Category: Cemeteries
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CWGC Special Memorials of the Great War
Occasionally, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) receives requests for Special Memorials to be placed in a cemetery when research indicates a soldier, or soldiers, may have been buried. Accordingly, these are headstones with ‘superscription’ text at the top, only used in very specific circumstances. Generally speaking, they are not an alternative to commemoration on…
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Etaples Military Cemetery in the Great War
During the Great War, the area around the small fishing port of Etaples was the scene of immense concentrations of Commonwealth reinforcement camps and hospitals. At first, it was remote from attack, except from aircraft. Accessible by railway from both the northern or the southern battlefields. The railways, and the hospital, key targets during the…
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Canadian Cemetery No. 2 Neuville-St. Vaast in the Great War
Battle of Vimy Ridge Canadian Cemetery No 2 established by the Canadian Corps. Following the successful storming of Vimy Ridge led by General Julian Byng on 9 April 1917. Some of those buried in the cemetery fell in the battle or died of wounds received there. Although, the majority of the graves transferred here in…
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Second Lieutenant David Neil in the Great War
The Siberian Intervention This is the story of Second Lieutenant David Neil who first served as a Corporal in the C.E.F. Granted a commission as a Lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps, David the first man CEFRG researched who participated in the war in Russia during 1919. As a Lieutenant, once tried and convicted by…
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Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, Great War Cemeteries
Location Wimereux, Pas-de-Calais, lies five kilometres north of Boulogne. Firstly, from the centre of Boulogne, take the A16 to Calais, and exit at junction 33. Then, follow the D242 into Wimereux. Then, at the first roundabout in town, take the third exit. Finally, continue on the D242, and after about 200 yards, turn left into…
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The Hallu Eight in the Great War
CEFRG presents the story of the Hallu Eight in the Great War. Lieutenant Clifford Abram Neelands, Winnipeg Grenadiers, of the Hallu Eight, and the missing men of the German Alpine Korps in the Great War is a fascinating case. The Hallu Eight – Winnipeg Grenadiers, discovered by then teen aged boy, Fabien Demeusere on his…