Cross of Sacrifice

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Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorial type World War I memorial World War II memorial cemetery monument war memorial design

The Cross of Sacrifice is a Commonwealth war memorial design featuring a tall stone cross with a bronze sword, erected in military cemeteries to honor fallen service members.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorial type ⓘ World War I memorial ⓘ World War II memorial ⓘ cemetery monument ⓘ war memorial design ⓘ
architect	Reginald Blomfield ⓘ
associatedWith	Australian Defence Force ⓘ surface form: Australian armed forces British Armed Forces ⓘ Canadian forces ⓘ surface form: Canadian armed forces Commonwealth of Nations ⓘ Indian Armed Forces ⓘ surface form: Indian armed forces Armed Forces of New Zealand ⓘ surface form: New Zealand armed forces
category	World War I memorials ⓘ World War II memorials ⓘ cemetery crosses ⓘ military memorials ⓘ
commissionedBy	Imperial War Graves Commission ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Imperial War Graves Commission ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
designedFor	Imperial War Graves Commission ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth War Graves Commission
designer	Reginald Blomfield ⓘ
era	post-World War I ⓘ
firstIntroduced	circa 1918 ⓘ
geographicScope	Africa ⓘ Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ Oceania ⓘ cemeteries throughout the former British Empire ⓘ
hasPart	bronze sword ⓘ bronze sword mounted on the face of the cross ⓘ cross arms ⓘ octagonal shaft ⓘ stepped base ⓘ tall stone cross ⓘ
material	bronze ⓘ stone ⓘ
notableExample	Cross of Sacrifice at Menin Road South Military Cemetery ⓘ Tyne Cot Cemetery ⓘ surface form: Cross of Sacrifice at Tyne Cot Cemetery Cross of Sacrifice at Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery ⓘ
purpose	to commemorate fallen Commonwealth service members ⓘ to mark military cemeteries ⓘ
symbolizes	Christian cross ⓘ military service ⓘ remembrance ⓘ sacrifice of the war dead ⓘ
typicalHeight	between 4.5 and 9 meters ⓘ
usedBy	Imperial War Graves Commission ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth War Graves Commission
usedIn	Commonwealth war cemeteries ⓘ cemeteries outside the United Kingdom ⓘ cemeteries within the United Kingdom ⓘ military cemeteries ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lone Pine Cemetery → hasFeature → Cross of Sacrifice ⓘ

Commonwealth War Cemetery → hasPart → Cross of Sacrifice ⓘ

subject surface form: Commonwealth War Cemetery at El Alamein

Canadian Cross of Sacrifice → hasType → Cross of Sacrifice ⓘ

Commonwealth War Graves cemeteries at Cassino → notableFeature → Cross of Sacrifice ⓘ