of World War I Allied Powers United Kingdom 47 by war World War I 47 source http www.ww1cemeteries.com ww1cemeteries suffolkcemetery.htm WW1Cemeteries.com and http www.cwgc.org search cemetery details.aspx?cemetery 52501&mode 1 CWGC Suffolk Cemetery is a CommonwealthWarGravesCommission CWGC burial ground for the dead of World War I located in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front World War I Western Front . The cemetery grounds were assigned to the United Kingdom in perpetuity by King Albert I of Belgium in recognition of the sacrifices made by the British Empire in the defence and liberation of Belgium during the war. ref http www.webmatters.net belgium ww1 friedhof vladslo.htm First World War , accessed 19 August 2006 ref Foundation The cemetery was founded by Commonwealth of Nations Commonwealth troops in March and April 1915. It was then disused, except for one 1917 burial, until October 1918. ref name cwgc http www.cwgc.org search cemetery details.aspx?cemetery 52501&mode 1 CommonwealthWarGravesCommission accessed 28 December 2007 ref The cemetery was founded under the name Cheapside Cemetery by the Suffolk Regiment . The October 1918 burials were of soldiers from the York and Lancaster Regiment who had been killed the previous April. ref name ww1c http www.ww1cemeteries.com ww1cemeteries suffolkcemetery.htm WW1Cemeteries.com , accessed 28 December 2007 ref The cemetery was designed ... CommonwealthWarGravesCommission cemeteries in Belgium CWGC cemeteries in Heuvelland municipality ... name fry Fry, Mich le http www.sassoonery.demon.co.uk symb lscape3.htm Counter Attack First World War ... more details
Infobox Military Cemetery name Woods body CommonwealthWarGravesCommission image Image Woods CWGC 2461081249 entrance.jpg 300px Entrance marker use dates 1915 1918 established April 1915 designer Sir Edwin Lutyens coordinates coord 50 49 21 N 02 54 55 E nearest town Ypres Ieper , West Flanders , Belgium total 326 by country Allies of World War I United Kingdom 202 Canada 111 Australia 3 by war World War I 326 source http ww1cemeteries.com ww1cemeteries woodscemetery.htm WW1Cemeteries.com Woods Cemetery is a CommonwealthWarGravesCommission burial ground for the dead of World War I located near Ypres now Ieper in Belgium on the Western Front World War I Western Front . The cemetery grounds were assigned to the United Kingdom in perpetuity by King Albert I of Belgium in recognition of the sacrifices made by the British Empire in the defence and liberation of Belgium during the war. ref http www.webmatters.net belgium ww1 friedhof vladslo.htm First World War , accessed 19 August 2006 ref Foundation Image Woods CWGC 2461084411 war cross.jpg thumb left The Cross of Sacrifice or War Cross The cemetery was made by the 1st Battalions of the Dorset Regiment Dorset and East Surrey Regiment s in April 1915. ref name cwgc cite web url http www.cwgc.org search cemetery details.aspx?cemetery 53100&mode 1 title CWGC Cemetery Details publisher www.cwgc.org accessdate 2008 05 05 ref It closed in September 1917. Many of the burials are from the London Regiment and the Canadian 2nd Canadian Division 2nd , 3rd Canadian Division 3rd and 10th Divisions. ref cite web url http www.wo1.be eng database ... First DCLI CommonwealthWarGravesCommission Cemetery, The Bluff Hedge Row Trench CommonwealthWarGravesCommission Cemetery References reflist External links cwgc cemetery 53100 CWGC cemeteries in Ieper municipality Category CommonwealthWarGravesCommission cemeteries in Belgium mil memorial ... publisher www.wo1.be accessdate 2008 05 05 ref For much of the war, ref name ww1c cite web url ... more details
distinguish Divisional Collecting Post CommonwealthWarGravesCommission Cemetery and Extension Infobox Military Cemetery name Divisional body CommonwealthWarGravesCommission image Image Divisional Cemetery entrance stone.jpg 300px Divisional Cemetery use dates 1915 1916 and 1917 established April 1915 designer Sir Edwin Lutyens coordinates coord 50 50 53.9 N 02 51 27.7 E nearest town Ypres Ieper , West Flanders , Belgium total 283 unknowns 6 by country Allies of World War I Allied Powers United Kingdom 192 Canada 26 New Zealand 65 by war World War I 283 source http www.wo1.be eng database dbDetail.asp?TypeID 6&SubTypeID 19&ItemID 5646 wo1.be Divisional Cemetery is a CommonwealthWarGravesCommission burial ground for the dead of World War I located in Vlamertinge at Ypres on the Western Front World War I Western Front . The cemetery grounds were assigned to the United Kingdom in perpetuity by King Albert I of Belgium in recognition of the sacrifices made by the British Empire in the defence and liberation of Belgium during the war. ref http www.webmatters.net belgium ww1 friedhof vladslo.htm First World War , accessed 19 August 2006 ref Foundation The cemetery was founded in April 1915. ref name cwgc http www.cwgc.org search cemetery details.aspx?cemetery 8901&mode 1 CommonwealthWarGravesCommission Divisional Cemetery Details, accessed 13 October 2007 ref The cemetery contains the bodies of 23 troops of the 2nd Duke of Wellington s Regiment Duke of Wellington s West Riding Regiment , killed when German Empire German forces attacked and took Battle of Hill 60 Western Front Hill 60 with the use of Poison gas in World War I poison gas . ref name wo1 http www.wo1.be eng database dbDetail.asp?TypeID 6&SubTypeID 19&ItemID 5646 wo1.be , accessed 13 October 2007 ref Fighting then moved away from the Vlamertinge area, returning in July 1917 during the Third Battle of Ypres ... Category CommonwealthWarGravesCommission cemeteries in Belgium ... more details
Infobox Military Cemetery name Beach body CommonwealthWarGravesCommission image Image Beach CWGC Cemetery, Gallipoli.jpg 300px caption Beach Cemetery. John Simpson Kirkpatrick s headstone is on the right in the foreground use dates Aug Dec 1915 established 1915 designer coordinates nearest town total 391 by country Allies of World War I Allied Powers Unknowns 21 Australia 285 United Kingdom 50 New Zealand 21 Sri Lanka Ceylon 3 by war World War I 391 source http battlefields1418.50megs.com beach cemetery.htm Old Front Line Battlefields of WW1 Beach Cemetery is a small CommonwealthWarGravesCommission cemetery containing the remains of allied troops who died during the Battle of Gallipoli . It is located at Hell Spit, at the southern end of Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula. The first graves were dug on the day of the landing 25 April 1915 and it continued to be used almost until the evacuation of the Anzac area on 20 December. The majority of the graves, 285, are from the Australian Imperial Force , including that of Private John Simpson Kirkpatrick and three New Zealanders. It also contains 21 troops from the New Zealand army, 49 British personnel and three from the 80 strong Ceylon Tea Planters contingent. The tea planters were used as the Anzac commander, General William Birdwood s bodyguard. There are also 21 graves whose occupants are unknown. Other notable graves Apart from Kirkpatrick, other notable graves include those of Royal Navy Commander Edward Cater, of HMS Lord Nelson 1906 HMS Lord Nelson , in charge of the landings site and who was killed by shell fire on 7 August. He was a familiar figure to the troops in the Anzac sector, particularly recognisable because he wore a monacle . Colonel Lancelot Clarke of the 12 Battalion Australian Expeditionary Force who was killed on the day of the landing after leading the assault up the Sphinx. At 57, he was probably ... in World War I Category CommonwealthWarGravesCommission cemeteries in Gallipoli ru ... more details
Infobox Military Cemetery name Devonshire Cemetery body CommonwealthWarGravesCommission use dates July 1916 established designer W H Cowlishaw coordinates coord 49 59 59 N 2 44 38 E type landmark region FR display inline,title nearest town Albert, Somme Albert , Picardie , France total 163 unknowns 10 by country United Kingdom 163 by war World War I 163 Devonshire Cemetery is a small CommonwealthWarGravesCommission CWGC burial site for some of the Commonwealth troops killed during the Battle of the Somme . It is located near to the village of Mametz . The cemetery grounds were assigned to the British Empire in perpetuity by the French state in recognition of the sacrifices made by the Allies in the defence of France during the First World War . All but two of the graves in the cemetery are of men from the 8th and 9th Battalions of the Devonshire Regiment . Foundation and development of the cemetery The cemetery was established on 4 July 1916, employing a section of the old front line trench in Mansel Copse . This ground had originally been held by troops of the 9th Devons before the attack towards the German positions in Mametz on 1 July. Casualties were extremely heavy. After the attack a wooden board was erected close to the mass grave with the legend, The Devonshires held ... of the Devonshire battalions during the First World War Category World War I cemeteries in France Devonshire Cemetery Category Battle of the Somme Devonshire Cemetery Category CommonwealthWarGravesCommission cemeteries in France Devonshire Cemetery Category Somme ... tablet unveiled in 1986. After the war, the architect W H Cowlishaw was commissioned to submit a design for a permanent site. Notable graves Image Devonshire Cemetery Gravestones.JPG thumb right 300px Gravestones at the Devonshire Cemetery The cemetery contains the graves of 163 soldiers. Captain W. N. Hodgson William Noel Hodgson , Military Cross MC , a war poet is buried here. Further reading ... more details
Infobox Military Cemetery name Azmak body CommonwealthWarGravesCommission image Image Azmak Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula.JPG 300px caption use dates August December 1915 established 1920 designer coordinates coord 40.32215 N 26.27568 E display inline,title nearest town Gallipoli, Turkey total 1,074 unknowns 684 by country Allies of World War I Allied Powers Australian 25 United Kingdom British 562 Dominion of Newfoundland Newfoundland 12 by war World War I 1,074 source http battlefields1418.50megs.com azmak cemetery.htm Battlefields 1914 1918 Azmak Cemetery near Suvla Bay , Gallipoli , Turkey was constructed shortly after the end of the First World War by the CommonwealthWarGravesCommission and filled with graves brought in from small cemeteries and sites around it. It is on the south side of Azmak Dere, from which it takes its name, a small ravine which runs into the salt lake at Suvla Bay. Special memorials record the names of 53 British and 3 Newfoundland soldiers buried in the cemetery but whose graves are not positively identitied. Notable graves Amongst the graves are 115 men of the 1 5th Territorial Battalion of the Norfolk Regiment , of which the names of only two are known. The battalion, which included a company recruited from workers from the Sandringham House Royal estate, suffered heavy losses on 12 August 1915 and a myth grew up that the unit had advanced into a mist and simply Unexplained disappearances Norfolk Regiment disappeared . ref cite web url http www.historic uk.com HistoryUK England History LostSandringhams.htm work The vanished battalion of the King s Own Sandringhams title Historic UK accessdate 2008 08 05 ref However the remains of many of them were found after the Armistice and interred in the cemetery. In 1999 a All the King s Men TV ... 2008 08 05 Notes reflist Category Ottoman Empire in World War I Category CommonwealthWarGravesCommission cemeteries in Gallipoli ru ... more details
Infobox Military Cemetery name The Farm body CommonwealthWarGravesCommission image use dates April December 1915 established 1919 designer coordinates nearest town Gallipoli, Turkey total 652 unknowns 645 by country Allies of World War I Allied Powers United Kingdom British 17 Australian 1 by war World War I 652 source http battlefields1418.50megs.com the farm cemetery.htm Battlefields 1914 1918 The Farm Cemetery is a CommonwealthWarGravesCommission cemetery on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey. It contains some of soldiers killed during World War I during the Battle of Gallipoli battles at Gallipoli . This was an eight month campaign fought by Commonwealth and French forces against Turkish forces in an attempt to force Turkey out of the war, to relieve the deadlock of the Western Front France Belgium and to open a supply route to Russia through the Dardanelles and the Black Sea. The Turks referred to a small stone shepherd s hut on the western slopes of the Chunuk Bair ridge as Aghyl sheepfold , whilst the Allied troops called it The Farm. The position was captured by Allied troops on 6 August 1915 at the start of the battle of Chunuk Bair but lost on 10 August in the overwhelming Turkish counter attack which pushed the Allies back off the ridge brought the battle to a close. The cemetery was constructed after the Armistice from remains recovered from the surrounding area. Special memorials commemorate seven soldiers believed to be amongst its 645 unidentified burials. References cwgc cemetery 66606 coord missing Turkey Category CommonwealthWarGravesCommission cemeteries in Gallipoli Farm ru ... more details
Infobox Military Cemetery name Spoilbank body CommonwealthWarGravesCommission image Image Spoilbank Cemetery Flanders Entrance Stone Redvers.jpg 300px Entrance stone for Spoilbank cemetery use dates 1915 1918 established February 1915 designer Sir Edwin Lutyens coordinates coord 50 49 13.3 N 2 53 57.4 E ref name wo1 http www.wo1.be ned database dbDetail.asp?subtypeID 19&typeid 6&ItemID 5689&lID 3 wo1.be , undated, accessed 17 February 2006 ref nearest town Ypres Ieper , West Flanders , Belgium total 520 unknowns 125 by country Allies of World War I Allied Powers United Kingdom 426 Canada 16 Australia 67 by war World War I 520 source http battlefields1418.50megs.com spoilbank cemetery.htm battlefields1418 Spoilbank is a CommonwealthWarGravesCommission burial ground for the dead of World War I located in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front World War I Western Front . The cemetery grounds were assigned to the United Kingdom in perpetuity by the Albert I of Belgium King of Belgium in recognition of the sacrifices made by the British Empire in the defence and liberation of Belgium during the war. Foundation Commonwealth of Nations Commonwealth troops began using the site as a cemetery in February 1915. ref name cwgc http www.cwgc.org search cemetery details.aspx?cemetery 55900&mode 1 CommonwealthWarGravesCommission entry , undated, accessed 17 February 2007 ref The cemetery is named after the bank of spoil left over from the digging of the Ypres Comines canal, ref name b1418 http battlefields1418.50megs.com spoilbank cemetery.htm battlefields1418 , undated, accessed 17 February 2007 ref which was Military strategy strategically important in the relatively flat Flemish ... in Ieper municipality Category CommonwealthWarGravesCommission cemeteries in Belgium ... Edwin Lutyens upon enlargement after the war when graves were concentrated from the nearby battlefields. Notable graves The cemetery has the graves of two brothers, G and J Keating, who were both killed ... more details
Infobox Military Cemetery name Hunter s Cemetery body CommonwealthWarGravesCommission image File Hunters Cemetery.jpg Hunters Cemetery 300px use dates 1914 1918 established 1917 coordinates Coord 50 4 41 N 2 38 59 E type landmark region FR display it nearest town Beaumont Hamel , France total 46 unknowns by country Allies of World War I Allied Powers United Kingdom 46 by war World War I 46 source cwgc cemetery 67803 Hunter s Cemetery is a CommonwealthWarGravesCommission burial ground for the dead of World War I situated on the grounds of Beaumont Hamel Newfoundland Memorial Beaumont Hamel Newfoundland Memorial Park near the France French town of Beaumont Hamel . Layout & History During the Battle of the Somme Beaumont Hamel was attacked in vain on the 1st July, 1916 and finally captured by the 51st Highland and 63rd Royal Naval Divisions on the following 13th November. Hunter s Cemetery, possibly named after Reverend Hunter, a Chaplain attached to the Black Watch Regiment , is in fact a great shell hole. Soldiers of the 51st Division, who fell in the capture of Beaumont Hamel were buried in the shell hole after the battle. There are now over 40, 1914 18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Hunter s Cemetery stands at the upper end of Y Ravine, within Newfoundland Memorial Park. External links cwgc cemetery 67803 Category CommonwealthWarGravesCommission cemeteries in France Category 1917 establishments Category World War I cemeteries in France Category Battle of the Somme mil memorial stub ... more details
2 Central Powers Turkey 416 Germany 31 Austria 2 Ramleh CommonwealthWarGravesCommission Cemetery ... 2011 ref External links Commons category Ramla Military British cemetery Ramleh CommonwealthWarGravesCommission Cemetery cwgc cemetery 72001 References reflist Category Military memorials and cemeteries Ramleh War Cemetery Category CommonwealthWarGravesCommission cemeteries Ramleh War Cemetery ...Refimprove date January 2009 Infobox Military Cemetery name Ramleh Cemetery body CommonwealthWarGravesCommission image Image Ramleh general view.jpg 300px General view of Ramleh cemetery use dates 1917 ... by the medical units, but some graves were brought in later from the battlefields and from Latron, Sarona and Wilhema Military and Indian Cemeteries. During the Second World War , this cemetery was used by the Ramla Royal Air Force Station and by various Commonwealth hospitals posted in turn to the area for varying periods. Within Ramleh War Cemetery will be found the Ramleh 1914 18 Memorial, erected in 1961 to commemorate more than 300 Commonwealth, German and Turkish servicemen of the First World War who lie buried in cemeteries elsewhere in Israel where their graves could no longer ... total 3,300 World War I br 1,168 World War II br 525 British Zionist conflict unknowns 964 World War I by country Allies of World War I Allied Powers br United Kingdom 3,608 India 528 Poland 272 New Zealand 94 France 77 Australia 71 High Commission Territories 58 Italy 41 Africa 41 South Africa 35 ... made by the British Empire in the defence and liberation of Palestine during the war. It is the largest cemetery for Commonwealth of Nations Commonwealth forces in Israel. History The cemetery dates from the First World War , when Ramleh was occupied by the 1st Light Horse Brigade 1st Australian ... and non Arab servicemen of the Second World War, and six non war casualties of the Palestine Police Force, who lie buried in cemeteries elsewhere in Israel where their graves could not be maintained ... more details
Infobox Military Cemetery name Bayeux War Cemetery body CommonwealthWarGravesCommission image Image Bayeuxcemetery11.jpg 300px caption The Bayeux War Cemetery use dates 1944 established 1944 designer ... in the defense and liberation of France during the war. In addition to the Commonwealth burials, there are 366 graves of German soldiers. The cemetery contains the Cross of Sacrifice or War Cross, designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield for the CommonwealthWarGravesCommission CWGC . Elizabeth II of the United ... Category CommonwealthWarGravesCommission cemeteries in France Category Canadian military memorials ... Inventory of War Memorials German WarGravesCommission gallery Caption Pictures widths 180px heights ... WarGravesCommission cemeteries cwgc cemetery 2033300 http www.findagrave.com cgi bin fg.cgi?page ... Czech Republic 2 br Italy 2 br South Africa 1 by war World War II source http battlefieldsww2.50megs.com bayeux war cemetery.htm WWII Battlefields The Bayeux War Cemetery is the largest World War II Second World War cemetery of Commonwealth of Nations Commonwealth soldiers in France , located in Bayeux ... the graves of those members of the Commonwealth forces who died during the two world wars. Of the 18 Commonwealth cemeteries in Normandy containing 22,000 casualties of the invasion, Bayeux is largest ... Archive http www.southafricawargraves.org South Africa WarGraves Project http www.ukniwm.org.uk ... stands the Bayeux Memorial which commemorates more than 1,800 casualties of the Commonwealth forces ... battlefieldsww2.50megs.com bayeux war cemetery.htm ref The cemetery grounds were assigned to the United ... and soldiers who died on Sword Beach . Notable graves British Army Corporal Sidney Bates , a member ... Memorial commemorates more than 1,800 casualties of the Commonwealth of Nations Commonwealth ... of the Commonwealth who died in the Battle of Normandy and who have no known grave. ref Eccleston, Paul ... Memorial, which stands opposite the cemetery, bears the names of 1,800 men of the Commonwealth land ... more details
Infobox Military Cemetery name Railway Chateau Cemetery body CommonwealthWarGravesCommission image Image Railway Chateau CWGC cemetery 536411375.jpg 300px Stones at entrance to Railway Chateau CommonwealthWarGravesCommission cemetery use dates 1914 1916 established 1914 designer W H Cowlishaw coordinates coord 50 51 13.0 N 02 51 23.9 E nearest town Ypres Ieper , West Flanders , Belgium total 105 unknowns 6 by country Allies of World War I Allied Powers United Kingdom 105 by war World War I 105 source http www.ww1cemeteries.com ww1cemeteries railwaychateaucemetery.htm WW1Cemeteries.com and http www.cwgc.org search cemetery details.aspx?cemetery 55905&mode 1 CWGC Railway Chateau Cemetery ref name cwgc http www.cwgc.org search cemetery details.aspx?cemetery 55905&mode 1 CommonwealthWarGravesCommission , accessed 30 December 2007 ref in this case, there is no accent on the a it is Commission policy to not be consistent on these things referred to as Railway Chateau British Cemetery on the entrance stone is a CommonwealthWarGravesCommission CWGC burial ground for the dead of World War I located in Belgium in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front World War I Western Front . The cemetery grounds were assigned to the United Kingdom in perpetuity by King Albert I of Belgium in recognition of the sacrifices made by the British Empire in the defence and liberation of Belgium during the war. ref http www.webmatters.net belgium ww1 friedhof vladslo.htm First World War , accessed 19 August 2006 ref Foundation This small cemetery was originally established as Augustine Street Cabaret Cemetery in November 1914. It was also known as L.4 Post Cemetery . ref name cwgc http www.cwgc.org search cemetery details.aspx?cemetery 55905&mode 1 CommonwealthWarGravesCommission , accessed ... cwgc cemetery 55905 CWGC cemeteries in Ieper municipality mil memorial stub Category CommonwealthWarGravesCommission cemeteries in Belgium ... more details
Infobox Military Cemetery name Potijze Ch teau Wood body CommonwealthWarGravesCommission image Image Potijze Chateau Wood 1846623829.jpg 300px Potijze Ch teau Wood CommonwealthWarGravesCommission cemetery use dates 1915 1918 established 1915 designer Sir Reginald Blomfield coordinates coord 50 51 41.3 N 02 54 47.3 E nearest town Ypres Ieper , West Flanders , Belgium total 157 unknowns 6 by country Allies of World War I Allied Powers United Kingdom 151 Canada 6 by war World War I 157 source http ww1cemeteries.com ww1cemeteries potijzechateauwoodcemetery.htm WW1Cemeteries.com and http www.cwgc.org search cemetery details.aspx?cemetery 15702&mode 1 CWGC Potijze Ch teau Wood Cemetery is a CommonwealthWarGravesCommission CWGC burial ground for the dead of World War I located in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front World War I Western Front . The cemetery grounds were assigned to the United Kingdom in perpetuity by King Albert I of Belgium in recognition of the sacrifices made by the British Empire in the defence and liberation of Belgium during the war. ref http www.webmatters.net belgium ww1 friedhof vladslo.htm First World War , accessed 19 August 2006 ref Foundation The cemetery ... gas in World War I poison gas . ref name cwgc pcl http www.cwgc.org search cemetery details.aspx?cemetery 15702&mode 1 CommonwealthWarGravesCommission , accessed 29 December 2008 ref The cemetery was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield . See also Potijze Ch teau Lawn and Grounds CommonwealthWarGravesCommission Cemeteries Potijze Burial Ground CommonwealthWarGravesCommission Cemetery ... CommonwealthWarGravesCommission cemeteries in Belgium ... 2007 ref The ch teau was behind Allied lines for most of the war and served as an Advanced Dressing Station. ref name cwgc pcg http www.cwgc.org search cemetery details.aspx?cemetery 15700&mode 1 CommonwealthWarGravesCommission accessed 28 December 2007 ref The ch teau was destroyed by German artillery ... more details
Infobox Military Cemetery name V Beach body CommonwealthWarGravesCommission image use dates April 1915 January 1916 established 1915 designer coordinates nearest town Sedd lbahir, Turkey total 696 unknown 480 by country Allies of World War I Allied Powers United Kingdom 696 by war World War I 696 source http www.cwgc.org search cemetery details.aspx?cemetery 2000108&mode 1 CommonwealthWarGravesCommission V Beach Cemetery is a CommonwealthWarGravesCommission cemetery located near Cape Helles , Gallipoli , Turkey . The cemetery was brought into use shortly after the landing at Cape Helles at the end of April 1915 and its use ceased in May 1915. However 13 additional graves were moved into it in 1919 following the Armistice. As well as the 20 known graves, there are memorials to a further 196 soldiers and sailors who are known to be buried in the cemetery. Notable graves Amongst the graves is that of Garth Neville Walford Captain Garth Walford who was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross along with Charles Hotham Montagu Doughty Wylie Lieutenant Colonel Charles Doughty Wylie for organising and leading an attack through Sedd lbahir and the fort adjacent to the cemetery. References cite web url http www.cwgc.org search cemetery details.aspx?cemetery 2000108&mode 1 work CommonwealthWarGravesCommission title V Beach Cemetery accessdate 2007 07 23 cite web url http battlefields1418.50megs.com v beach cemetery.htm work Battlefields 14 18 title V Beach Cemetery accessdate 2007 07 23 coord missing Turkey Turkey geo stub Mil memorial stub Category CommonwealthWarGravesCommission cemeteries in Gallipoli ... more details
Infobox Military Cemetery name Ypres Reservoir body CommonwealthWarGravesCommission image Image Commonwealthwargraves wwi cemetary belgium.redvers.jpg 300px Ypres Reservoir CommonwealthWarGravesCommission cemetery use dates 1915 1918 established 1915 designer Sir Reginald Blomfield coordinates coord 50 51 12.1 N 02 52 39.1 E nearest town Ypres Ieper , West Flanders , Belgium total 2702 unknowns 7 by country Allies of World War I Allied Powers United Kingdom 2250 Canada 151 Dominion of Newfoundland ...?cemetery 9500&mode 1 CommonwealthWarGravesCommission , accessed 22 May 2006 ref Notable graves Image Ypres Reservoir CommonwealthWarGravesCommission Cemetery entrance Redvers.jpg left thumb Ypres Reservoir CommonwealthWarGravesCommission Cemetery entrance. The cemetery contains the graves of some 2702 soldiers. Amongst these are the graves of three men executed by the Commonwealth military ... A Grave http www.webmatters.net cwgc ypres reservoir.htm First World War CWGC cemeteries in Ieper municipality Category 1915 establishments Category CommonwealthWarGravesCommission cemeteries in Belgium ... and liberation of Belgium during the war. Foundation The cemetery was founded by Commonwealth of Nations Commonwealth troops in October 1915 and remained in use until after the Armistice with Germany ... India 1 Central Powers Germany 1 by war World War I 2702 source http battlefields1418.50megs.com ypres reservoir.htm Battlefields 14 18 Ypres Reservoir Cemetery is a CommonwealthWarGravesCommission CWGC burial ground for the dead of World War I located in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front World War I Western Front . The cemetery grounds were assigned to the United Kingdom in perpetuity ... in the immediate area. At the end of the war, the Ypres Reservoir South Cemetery formerly known ... graves from nearby areas added later. ref http battlefields1418.50megs.com ypres reservoir.htm Battlefields ... Ypres and the Great War by Simon Farr, accessed 23 May 2006 ref It is now felt by many that these shot ... more details
Infobox Military Cemetery name Green Hill body CommonwealthWarGravesCommission image Image Green Hill CommonwealthWarGravesCommission Cemetery.jpg 300px Green Hill CommonwealthWarGravesCommission Cemetery use dates Aug Dec 1915 established 1919 designer coordinates nearest town total 2,971, of which 2,472 are unnamed by country Allies of World War I Allied Powers by war World War I 2,971 source http battlefields1418.50megs.com green hill cemetery.htm Battlefields 14 18 Green Hill Cemetery is a CommonwealthWarGravesCommission cemetery located near Suvla Bay , Gallipoli , Turkey . Green Hill and Chocolate Hill were names given by Allied troops taking part in the landing at Suvla Bay in August 1915 to parts of a hill called in Turkish language Turkish Yilghin Burnu and which rises 52 metres above sea level from the eastern shore of the salt lake. The hill was captured the day after the landing, on 7 August 1915, but remained on the front line until the Allied withdrawal from the area in late December. The cemetery was built on the hill after the Armistice when graves from the battlefield and small burial grounds nearby were consolidated into it. Notable graves Amongst the graves in the cemetery is that of Private Harry Salter of the 6th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, one of three British soldiers executed by the British Army during the Battle of Gallipoli . He was shot for repeated desertion on 11 December 1915. The cemetery also contains the grave of Second Lieutenant William Niven, father of the actor David Niven . References cite web url http www.cwgc.org search cemetery details.aspx?cemetery 2000105&mode 1 work CommonwealthWarGravesCommission title Green ... coord missing Turkey Turkey struct stub mil memorial stub Category CommonwealthWarGravesCommission ... at Dawn work The SAD Campaign to Secure Millennium Pardons for British and Commonwealth Soldiers Executed during the First World War accessdate 2006 10 01 cite web url http battlefields1418.50megs.com ... more details
Infobox Military Memorial name Berlin 1939 1945 CommonwealthWarGravesCommission Cemetery body CommonwealthWarGravesCommission image Image Britfriedhof06.jpg 306px caption commemorates use dates 1939 ... limestone arches with wrought iron gates. As with the other British war cemeteries in Germany, the cemetery at Heerstrasse is administered by the CommonwealthWarGravesCommission . The majority ... Kingdom & Commonwealth by war World War II source http www.cwgc.org search cemetery details.aspx?cemetery 2081150&mode 1 CommonwealthWarGravesCommission cemetery home page The Berlin 1939 1945 CommonwealthWarGravesCommission cemetery is one of two Commonwealth cemeteries in Berlin , the other being the World War I Berlin South Western Cemetery in Stahnsdorf , Brandenburg . ref name CWGCsearch http www.cwgc.org search cemetery Results.aspx?CemeteryName berlin CommonwealthWarGravesCommission ref The Berlin 1939 1945 Commonwealth Cemetery was established in 1945 as a central burial ground for aircrew and prisoners of war who were interred in the Berlin area and in East Germany. ref name CWGC http www.cwgc.org search cemetery details.aspx?cemetery 2081150&mode 1 CommonwealthWarGravesCommission ref There are also 260 burials from the post war Allied Occupation Zones in Germany ... WarGravesCommission cemeteries in Germany Category World War II cemeteries in Germany de Britischer ... burials, about 80 are aircrew, killed in action over Germany the remainder are prisoners of war. ref name CWGC History The British War Cemetery, Heerstrasse, was construted between 1955 and 1957 to replace ... hectare site. The arrangement reflected that of other British war cemeteries, in particular the uniform ... War II attacks on Berlin , alongside British soldiers who died in captivity in Germany and some ... from other Commonwealth realms, soldiers of unknown nationalities and five Poles. In total there are 3,576 graves in the cemetery. The cemetery itself lies under the protection of the British Crown, and in this sense ... more details
Infobox Military Cemetery name Duhallow ADS body CommonwealthWarGravesCommission image Image Duhallow CommonwealthWarGravesCommission Cemetery Redvers.jpg 300px Duhallow ADS Cemetery use dates 1917 ... WarGravesCommission Duhallow ADS Cemetery Details, accessed 19 August 2006 ref The cemetery was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield . Notable graves Image Duhallow CommonwealthWarGravesCommission ... casualty details.aspx?casualty 2936670 CommonwealthWarGravesCommission Casualty record for Private ... cemeteries in Ieper municipality Category CommonwealthWarGravesCommission cemeteries in Belgium ... in the defence and liberation of Belgium during the war. ref http www.webmatters.net belgium ww1 friedhof vladslo.htm First World War , accessed 19 August 2006 ref Foundation Image Duhallow CommonwealthWarGravesCommission Cemetery showing German graves Redvers.jpg thumb left Duhallow ADS, including three of the 54 German graves. Duhallow is believed to be derived from a south Ireland Fox hunting hunt name. ref name cwgc http www.cwgc.org search cemetery details.aspx?cemetery 2023718&mode 1 CommonwealthWarGravesCommission Duhallow ADS Cemetery Details, accessed 19 August 2006 ref The position ... WarGravesCommission Cemetery showing Fusiliers Hill special memorial Redvers.jpg thumb left Special ... contains the graves of 1602 soldiers. Amongst those are the graves of one World War II Commonwealth ... War I Allied Powers United Kingdom 1470 Canada 38 Dominion of Newfoundland Newfoundland Australia ... Powers Germany 54 by war World War I 1601 World War II 1 source http ww1cemeteries.com ww1cemeteries duhallowadscemetery.htm WW1Cemeteries.com Duhallow ADS Advanced Dressing Station Cemetery is a CommonwealthWarGravesCommission burial ground for the dead of World War I located near Ypres on the Western Front World War I Western Front . The cemetery grounds were assigned to the United Kingdom in perpetuity ... front but within easy reach of it for Commonwealth troops in the area. This led to the establishment ... more details
Infobox Military Cemetery name Potijze Burial Ground body CommonwealthWarGravesCommission image Image Potijze Burial Ground CWCG 1847082791.jpg 300px Potijze Burial Ground CommonwealthWarGravesCommission cemetery use dates 1915 1918 established 1915 designer Sir Reginald Blomfield coordinates coord 50 51 35.8 N 02 54 35.9 E nearest town Ypres Ieper , West Flanders , Belgium total 586 unknowns 19 by country Allies of World War I Allied Powers United Kingdom 580 Australia 3 Canada 1 Central Powers Germany 2 by war World War I 586 source http ww1cemeteries.com ww1cemeteries potijzeburialgroundcemetery.htm WW1Cemeteries.com and http www.cwgc.org search cemetery details.aspx?cemetery 15700&mode 1 CWGC Potijze Burial Ground Cemetery is a CommonwealthWarGravesCommission CWGC burial ground for the dead of World War I located in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front World War I Western Front . The cemetery grounds were assigned to the United Kingdom in perpetuity by King Albert I of Belgium in recognition of the sacrifices made by the British Empire in the defence and liberation of Belgium during the war. ref http www.webmatters.net belgium ww1 friedhof vladslo.htm First World War , accessed 19 August 2006 ref Foundation The cemetery is one of four in and around the site of the former Potijze Ch teau . ref name ww1c http ww1cemeteries.com ww1cemeteries potijzeburialgroundcemetery.htm WW1Cemeteries.com , accessed 28 December 2007 ref The ch teau was behind Allied lines for most of the war and served as an Advanced Dressing Station. ref name cwgc http www.cwgc.org search cemetery details.aspx?cemetery 15700&mode 1 CommonwealthWarGravesCommission accessed 28 December 2007 ... by Sir Reginald Blomfield . See also Potijze Ch teau Lawn and Grounds CommonwealthWarGravesCommission Cemeteries Potijze Ch teau Wood CommonwealthWarGravesCommission Cemetery References reflist ... CommonwealthWarGravesCommission cemeteries in Belgium ... more details
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