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| Deutscher Soldatenfriedhof Cannock Chase 1914 - 1918 1939 - 1945 |
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German Military Cemetery Cannock Chase 1914 - 1918 1939 - 1945 |
| Auf diesem Soldatenfriedhof ruhen 2.143 Gefallene des Ersten und 2.786 Gefallene des Zweiten Weltkrieges. Von ihnen blieben unbekannt 5 Gefallene des Ersten und 90 Gefallene des Zweiten Weltkrieges. |
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In this German cemetery rest 2,143 soldiers of the first world war and 2,786 of the second world war. Among them lie 5 unknown of the former and 90 unknown of the latter. All died on British territory. |
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| The German Cemetery on Cannock Chase contains the bodies of all German servicemen who died in the UK during both world wars. The dead who rest here died in captivity or internment. Then there are the crews of crashed fighter planes, the dead that were washed up on the coast and crews of air ships from the First World War. The cemetery contains the graves of 2,143 servicemen of the First World War and 2,786 of the second, concentrated here from all parts of the UK. 5 of the dead from 1914-1918 and 90 from 1939-1945 are unknown by name. Cannock Chase cemetery was built in 1964 by the German War Graves Commission, with grant aid provided by the Federal Republic of Germany. Today, the care of the cemetery is in the hands of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. |
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