The grave of a missing World War One soldier has been identified in Belgium. Capt Ernest Cecil Blencowe of the Dorsetshire Regiment died in February 1916 trying to get control of The Bluff, an area of ...

Day, the first day of the Normandy landings that laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission across the world continues its charge of maintaining calm and orderly respect at the burial places of our war dead. This is a work of honour, so different from ...

Company’s Garden in Cape Town, South Africa will be the site of a new memorial built by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. (Romaine/Wikimedia Commons/CC0 1.0) In his newly appointed ...

Free cemetery talks and tours encouraging people to discover the heritage on their doorstep have been launched by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) to mark the 80 th anniversaries of ...

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is a global leader in commemoration. Founded by Royal Charter in 1917, we work on behalf of the Governments of Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, South ...

Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Visit Highlights 3,500 War Graves In NZ Friday, 24 November 2023, 10:51 am Press Release: Ministry For Culture And Heritage ...

Owned by the UK-based Commonwealth War Graves Commission, they are known locally as the British graveyards, and are regarded as a major cultural and archaeological site in the Palestinian enclave.

The Lon­don-based Com­mon­wealth War Graves Com­mis­sion says as part of its mis­sion it in­tends to give new life to the sto­ries of those who served and died dur­ing the two World Wars. Commonwealth ...

A new headstone has been installed to mark the grave of a fallen First World War hero who was killed aged just 22. The stone in Witney's Tower Hill Cemetery is for Royal Engineer, Pioneer ...

As the country prepares to mark the 80th Anniversary of D-Day in June, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's (CWGC) torch of commemoration will appear in Plymouth today - May 20 - with a ...

Commonwealth War Graves Commission tours to mark anniversary. By Kenneth Nisbet. Contributor. Published 9th Apr 2025, 10:17 BST. Updated 9th Apr 2025, 11:36 BST.