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War Graves

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission was established in 1917. Its mandate is to mark and maintain the graves of Commonwealth Force members who were killed in the First and Second World Wars and to build memorials to thosewho have no known grave.

Research Online

Veterans Affairs Canada: Canadian Virtual War Memorial database
[www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source =collections/virtualmem]
This site contains a registry of information about the graves and memorials of more than 116,000 Canadians who gave their lives for their country in the wars and conflicts of the twentieth century.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission: Debt of Honour Register
[www.cwgc.org/debt_of_honour.asp?menuid=14]
This site includes information on casualties from all Commonwealth countries.

Canadian Merchant Navy War Dead Registry
[www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=history/
secondwar/atlantic/merchant_search]
Canadian sailors who died in the First or Second World Wars.

Canadian Post War Military and Dependant Graves
[http://admieapp.forces.gc.ca/pwg-tag/index.asp?lang=e]
Burial locations of service members and their dependants who died outside of Canada and the United States but were not returned to Canada.

The Books of Remembrance
[www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=collections/
books&CFID=13061604&CFTOKEN=56237905]

Memorials in Canada
[www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=Memorials/memcan]

Halifax Explosion Remembrance Book
[www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/remembrance/]

American Battle Monuments Commission (United States of America)
[www.abmc.gov/home.php]

Mémoire des hommes (France)
[www.memoiredeshommes.sga.defense.gouv.fr/]
(Available in French only)

Gräbersuche online (Germany)
[www.volksbund.de/graebersuche/content_suche.asp]
(Available in German only)