Commonwealth Member Government and
Non-Commonwealth War Graves Organisations
The sites below offer
information on the official bodies of the main Commonwealth nations
that are involved in the commemoration of their war dead, and also
information on how the war dead of other nations are
commemorated.
Australia
The
Office of Australian War Graves was
formed with the aims of maintaining war cemeteries and individual
war graves in Australia; commemorating eligible veterans who died
post-war and whose deaths were caused by their war service; and
building and maintaining national memorials overseas.
Mapping
our Anzacs is a
website from the National Archives of Australia which enables
you to browse its 375,971 records of service of the Australian Army
during the First World War according to the person's place of birth
or enlistment.
Canada
The Canadian
Agency of the Commonwealth War
Graves Commission is responsible for fulfilling the Charter tasks
in the Americas (including the Caribbean). This includes the care
of 20,400 War Dead commemorated in 3,350 cemeteries and on ten
memorials.
Veterans Affairs
Canada was formed in 1951 on
behalf of the Government of Canada and assumed responsibility for
commemorating any Veteran who qualified for a funeral and burial at
the expense of Canada as well as the maintenance of the existing
Privy Council headstones.
The Canadian Virtual War
Memorial is a web site built and
maintained by Veterans Affairs Canada, containing information
about more than 116,000 Canadians and Newfoundlanders who have lost
their lives in major conflicts since 1884. In addition to being a
tribute to the men and women who served and gave their lives for
Canada, the web site has a searchable database and the facility for
members of the public to contribute to the memorial by submitting
images, letters and other memorabilia.
The Canadian
Letters and Images Project is an
archive of war related material focussing on the personal aspect of
war.
India
Forever
India is a joint project between the
Commission and the Indian government which tells the stories of
some of the 160,000 servicemen and women from Undivided India who
sacrificed their lives in the First and Second World Wars, and are
commemorated by the Commission.
New Zealand
Heritage Affairs. Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New
Zealand is an agency of the
Commission which is responsible for war graves in New
Zealand.
New Zealand War Graves
Project aims to photograph and archive all the war graves
and primary memorials of New Zealanders who, serving with New
Zealand and Allied forces, died in conflicts, from the Anglo-Boer
war (1899-1902), to the present day and in peacekeeping
operations.
United Kingdom
UK-
All-Party Parliamentary War Graves and Battlefields Heritage
Group
The Armed Forces
Memorial is the first
national memorial dedicated to the men and women of the United
Kingdom Armed Forces (Regular and Reserve) killed on duty or as a
result of terrorist action since the Second World
War.
Non-Commonwealth War Grave
Organisations
The
American Battle Monuments Commission
The
Oorlogsgravenstichting/Netherlands War Graves
Foundation
The German War Graves
Commission