Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorial

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A Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorial is a monument established to commemorate military personnel from Commonwealth nations who died in the two World Wars and have no known grave.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf commemorative structure
monument
war memorial
associatedWithConflict First World War NERFINISHED
Second World War NERFINISHED
commemorates Commonwealth military personnel with no known grave
military personnel who died in the First World War
military personnel who died in the Second World War
war dead of the British Empire and Commonwealth
distinguishedFrom Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery
individual military headstone
hasBeneficiaryCommunity Commonwealth nations NERFINISHED
families of the missing
hasCommemoratedGroup Commonwealth auxiliary services NERFINISHED
Commonwealth merchant seamen in some cases
Commonwealth nursing services
air force personnel
army personnel
naval personnel
hasCommemorationType names of the missing inscribed on panels or walls
hasDesignElement commemorative inscriptions
inscribed names of the missing
symbolic architectural features
hasDesignPrinciple equality of treatment for the dead
permanent commemoration
hasLanguage English inscriptions
hasLegalStatus protected war memorial
hasMaintainingOrganization Commonwealth War Graves Commission NERFINISHED
hasNotableExample Arras Memorial NERFINISHED
Chatham Naval Memorial NERFINISHED
El Alamein Memorial NERFINISHED
Kranji War Memorial NERFINISHED
Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing NERFINISHED
Plymouth Naval Memorial NERFINISHED
Portsmouth Naval Memorial NERFINISHED
Runnymede Memorial NERFINISHED
Singapore Memorial NERFINISHED
Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme NERFINISHED
Tower Hill Memorial NERFINISHED
Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing NERFINISHED
hasPurpose to commemorate Commonwealth war dead with no known grave
to provide a place of remembrance for families and communities
to record names of the missing
hasResponsibleBody Commonwealth War Graves Commission NERFINISHED
hasTemporalCoverage 1914–1918
1939–1945
locatedInJurisdiction former territories of the British Empire
member states of the Commonwealth of Nations
mayIncludeLanguage local languages of the host country

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Menin Gate Memorial associatedWith Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorial
this entity surface form: Commonwealth War Graves
Chunuk Bair Memorial category Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorial
Cross of Sacrifice at Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery category Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorial
this entity surface form: Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorials
Menin Gate Memorial category Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorial
Portsmouth Naval Memorial category Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorial