CWGC - Video News

Maintaining The Thiepval Memorial

15/11/2011

The Thiepval Memorial is one of the Commission`s most iconic structures, but what is involved in maintaining such a huge memorial? This film finds out.

UK cemeteries benefit from new information strategy

10/11/2011

Whilst the Commission's cemeteries and memorials in places like France and Belgium are well-known, fewer people are aware of the 170,000 war graves in the UK.

Honouring Ireland`s war dead

31/10/2011

Members of the public who are related to Commonwealth war casualties buried in Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin are being urged to help in a project to mark their graves.

14 more soldiers named at Fromelles ceremony

27/07/2011

On 19 July 2011, 95 years after The Battle of Fromelles, hundreds of people gathered in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's newest cemetery - Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery in northern France. Amongst those who paying their respects to the fallen were relatives of 14 of the Australian soldiers, newly identified by name from amongst the 250 soldiers who lie in the cemetery.

History of the Scottish National War Memorial

20/06/2011

Opened in 1927, the Scottish National War Memorial is one of the most impressive physical commemorations built following The Great War. Though not a memorial owned by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, the aims of the two institutions are very similar - that the names of each person killed from a specific locality during the First World War - should be remembered forever.

Canadian sacrifice honoured by Dutch.

12/05/2011

One Canadian veteran of the battle to liberate The Netherlands remembers the sacrifices made to free the country from Nazi occupation.

Lottery winner fulfils ambition of a lifetime

27/04/2011

Having scooped £1.5m on the UK lotto, Neil Baker has finally been able to visit his great-grandfather's war grave in Belgium for a very special reason.

Australian Spitfire pilot is finally laid to rest

26/04/2011

66 years after he crashed, whilst supporting the D-Day landings in Normandy, Flight Lieutenant Henry Smith was buried at Ranville War Cemetery. Watch his incredible story here.

Latest on the Commission's climate change strategy

01/03/2011

The latest news on the Commission's strategy to address climatic change in northern Europe, where four cemeteries are being used to demonstrate a variety of possible responses.

Montrose cemetery reveals secrets

23/02/2011

Crew from a crashed RAF Liberator are among 132 Commonwealth war graves at Sleepyhillock Cemetery in Montrose, Angus, which recently had new turf and flowering plants introduced to improve the appearance of the graves.