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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 1916, as an idea of the British Army to take care of and maintain the military cemeteries.

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  • CWGC - Headstone carving

    Carving of headstones by hand would take a week

  • The Graves of the Fallen - cover page

    Cover page of Graves of the Fallen

  • Site plan for the Forceville Communal Cemetery Extension

    The site plan for the Forceville Communal Cemetery and Extension

  • Ieper Menenpoort R01

    The Menin Gate at night

  • Kranji War Memorial

    The Kranji War Memorial, a Second World War memorial in Singapore, commemorating 24,306 casualties

  • Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Milit.Cem.11-2

    Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery, the most recently dedicated cemetery.

  • Herbert Baker00

    Herbert Baker, one of the original Principal Architects of the Commission

  • Cross of Sacrifice, Ypres Reservoir cemetery

    The Cross of Sacrifice.

  • Britfriedhof04

    The Stone of Remembrance, a feature of larger cemeteries

  • Headquarters of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

    Headquarters of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in Maidenhead, Berkshire, UK

  • Pallbearers carry the coffin to the grave

    Reburial of a New Zealand soldier in February 2012

  • NewBwood-wyrdlight-2015

    The dedication of the Brookwood 1914–1918 Memorial

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