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Commonwealth Cemetery – Becklingen War Cemetery – Niedersachsen, Germany

The Commonwealth cemetery at Becklingen in Germany lies on the Lüneburger Heide, close to the Bergen-Belsen Concentration camp. …

Posted July 26, 2023 by Patrick

French War Cemetery Dinant – Belgium

In Dinant right before the entrance to the Citadel is a War Cemetery with 1200 soldier from World …

Posted December 7, 2022 (updated December 8, 2022) by Patrick

Commonwealth War Graves Hotton – Belgium

At the Commonwealth War Graves in Hotton – Belgium are 666 burials of soldiers, sailors and airmen. Twenty-one …

Posted November 26, 2022 (updated March 8, 2023) by Patrick

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Texel Commonwealth War Cemetery – Den Burg, the Netherlands

The 167 casualties in this Commonwealth War Grave are mainly airmen of the RAF who died in strategic …

Posted June 8, 2022 (updated March 26, 2023) by Pascal

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Military Cemetery Zuydcoote – Hauts-de-France, France

The Zuydcoote Military Cemetery in France is a mixed burial site. There is an Allied Commonwealth section, a …

Posted January 24, 2020 (updated July 27, 2023) by Patrick

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La Kreule Military Cemetery – Hazebrouck France

Near the town of Hazebrouck in France is a World War One cemetery called La Kreule. La Creule …

Posted September 5, 2017 (updated October 4, 2022) by Patrick


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Dunkirk Town Cemetery & Dunkirk Memorial – Hauts-de-France, France

There are many Nationalities to be found on this Commonwealth Cemetery for both WW1 and WW2, like British, …

Posted July 10, 2017 (updated June 14, 2023) by Patrick

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Operation Veritable, Canadian War Cemetery – Groesbeek, The Netherlands

In Groesbeek is a Commonwealth cemetery with mostly Canadian soldiers who lost their lives during the last months …

Posted July 6, 2017 (updated October 4, 2022) by Patrick

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Commonwealth Cemetery Cannock Chase – Staffordshire, United Kingdom

On camp road near Cannock Chase are two war cemeteries and two memorials. During World War One and …

Posted June 1, 2017 (updated October 9, 2022) by Patrick

Commonwealth War Graves: Zehrensdorf Indian Cemetery, Germany

With the construction of a military training complex in Wünsdorf-Zossen in 1909, this cemetery became the final resting …

Posted May 15, 2017 (updated May 27, 2022) by Pascal

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Memorial and Commonwealth War Graves – Glencoe, Scotland

Commonwealth War Graves Glencoe Near the town of Glencoe is a cemetery with Commonwealth War Graves. The cemetery …

Posted May 16, 2016 (updated May 27, 2022) by Patrick

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Commonwealth War Graves: Canadian War Cemetery Adegem, Belgium

The majority of the 1100 soldiers buried at the Canadian War Cemetery in Adegem Belgium are Canadian, but …

Posted November 26, 2015 (updated May 27, 2022) by Pascal

Commonwealth War Graves, RAF 626 Squadron - Theillay, France

Commonwealth War Graves, RAF 626 Squadron Lancaster ND952 – Theillay, France

Lancaster ND952 of RAF 626 Squadron was shot down during an air raid on railway yards near Vierzon, …

Posted July 21, 2015 (updated May 27, 2022) by Pascal

Commonwealth War Graves, RAF 90 Sqdn – General Cemetery Montfoort, Utrecht, the Netherlands

On the general cemetery at the village of Montfoort, Utrecht, the Netherlands lie the Commonwealth War Graves of …

Posted July 14, 2015 (updated May 27, 2022) by Pascal

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Canadian War Cemetery Bretteville-Sur-Laize, Normandy – France

Most of the fallen soldiers on this field of honour fell during later stages of the Battle for …

Posted August 17, 2014 (updated October 4, 2022) by Patrick

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Commonwealth Cemetery Arnhem , Operation Market Garden in Oosterbeek – The Netherlands

In Arnhem, close to the Hartenstein Airborne Museum, is a Commonwealth Cemetery with fallen soldiers from operation Market …

Posted July 7, 2014 (updated March 27, 2023) by Patrick

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Russian War Cemetery Amersfoort – Leusden, The Netherlands

At the cemtery in Amersfoort is a special field of honor, it's dedicated to Russian victims of the …

Posted June 29, 2012 (updated May 30, 2023) by Patrick

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Overloon War Cemetery – Netherlands

On this British Commonwealth War Cemetery, 265 British soldiers, 14 RAF airmen and 1 Dutch sergeant (a member …

Posted December 6, 2011 (updated June 1, 2023) by Pascal

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