War GravesThe 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 OnlineVeterans Affairs Canada: Canadian Virtual War Memorial database [www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=collections/virtualmem] Commonwealth War Graves Commission: Debt of Honour Register [www.cwgc.org/debt_of_honour.asp?menuid=14] Canadian Merchant Navy War Dead Registry [www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=history/secondwar/atlantic/merchant_search] Canadian Post War Military and Dependant Graves [http://admieapp.forces.gc.ca/pwg-tag/index.asp?lang=e] The Books of Remembrance [www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=collections/books] 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/] Mémoire des hommes (France) [www.memoiredeshommes.sga.defense.gouv.fr/] Gräbersuche online (Germany) [www.volksbund.de/graebersuche/content_suche.asp] |