Find a relative in the war graves records
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The Commonwealth War Graves Commission keeps searchable records of the dead of the two World Wars, which can be searched by name, service number, regiment and country. A search can also list every casualty commemorated in one cemetery or on one memorial, which sets a single name among the others recorded there.
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How to start
- Gather what the family knows, such as a full name, a regiment or a service number.
- Enter those details in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's Find War Dead search and choose the First or Second World War.
- Search the American Battle Monuments Commission site instead if your relative served with US forces and is buried or commemorated overseas.
Where to go
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Find War Dead search
- American Battle Monuments Commission (US government agency for overseas military cemeteries and memorials) US
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