The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is an intergovernmental organisation of six independent member states; United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, and South Africa, established through royal charter to mark, record and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of Commonwealth of Nations military forces killed during the two World Wars.[1] In this capacity, the commission is responsible for the commemoration of 1.7 million Commonwealth servicemen and women in 150 countries worldwide.
| Country | Burial grounds | Identified war graves |
Unidentified war graves |
Non-war graves | Commemorated on memorials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 2 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Algeria | 13 | 2,041 | 122 | 71 | 0 |
| Antigua | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Argentina | 2 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Australia | 877 | 11,454 | 14 | 7 | 1,037 |
| Austria | 2 | 583 | 16 | 58 | 0 |
| Azerbaijan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
| Azores (PRT) | 3 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 51 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Bahrain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 0 |
| Bangladesh [a] | 3 | 1,415 | 27 | 5 | 0 |
| Barbados | 9 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Belgium | 613 | 102,501 | 48,582 | 60 | 102,349 |
| Belize | 1 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 40 |
| Bermuda (GBR) | 12 | 140 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Botswana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162 |
| Brazil | 5 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| British Indian Ocean Territory (GBR) | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 240 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 47 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Canada | 2,814 | 14,299 | 11 | 1 | 4,127 |
| Canary Islands (ESP) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chile | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| People's Republic of China [b] | 22 | 1,833 | 621 | 1,963 | 4,578 |
| Republic of the Congo | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 6 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Croatia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Cuba | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cyprus | 9 | 321 | 3 | 606 | 58 |
| Czech Republic | 2 | 223 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| Denmark | 130 | 999 | 117 | 0 | 0 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dominica | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Egypt | 24 | 24,651 | 1,335 | 4,551 | 27,803 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eritrea | 5 | 953 | 49 | 25 | 0 |
| Estonia | 2 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 409 | 12 | 60 | 0 |
| Falkland Islands (GBR) | 1 | 33 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| Faroe Islands (DNK) | 4 | 56 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Fiji | 2 | 75 | 0 | 3 | 34 |
| France | 2,919 | 356,967 | 116,460 | 481 | 217,829 |
| Gambia | 1 | 199 | 4 | 10 | 70 |
| Germany | 48 | 31,750 | 1,372 | 4,813 | 25 |
| Ghana | 7 | 612 | 3 | 57 | 1,220 |
| Gibraltar (GBR) | 2 | 653 | 2 | 1 | 98 |
| Greece | 31 | 12,397 | 2,361 | 1,101 | 5,667 |
| Grenada | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Guinea | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Guyana | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 18 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hungary | 3 | 173 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Iceland | 6 | 232 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| India [a] | 23 | 10,995 | 521 | 203 | 51,150 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 2,605 | 657 | 10 | 444 |
| Iran | 1 | 551 | 13 | 14 | 3,588 |
| Iraq | 15 | 12,816 | 9,376 | 1,164 | 41,091 |
| Republic of Ireland | 658 | 2,939 | 53 | 15 | 156 |
| Israel [c] | 29 | 11,991 | 2,581 | 748 | 3,400 |
| Italy | 123 | 44,783 | 1,911 | 156 | 4,471 |
| Jamaica | 8 | 153 | 0 | 1 | 79 |
| Japan | 2 | 1,718 | 93 | 173 | 20 |
| Jordan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| Kenya [d] | 32 | 4,183 | 77 | 316 | 4,024 |
| Latvia | 1 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Lebanon | 5 | 1,705 | 12 | 9 | 0 |
| Lesotho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,001 |
| Liberia | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Libya | 6 | 7,056 | 1,460 | 556 | 0 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luxembourg | 8 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 311 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Madeira (PRT) | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Malawi | 6 | 209 | 2 | 12 | 125 |
| Malaysia | 34 | 2,320 | 2,655 | 2,153 | 2,294 |
| Maldives | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 |
| Mali | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malta | 13 | 3,376 | 9 | 3,689 | 2,350 |
| Martinique (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mauritius | 4 | 37 | 0 | 74 | 57 |
| Monaco | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Morocco | 5 | 61 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Mozambique | 6 | 185 | 7 | 1 | 93 |
| Myanmar | 5 | 10,945 | 1,107 | 12 | 26,902 |
| Namibia | 40 | 427 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Netherlands | 476 | 18,265 | 1,262 | 11 | 1,035 |
| Netherlands Antilles (NED) | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| New Caledonia (FRA) | 1 | 242 | 4 | 449 | |
| New Zealand | 435 | 2,909 | 1 | 569 | |
| Nigeria | 32 | 983 | 29 | 3,669 | |
| Norfolk Island (AUS) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 118 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Norway | 74 | 955 | 193 | 0 | |
| Oman | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pakistan [a] | 2 | 999 | 0 | 569 | |
| Panama | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 6,145 | 1,645 | 2,284 | |
| Peru | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Philippines | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Poland | 3 | 1,131 | 54 | 44 | |
| Portugal | 5 | 51 | 0 | 0 | |
| Puerto Rico (USA) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Romania | 3 | 170 | 8 | 0 | |
| Russia | 5 | 365 | 4 | 243 | |
| Samoa | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| San Marino | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Senegal | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | |
| Serbia | 3 | 494 | 16 | 0 | |
| Seychelles | 1 | 76 | 0 | 289 | |
| Sierra Leone | 4 | 444 | 9 | 1,391 | |
| Singapore | 4 | 4,458 | 858 | 24,675 | |
| Society Islands (FRA) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Somalia[e] | 2 | 280 | 22 | 317 | |
| South Africa | 591 | 8,311 | 20 | 130 | |
| Spain | 19 | 108 | 6 | 0 | |
| Sri Lanka | 11 | 1,653 | 11 | 344 | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Saint Helena and Ascension (GBR) | 2 | 21 | 2 | 0 | |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 44 | 0 | 0 | |
| Saint Vincent | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sudan | 1 | 395 | 0 | 1,346 | |
| Swaziland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 77 | |
| Sweden | 11 | 149 | 47 | 0 | |
| Switzerland | 1 | 136 | 0 | 0 | |
| Syria | 2 | 1,274 | 132 | 10 | |
| Tanzania [d] | 12 | 3,271 | 87 | 51,655 | |
| Thailand | 2 | 6,323 | 188 | 11 | |
| Togo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tonga | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 105 | 0 | 40 | |
| Tunisia | 11 | 7,750 | 810 | 1,954 | |
| Turkey | 37 | 9,487 | 13,461 | 27,161 | |
| Uganda | 10 | 373 | 2 | 127 | |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| United Kingdom [f] | 12,359 | 171,027 | 1,401 | 133,119 | |
| United States | 471 | 992 | 4 | 0 | |
| Uruguay | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Yemen | 1 | 296 | 3 | 76 | |
| Zambia | 1 | 70 | 0 | 661 | |
| Zimbabwe | 21 | 542 | 8 | 132 |
Notes
- ^ a b c "India, Pakistan and Bangladesh have identical Memorials to the Missing in the Bombay and Chittagong 1939–1945 Memorials, each commemorating the same 6,470 casualties, and the Delhi and Karachi 1939–1945 Memorials, each commemorating the same 25,866 casualties. The statistics are quoted only within the commemoration figures for India."[2]
- ^ Figure includes those buried or commemorated in Hong Kong.
- ^ Figure includes those buried or commemorated in the State of Palestine.
- ^ a b "Tanzania and Kenya have identical Memorials to the Missing in the Dar es Salaam, the Mombasa and the Nairobi African Memorials, each commemorating the same 49,572 casualties. The statistics are quoted only within the commemoration figures for Tanzania."[2]
- ^ Figure includes those buried or commemorated in the Somaliland.
- ^ Figure includes those buried or commemorated on the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.
Footnotes
- ^ Peaslee p. 300
- ^ a b 2008–2009 Annual Report p. 52
References
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission (2008), Annual Report 2007–2008 (PDF), Maidenhead: Commonwealth War Graves Commission, retrieved 2009-10-21
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission (2009), Annual Report 2008–2009 (PDF), Maidenhead: Commonwealth War Graves Commission, retrieved 2009-12-14
- Peaslee, Amos Jenkins (1974). International Governmental Organizations. Vol. 2 (3rd ed.). London: Martinus Nijhoff. ISBN 90-247-1601-2.
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