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Old 19th Feb 2021, 09:15
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Chugalug2
 
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I too have just used the site, The Commonwealth War Graves Commission | CWGC and the details available are very impressive to my mind, with minimal input; last name, first name, Regt, Service, Country served, only required. It produced a personal Certificate of Remembrance, and copies of original exhumation and internment records, as well as photos and plans of the cemetery. It would have been nice to view a picture of a particular grave but the sheer effort of photographing every grave in over 23000 locations around the world would be an unrealistic ask I guess. No doubt there is room for improvement and no doubt that will be continuous anyway, as is the nature of the digital world. In the meantime a well done from me at least.
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