You are here:HomeNews & EventsNews News War Graves Photographic Project Receives Royal Recognition20/05/2013A volunteer group that has sourced and archived over 1.7 million photographs of war graves from around the world will be honoured by His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent at St. James’ Palace on 23 May 2013. Filter News: Pleases Select... News Video Cemetery Alert Press Release Page Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Next Actor Colin Firth filmed at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery 11/06/2012 The Kanchanaburi War Cemetery in Thailand was the backdrop for some filming for The Railway Man, a movie starring Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman, to be released next year. Commission staff team up for Help for Heroes Rally 10/06/2012 CWGC regional supervisors, Carl Liversage and Malcolm Ross, have teamed up to man the official recovery vehicle at this year’s Help For Heroes 4x4 European Rally. Tribute for one of the fallen at Fromelles 08/06/2012 A tribute for Private Harry Willis, an Australian Infantryman who died at Fromelles in 1916, is a reminder of the vital importance of commemoration Work completed on replacing memorial plaques on the Menin Gate at Ieper 08/06/2012 Commonwealth War Graves Commission staff have successfully replaced 33 plaques on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial . Each plaque bears the names of some of those who fell in the in the Ypres Salient in the First World War and have no known grave. Sunderland school children host commemorative presentation evening 07/06/2012 Students at Springwell Dene School in Sunderland have hosted a presentation evening for the relatives of seven local men killed on the Somme. Re-bronzing under way at the Menin Gate 06/06/2012 Hanging scaffolds have been constructed at the Menin Gate in Ieper to allow our staff to clean and re-bronze the three large rings in the roof. German General at Brunssum War Cemetery 31/05/2012 General Wolf Langheld of the Allied Joint Force Command has said he was overwhelmed by the number of local people attending a memorial service at the Brunssum War Cemetery on May 4th. New Granite Block for Remote Burial Site 29/05/2012 The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is to place a granite block on one of the most remote war graves in the United Kingdom. The Strange Case of the Motor Racing Secret Agent 24/05/2012 Sky Sports have been filming at Brookwood Military Cemetery – the largest Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in the United Kingdom – to cover the story of British secret agent who was the first winner of the Monaco Grand Prix. Over 300 cyclists take on Big Battlefield Bike Ride 2012 21/05/2012 More than 300 cyclists are riding nearly four hundred miles around the battlefields of northern France and Belgium, raising money for the Help For Heroes charity. Page Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Next
War Graves Photographic Project Receives Royal Recognition20/05/2013A volunteer group that has sourced and archived over 1.7 million photographs of war graves from around the world will be honoured by His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent at St. James’ Palace on 23 May 2013. Filter News: Pleases Select... News Video Cemetery Alert Press Release Page Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Next Actor Colin Firth filmed at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery 11/06/2012 The Kanchanaburi War Cemetery in Thailand was the backdrop for some filming for The Railway Man, a movie starring Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman, to be released next year. Commission staff team up for Help for Heroes Rally 10/06/2012 CWGC regional supervisors, Carl Liversage and Malcolm Ross, have teamed up to man the official recovery vehicle at this year’s Help For Heroes 4x4 European Rally. Tribute for one of the fallen at Fromelles 08/06/2012 A tribute for Private Harry Willis, an Australian Infantryman who died at Fromelles in 1916, is a reminder of the vital importance of commemoration Work completed on replacing memorial plaques on the Menin Gate at Ieper 08/06/2012 Commonwealth War Graves Commission staff have successfully replaced 33 plaques on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial . Each plaque bears the names of some of those who fell in the in the Ypres Salient in the First World War and have no known grave. Sunderland school children host commemorative presentation evening 07/06/2012 Students at Springwell Dene School in Sunderland have hosted a presentation evening for the relatives of seven local men killed on the Somme. Re-bronzing under way at the Menin Gate 06/06/2012 Hanging scaffolds have been constructed at the Menin Gate in Ieper to allow our staff to clean and re-bronze the three large rings in the roof. German General at Brunssum War Cemetery 31/05/2012 General Wolf Langheld of the Allied Joint Force Command has said he was overwhelmed by the number of local people attending a memorial service at the Brunssum War Cemetery on May 4th. New Granite Block for Remote Burial Site 29/05/2012 The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is to place a granite block on one of the most remote war graves in the United Kingdom. The Strange Case of the Motor Racing Secret Agent 24/05/2012 Sky Sports have been filming at Brookwood Military Cemetery – the largest Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in the United Kingdom – to cover the story of British secret agent who was the first winner of the Monaco Grand Prix. Over 300 cyclists take on Big Battlefield Bike Ride 2012 21/05/2012 More than 300 cyclists are riding nearly four hundred miles around the battlefields of northern France and Belgium, raising money for the Help For Heroes charity. Page Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Next
Actor Colin Firth filmed at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery 11/06/2012 The Kanchanaburi War Cemetery in Thailand was the backdrop for some filming for The Railway Man, a movie starring Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman, to be released next year.
Commission staff team up for Help for Heroes Rally 10/06/2012 CWGC regional supervisors, Carl Liversage and Malcolm Ross, have teamed up to man the official recovery vehicle at this year’s Help For Heroes 4x4 European Rally.
Tribute for one of the fallen at Fromelles 08/06/2012 A tribute for Private Harry Willis, an Australian Infantryman who died at Fromelles in 1916, is a reminder of the vital importance of commemoration
Work completed on replacing memorial plaques on the Menin Gate at Ieper 08/06/2012 Commonwealth War Graves Commission staff have successfully replaced 33 plaques on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial . Each plaque bears the names of some of those who fell in the in the Ypres Salient in the First World War and have no known grave.
Sunderland school children host commemorative presentation evening 07/06/2012 Students at Springwell Dene School in Sunderland have hosted a presentation evening for the relatives of seven local men killed on the Somme.
Re-bronzing under way at the Menin Gate 06/06/2012 Hanging scaffolds have been constructed at the Menin Gate in Ieper to allow our staff to clean and re-bronze the three large rings in the roof.
German General at Brunssum War Cemetery 31/05/2012 General Wolf Langheld of the Allied Joint Force Command has said he was overwhelmed by the number of local people attending a memorial service at the Brunssum War Cemetery on May 4th.
New Granite Block for Remote Burial Site 29/05/2012 The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is to place a granite block on one of the most remote war graves in the United Kingdom.
The Strange Case of the Motor Racing Secret Agent 24/05/2012 Sky Sports have been filming at Brookwood Military Cemetery – the largest Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in the United Kingdom – to cover the story of British secret agent who was the first winner of the Monaco Grand Prix.
Over 300 cyclists take on Big Battlefield Bike Ride 2012 21/05/2012 More than 300 cyclists are riding nearly four hundred miles around the battlefields of northern France and Belgium, raising money for the Help For Heroes charity.