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IN MEMORy by Pierre Vandervelden

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

pierre.vandervelden@pi.be

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

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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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