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2. Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western ...

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   Commonwealth military cemetery: Louvencourt Military Cemetery; Commonwealth military cemetery: Mill Road Cemetery; Commonwealth military cemetery: Noyelles-sur-mer Chinese Cemetery and Chinese memorial Noyelles-sur-mer Chinese Memorial; Commonwealth military cemetery: Rancourt Military Cemetery; Commonwealth military cemetery: Wimereux communal ...

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

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   Rancourt is a small village on the main N17 road between Bapaume and Peronne and the British cemetery lies opposite the French Military Cemetery (see above). The cemetery was begun by units of the Guards Division in the winter of 1916–17, and used again by the burial officers of the 12th and 18th Divisions in September 1918.

4. 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 ...

5. Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery - Wikipedia

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   The Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery (French: Cimetière Américain (Meuse-Argonne)) is a 130.5-acre (52.8 ha) World War I cemetery in France. It is located east of the village of Romagne-sous-Montfaucon in Meuse .

6. List of Imperial War Graves staff burials - Wikipedia

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   Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension Died age 47. Served with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers and South Wales Borderers during the Great War. [4] George's grave in Corbie: Frank A. H. Hayward 20 December 1936 Cimetière Communal Courcelette: Former gardener of the Courcelette area cemeteries, who served with the Royal Sussex Regiment in WW1.

7. World War I memorials - Wikipedia

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   The opening of the tomb of the Unknown Soldier was criticised for what anti-war campaigners felt was its pro-war pomp and ceremony, and the burial of the Unknown Soldier in Westminster raised controversy between those who liked the ceremony, and those who thought that the pageantry was designed to distract from the poor living conditions faced ...