
IN MEMORy by Pierre Vandervelden
The visit of Commonwealth War Cemeteries, Communal Cemeteries & Churchyards in Belgium & France
You will find 2.231 WW1 and WW2 cemeteries, Communal cemeteries, and churchyards in:
BELGIUM
175 places in the YPRES SALIENT
359 places, in the rest of Belgium
FRANCE
170 places, in Departement of AISNE
2 places, in Departement of ARDENNES
1 place, in Departement of EURE ET LOIR
5 places, in Departement of INDRE ET LOIRE
3 places, in Departement of MEUSE
1 place, in Departement of NIEVRE
462 places, in Departement of NORD
1 place, in Departement of ORNE
601 places, in Departement of PAS de CALAIS
4 places, in Departement of SEINE MARITIME
447 places, in Departement of SOMME
All the places present 731 739 casualties.
The detail represents 659 551 names
(only identified casualties of Commonwealth - unidentified or other nationalities are not in count)
United Kingdom 534 771 (including 444 British West Indies ; 1 844 Chineses and 64 Egyptians)
Canada 55 781(including Newfoundland)
New Zealand 12 556
Australia 45 641
South Africa 3 167
India 7 635 (including British Officers)
STATISTIC by WAR:
W W 1 = 637 327 casualties
W W 2 = 22 227 casualties
Click HERE to see a division for each cemetery. (Open a new window)(have to be updated)
STATISTIC by YEAR:
1914 |
15
156 |
1915 |
46
474 |
1916
|
70
463 |
1917 |
101
954 |
1918 |
110
442 |
1919 |
3
209 |
1920 |
89 |
1921 | 1 |
1939 |
62 |
1940 |
9
598 |
1941 |
245 |
1942 |
368 |
1943 |
377 |
1944 |
1
903 |
1945 |
284 |
Click HERE to see a division for each cemetery. (Open a new window)(have to be updated)
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