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CWGC Places Information Panels at The Merchant Navy Memorial, London

CWGC Places Information Panels at The Merchant Navy Memorial, London

08/05/2013

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has placed two sets of information panels at The Merchant Navy Memorial at Tower Hill, London. The panels are in place ahead of the 70th Anniversary Commemorations of the Battle of the Atlantic, on 11 May 2013.

Two Awards For CWGC Website

Two Awards For CWGC Website

04/10/2012

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is happy to announce that our website has won two Interactive Media Awards in a recent competition.

British Army Officers Make Memorial Dive To HMS Maori

British Army Officers Make Memorial Dive To HMS Maori

03/10/2012

Captain Ken McIntosh and Major Dave Stone have taken part in a very different act of remembrance. While visiting Malta, they dived to the wreck of HMS Maori and attached a Royal British Legion Memorial Cross to the ship.

CWGC team tackles graffiti in Leeds Cemetery

CWGC team tackles graffiti in Leeds Cemetery

03/10/2012

A Commonwealth War Graves Commission works team has gone into Leeds (Hunslet New) Cemetery to take on a three-day job to clean graffiti from the Cross of Sacrifice.

Second World War Soldier to be re-interred

Second World War Soldier to be re-interred

27/09/2012

Private Lewis Curtis of the 5th Battalion The Wiltshire Regiment was re-interred at Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery on Wednesday October 3rd, nearly 70 years after his death.

European Heritage Open Days

European Heritage Open Days

25/09/2012

The France Area of CWGC took part for the first time in the European Heritage Open Days, at the Arras Memorial in the Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery on September 15th and 16th.