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  2. List of Commonwealth War Graves Commission World War I ...

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    Although listing the names of dead soldiers on memorials had started with the Boer Wars, this practice was only systematically adopted after World War I, with the establishment of the Imperial War Graves Commission, which was later renamed the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Due to the rapid movement of forces in the early stages of the war ...

  3. Women in World War I - Wikipedia

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    They list the name of every woman who died in the line of service during WWI. An inscription thereon reads, “This screen records the names of women of the Empire who gave their lives in the war 1914–1918 to whose memory the Five Sisters window was restored by women”. [48] There are 1,513 names listed on the screens. [49]

  4. List of nurses who died in World War I - Wikipedia

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    They list the name of every woman who died in the line of service during WWI. An inscription thereon reads, “This screen records the names of women of the Empire who gave their lives in the war 1914–1918 to whose memory the Five Sisters window was restored by women”. [62] There are 1,513 names listed on the screens. [63]

  5. Category : American military personnel killed in World War I

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    Pages in category "American military personnel killed in World War I" The following 153 pages are in this category, out of 153 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  6. List of World War I memorials and cemeteries in the Somme

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    It is 150 feet high and its base measures 123 x 140 feet. On its white stone panels and mounted on sixteen piers are carved the names of over 73,000 soldiers, both British and South African, who were lost in this area between July 1915 and 20 March 1918. These names are given in regimental order and then within each regiment, by rank and name.

  7. Category : American military personnel of World War I

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    Pages in category "American military personnel of World War I" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 361 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  8. World War I casualties - Wikipedia

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    British and German wounded, Bernafay Wood, 19 July 1916. Photo by Ernest Brooks.. The total number of military and civilian casualties in World War I was about 40 million: estimates range from around 15 to 22 million deaths [1] and about 23 million wounded military personnel, ranking it among the deadliest conflicts in human history.

  9. Memorial Plaque (medallion) - Wikipedia

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    The name Pyramus comes from the story of Pyramus and Thisbē which is part of Ovid's Metamorphoses, a Roman tragedy narrative poem. [3] Carter Preston's winning design includes an image of Britannia holding a trident and standing with a lion. The designer's initials, E.CR.P., appear above the front paw. In her outstretched left hand Britannia ...