About War Cemetery
The Gaza family tending World War graves for 100 years
... " The Gaza War Cemetery is one of two belonging to the CWGC in this tiny Palestinian territory...
Remains of WW2 pilot buried 78 years after fatal flight
... He was buried at Jonkerbos War Cemetery in the Netherlands...
World War Two soldier massacre anniversary marked
... The bodies of 111 identified soldiers killed in the massacre or fighting nearby, as well as four members of the RAF and another 40 unidentified bodies, lie in the War Cemetery in Le Paradis...
Marking the memories of a million soldiers
... However, the Commission has recently managed to restore hundreds of graves at Habbaniya War Cemetery, west of Baghdad in Iraq...
World War Two graves of Allied dead restored in Iraq
...Before: Workers prepare the ground for nearly 300 new headstones at Habbaniya War Cemetery Nearly 200 damaged World War Two graves in the Iraqi desert have been restored after decades of conflict prevented their upkeep...
Battle of Arnhem: Mass parachute drop to mark WW2 assault
... Meanwhile, the southern Dutch town of Brunssum has bestowed honorary citizenship on 328 British soldiers buried in its War Cemetery in recognition of their sacrifice to help liberate the Netherlands...
D-Day anniversary events in northern France
... D-Day veterans, some of them approaching 100 years old, made the pilgrimage to Normandy to remember their fallen comrades Veteran David Edwards was among those who attended Dennis Thompson, 96, was photographed enjoying a cigar in his original uniform In Bayeux, the first city to be liberated by the D-Day invasion, veteran John Quinn met George Sayer, aged six A service of remembrance was held at the city s cathedral, with Tony Cash among the veterans to attend Bishop Jean-Claude Boulanger led the service, which included a two-minute silence held in memory of those who died Those present included Prime Minister Theresa May, the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall After the service, the commemorations continued at Bayeux War Cemetery D-Day veteran Reginald Perkins was among those who attended the service There was a flypast of aircraft from the period over Bayeux War Cemetery Earlier in the day Theresa May was at Ver-sur-Mer, where British forces landed on the morning of 6 June 1944, for the unveiling of a new British Normandy Memorial The monument features a statue showing three British soldiers fighting their way up the beach Mrs May and French President Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to British soldiers killed and injured in the fighting, before laying a wreath together In Colleville-sur-Mer in Normandy, US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump joined veterans for a French-US ceremony The pair watched a dramatic flypast over the Normandy American Cemetery, along with Mr Macron and his wife, Brigitte Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also attended the D-Day commemorations in Normandy In Arromanches-les-Bains in Normandy, visitors took to the beach Vehicles from the war era were on display as part of the commemorations And crowds were treated to the acrobatic aerial skills of Patrouille de France The day s commemorations were started by a lone piper playing on the Mulberry harbour in Arromanches-les-Bains, marking the exact moment the first British soldier landed on Gold Beach, 75 years ago In the UK, Prince Harry met veterans at the annual Founder s Day parade at the Royal Hospital Chelsea in London The annual parade marks the founding of the Royal Hospital by King Charles II in 1682...
D-Day: Veterans and world leaders mark 75th anniversary
... The service was followed by a ceremony at Bayeux War Cemetery, where many of the fallen are buried...
Marking the memories of a million soldiers
Tyne Cot is the largest cemetery for Commonwealth forces in The World , for any war
The Act of Remembrance takes place Every Day of the year for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
It works to maintain More Than one million headstones and memorials in 154 countries around The World to mark those who died in World War One and World War Two.
Tyne Cot cemetery near The Town of Ypres in Belgium is where almost 12,000 soldiers who fought in World War One are Buried .
These Two Soldiers died on the same day of the Battle of the Somme. One was a celebrated footballer and VC winner"We are probably The World 's largest gardener," Peter Francis from The Commission says, with staff mowing the equivalent of 1,000 football pitches every week.
The headstones are the same size surrounded by uniform lawns and flowers.
The Commission says everyone who died is treated equally, adding it "doesn't matter whether you were killed In Battle and awarded a Victoria Cross or whether you died from influenza".
A significant part of The Commission 's work is making sure the inscriptions on headstones and memorial panels remain legibleThe Commission employs 13,000 staff around The World - Many of them locals. Four generations of the Jaradah family have been tending the Gaza cemetery that dates from WW1.
"I'm A Son of the cemetery," Ibrahim, the youngest member of The Family , says. "I've grown up with these men. "
Meanwhile it's a husband and wife team, Shadrack Paull and Lusia Axalte, that look after the cemetery at Morogoro in Tanzania .
There is something familiar but different about each site, The Commission says, with design often dictated by the climateBen More Assynt in north-west Scotland is The Most remote war grave in the UK. In April 1941 an RAF Anson bomber crashed on the mountain killing all six crew on board.
The Grave was originally marked with a cairn, a man-made stack of stones, which deteriorated over time. In 2012 they flew in a new granite marker by RAF helicopter to replace the original stones.
Ben More Assynt is one of 13,000 locations in the UK with A War graveContinuing conflict can make The Job of maintaining war graves More difficult.
However, The Commission has recently managed to restore hundreds of graves at Habbaniya War Cemetery , west of Baghdad in Iraq.
There are 54,000 war dead remembered in Iraq alone.
War-torn Yemen is another challenging location. The CWGC was recently informed of vandalism at the Maala cemetery in The South of the country.
It says it has already made replacement grave markers, but is waiting for safe access to The Site to carry out repairs.
Currently it is not considered safe for Commission staff to undertake the necessary repair workEncroachment is another problem. In Nairobi farmers have been using the Kariokor cemetery to dry cow hides for sale.
The CWGC says it is working with local authorities to find a long-term solution.
Though each cemetery has familiar themes with gardens and flowers, no two sites are exactly the same.
Portland stone is often used for the headstones at the large cemeteries in Belgium and France while in Scotland granite is often used.
In Turkey The Graves are marked with plinths rather than headstones because of the harsher climate.
More Than 1,200 Commonwealth soldiers are Buried at Lone Pine Cemetery in Gallipoli"Remembrance is still a living, breathing process," says the CWGC.
It recently completed a memorial in Abuja, Nigeria, commemorating More Than 2,000 Nigerian nationals who lost their lives serving with Commonwealth forces.
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Source of news: bbc.com
