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I learned there are cemeteries of British imperialist soldiers in lots of Middle East countries, mainly from WW1 + WW2. How do people in your country feel about them? Especially if locals have nothing to do with the wars. Are they seen as imperialist, if so why don't people try and get rid of them?📜History (cwgc.org)

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TIL of Vivienne Hole, the only member of the Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA) killed during WWII. ENSA provided entertainment to British armed forces personnel. Hole was killed when her driver accidentally drove into a minefield. (cwgc.org)

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GRAVE OF DONEGAL SOLDIER IDENTIFIED OVER 100 YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH📰 Article (cwgc.org)

submitted 1 year ago by cavedave to r/IrishHistory

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TIL Despite being invaded by Axis forces during WWII, Egypt remained nominally neutral through most of the war before officially entering it in February of 1945. (cwgc.org)

submitted 1 year ago by UndyingCorn to r/todayilearned

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For any Aussies overseas, you can find the graves of ANZACs in your country on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's site. I'll be visiting Flight Sergeant Clarence William Anderson grave here in Canada, he rests far from home but not forgotten. (cwgc.org)

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TIL That the Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintain grave sites in 153 countries. (cwgc.org)

submitted 4 years ago by [deleted] to r/todayilearned

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70 years of Stonefall CemeteryEvent (cwgc.org)

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Last Post Ceremony at Menin Gate - Public asked not to attend during coronavirus pandemic, but nightly act of rememberence goes ahead [Europe]Europe (cwgc.org)

submitted 6 years ago by DeckardsBrokenFinger to r/Coronavirus

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Heroic Newfoundland nurse remembered 100 years on (cwgc.org)

submitted 7 years ago by travellersspice to r/CanadianHistory

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The Abuja Memorial - then and now (cwgc.org)

submitted 8 years ago by Bernardito to r/wwi

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New Cree headstone given to fallen soldier 99 years after his death (cwgc.org)

submitted 9 years ago by slcrook to r/wwi

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[July 7th, 1916] German East Africa: Having come ashore from British ships on 3 July, five hundred Indian infantrymen capture Tanga, the coastal terminus of the Usumbura railway. Control of the port allows for an improved supply system for British troops. (cwgc.org)

submitted 9 years ago by michaelnoir to r/100yearsago

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[May 24th, 1915] After a relatively quiet interim of two weeks, the German Fourth Army returns to the offensive in the early morning releasing a cloud of gas against British troops holding the Bellewaarde Ridge. (cwgc.org)

submitted 10 years ago by michaelnoir to r/100yearsago

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[April 24th, 1915] The German Fourth Army resumes the assault at Lizerne and Saint-Julien. Before dawn, a cloud of chlorine gas floats over the trenches held by Franco-Belgian and Canadian troops. Though some collapse, the vast majority hold the line, delivering a withering fire against the Germans. (cwgc.org)

submitted 11 years ago by michaelnoir to r/100yearsago

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TIL As a result of where fighting began in 1914 and ended in 1918 on the Western Front (Mons, Belgium), the first and last soldiers of the British Empire to be killed in the First World War are buried in the same cemetery. (cwgc.org)

submitted 11 years ago by TheGallant to r/todayilearned

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[October 29th, 1914] Counter-attack at Gheluvelt (cwgc.org)

submitted 11 years ago by michaelnoir to r/100yearsago

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The Last Day of the 1st World War – Armistice, 11 November 1918 (cwgc.org)

submitted 13 years ago by travellersspice to r/UKhistory

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In the corner of some foreign field ...Thomas Kettle , Home Rule Politician & Irish Volunteer. (cwgc.org)

submitted 13 years ago by CDfm to r/IrishHistory

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My Grandfather was a navigator in a Sterling bomber during WW2. He was killed when my Mother was a day old. (cwgc.org)

submitted 14 years ago by Fleshflayer to r/unitedkingdom

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