IN MEMORy by Pierre Vandervelden

The visit of Commonwealth War Cemeteries, Communals Cemeteries & Churchyards in Belgium & France

Thousands of Commonwealth young fellows came to defend the ideal of freedom during WW1 and WW2.

Many of them gave their lives, fighting or being victims of accidents or diseases. A lot of them were also captured by enemies but all of them , know or unknown, received a decent grave.

Each grave, each cemetery, small or large, is now part of the Commonwealth’s territory and this for eternity. Still now those parcels are kept in good state by CWGC gardeners or for smaller parcels, by the local authorities where they are located.

Of course there are a lot of large cemeteries and sanctuaries but many small groups of graves are isolated in local cemeteries or in the neighbourhood of churches.

Most visitors are guided to the largest and most famous sites. You will see here most of them but my idea was to give back to the little sites another attention so that they will receive a better interest from the visitors.

In the file CEMETERIES you will find in alphabetical order, all the cemeteries that I visited myself including, as far as I could, the number, the identity and the nationality of the victims.

In the file UNUSUAL you will find details of unusual features to be seen in some cemeteries such as interesting architecture or graves stones or else.

The file EMBLEMS shows all the emblems of regiments, directly photographed from the graves.

I took all these pictures myself and anyone who wishes , can get any of these, even in a larger size, by asking me by mail.

As far as possible, I will also be able to send you a picture of the grave itself. (Only if the mention is indicated on the bottom of the cemetery page concerned, the others are too far of my home.)

I will be happy to receive your tribute to my site, concerning cemeteries I don’t know or victims and their history.

God bless them all.
May they always remain in our memories.

Pierre Vandervelden (Belgium)

Please, thank you by advance for all contribution you can do, towards the upkeep of the website.

Last major update 14 June 2009 The site is updated every day.

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