IN MEMORy by Pierre Vandervelden
The visit of Commonwealth War Cemeteries, Communal Cemeteries & Churchyards in Belgium & France
You will find 3,569 WW 1 and WW 2 Memorial, Military cemeteries, Communal cemeteries, and churchyards in:
BELGIUM |
|
175 in the YPRES SALIENT | 451 in the rest of BELGIUM |
FRANCE
(Western Front) |
|
170 in AISNE | 466 in NORD |
593 in PAS de CALAIS | 451 in SOMME |
LUXEMBOURG 8 cemeteries |
SWITZERLAND 1 cemetery |
GALLIPOLI 36 cemeteries |
All the places present 779 702 casualties.
(only identified casualties of Commonwealth - unidentified or other nationalities are not in count)
United Kingdom 643 712 (including 704 British West Indies ; 1 952 Chineses, 82 Egyptians and 6 Fijians)
Canada 63 340(including Newfoundland)
New Zealand 12 812
Australia 46 466
South Africa 4 362
India 8 877 (including British Officers)
STATISTIC by WAR:
W W 1 = 725 312 casualties
W W 2 = 54 388 casualties
STATISTIC by YEAR:
1914 |
27
312 |
1915 |
85
923 |
1916
|
183
910 |
1917 |
222
913 |
1918 |
200
180 |
1919 |
5
202 |
1920 |
198 |
1921 | 3 |
||
1939 |
168 |
1940 |
13
761 |
1941 |
688 |
1942 |
2
008 |
1943 |
2
052 |
1944 |
33
297 |
1945 |
1
960 |
1946 | 114 |
1947 | 13 |