Max Dutton explains the three main functions of our Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Battle of the Somme in World War One. | Commonwealth War Graves Commission

860 reactions · 42 shares | Welcome to Silent Cities, a brand-new YouTube series about our work at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Every week we will release a new episode where we delve deeper into the history of the CWGC and we discover more about our global work. From Africa to Canada, from Gaza to Yokohama, discover more about the CWGC by subscribing to our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/commonwealthwargraves | Commonwealth War Graves Commission | Facebook

9.6K views · 871 reactions | The first wave of Commonwealth War Graves Foundation Interns for 2019 have worked their last shifts at the Commission's Tyne Cot Cemetery and are now heading home. Those based in Ieper, Belgium have produced a short video in order to say goodbye. #CWGFinterns | Commonwealth War Graves Commission | Facebook

4.4K views · 360 reactions | Its Armed Forces Day! For over 100 years the Commonwealth War Graves Commission have been the organisation at the heart of commemoration for those service personnel who died during both World Wars. Something those serving today help us continue to do. #ArmedForcesDay #WeAreCWGC #WW1 #WW2 | Commonwealth War Graves Commission | Facebook