Commonwealth War Graves Commission office near Menin Gate

Information center of the CWGC located close to Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing in Ypres

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The CWGC office in Ypres is the head office for the Northern Europe Area, which includes responsibility for the administration and maintenance of all the British and Commonwealth military cemeteries and official commemorative memorials in Belgium. Founded in 1917 the Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintains graves and memorials all over the world for over 1.7 million British and Commonwealth casualties who died in the First and Second World Wars and in subsequent conflicts.

(Great War)

With over 2,500 constructed WWI cemeteries and memorials in 107 countries, the CWGC provides a unique reflection of the global nature of the conflict.

(Western Front Association)

From the Western Front to the deserts of Africa, from the frozen north of Russia to the tropical climate of Singapore, the CWGC tends thousands of graves and memorials and cares for more than a million headstones. No grave is too far, no job is too hard and no one is forgotten.

(History Press)