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Author/originator:
CWGC
Source type:
Bibliography (Published references including web sites)
Source sub-type:
Data (Measurements or factual information which may occur in a manual catalogue system or a database.)
Year/date of creation:
2016
Title:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Description:
The Commonwealth War Graves commission was established by Royal Charter as the sole organisation charged with the care and commemoration of those Commonwealth Armed Forces who died during the two World Wars. They are responsible for 1.7 million graves and commemorations of service men and women in 154 countries. In the UK, they have war graves at over 12,500 churchyards, burial grounds and cemeteries. Their responsibility extends to war graves of casualties who died between 1914-1921 and 1939-1947 inclusive. Some war graves are not immediately recognisable as they have private family memorials rather than the easily recognisable standard pattern Commission headstone. There are also sites where it is no longer possible to commemorate the casualty at that location. The CWGC would therefore commemorate the casualty at the nearest cemetery as possible to the burial.
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Where can the source be accessed?:
http://www.cwgc.org/
Is this a web URL?:
No
When was the source last accessed at this location?:
13/07/2016
For physical archive, please describe the format and extent:
The Historic Archive contains records concerning the formation of the Commission and its growth and development. The majority of the records date from the period 1917-1967, although the archive continues to grow as new material is added in order to continue to document the on-going work of the organisation. Mainly consisting of administrative files, correspondence, minutes and reports, the collection also contains a small amount of other material, such as objects and minor effects found on the battlefields, maps and cemetery plans, and photographs of various sites. The Casualty and Cemetery Archive is made up of documents which record the details and commemoration location of each casualty the Commission is responsible for. After the end of the First World War the Commission began work on the construction of cemeteries as we know them today. Small cemeteries were concentrated into larger ones, and the battlefields were searched for human remains. Some existing cemeteries were re-ordered. Records were kept for each casualty and headstones were ordered for those with known graves. The records were also used to produce the lists of those with no known grave, which were later added to the memorials to the missing. The records themselves include grave registration documents, casualty registers and headstone schedules. In many cases these represent the earliest recorded information that the Commission was able to gather about those who came under its care. These records also acted as working documents for the Commission, and over the years have been amended on a number of occasions as inaccuracies were discovered or new evidence came to light.
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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619058
Ab Kettleby: St James
Leicester
CWGC Unique File Reference Number: 5242
642259
Abberley: St Mary
Worcester
CWGC Unique File Reference Number: 7766
608457
Abberton: St Andrew
Chelmsford
CWGC Unique File Reference Number: 5347
620067
Abbots Bromley: St Nicholas
Lichfield
CWGC Unique File Reference Number: 7216
632229
Abbots Langley: St Lawrence
St.Albans
CWGC Unique File Reference Number: 6840
605063
Abbots Leigh: Holy Trinity
Bristol
CWGC Unique File Reference Number: 12113
634136
Abbotsbury: St Nicholas
Salisbury
CWGC Unique File Reference Number: 11653
615443
Abbotsham: St Helen
Exeter
CWGC Unique File Reference Number: 11375
615291
Abbotskerswell: Blessed Virgin Mary
Exeter
CWGC Unique File Reference Number: 11240
641049
Abbotts Ann: St Mary
Winchester
CWGC Unique File Reference Number: 11747
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