World War Two Cemeteries - A photographic guide to the cemeteries and memorials of WW2
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Books of Interest

By Nicholas Philpot
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission: Their Name Liveth, 
                          6 vols., 1954-68 (Fine B & W photos, with short 
                                             text, of cemeteries of both World Wars)


Longworth, Philip: The Unending Vigil, 1967 
                                                                    (A history of the CWGC)                                                                           


Gibson, E & Ward, GK: Courage Remembered, 1995 
             (Construction & maintenance of Commonwealth
                                                                   cemeteries & memorials)


Boorman, Derek: For Your Tomorrow, 1995 (A useful, illustrated
                             survey of the wide variety of memorials in Britain)


Borg, Alan: War Memorials, 1991 (A scholarly introduction to the
                                                                                               subject)


Curl, James S: Death & Celebration, 2002 (contains a discussion of 
                        memorials & cemeteries in France, Germany & Italy)


Holt, Dean W: American Military Cemeteries, 1992 (includes a list, 
         with short details, of cemeteries outside the USA built by the
         American Battle Monuments Commission)
        
Urmson, Birgit: German & US Second World War Military 
               Cemeteries in Italy, 2018 (An account, by an art historian,
               of the background to their installation, with a comparison 
                        of the ethos & artistic expression of the two cultures)


Barcellini, S & Wieviorka, A: Passant, Souviens-toi !, 1995 
                 (A survey, in French, of war memorials in France, 
                 including those to the Resistance,  & relating to 
                                                              Deportation, & PoW camps)


            
Azizyan, I & Ivanova, I: Honour Eternal, 1982 (A substantial study,
               translated from the Russian, of Soviet memorials; 
                                                                                    well illustrated)


Harris, Lillian C: Cemeteries & Memories, 2007 (A personal 
           account, by an American diplomat, of British, French, 
                                       German & American cemeteries in Tunisia)



World War One Cemeteries

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 Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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Canadian Virtual War Memorial
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Australian War Memorial
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New Zealand Online Cenotaph

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Disclaimer


The casualty numbers for each cemetery are taken from the C. W. G. C. site. We are aware that there can be discrepancies in the numbers quoted.
(The G. P. S. Coordinates are also taken from the C. W. G. C. site)


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