Cannock Chase German war cemetery
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| Cannock Chase German war cemetery | |
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| Commonwealth War Graves Commission for the German War Graves Commission (Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge) |
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| Used for those deceased 1914-18 and 1939-45 | |
| Established | 1956 (consecration cemetery) |
| Location | Coordinates: near Cannock, Staffordshire, England |
| Designed by | Diez Brandi, Göttingen, Germany Harold Doffman & Peter Leach, Stafford, England |
| Total burials | 4,855 |
| Unknown burials |
5 (World War I); 90 (World War II) |
| Burials by nation | |
| German Empire (World War I); Nazi Germany (World War II) |
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| Burials by war | |
| 2,143 (World War I); 2,786 (World War II) |
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| Statistics source: See sources | |
The Cannock Chase German war cemetery (grid reference SJ984157) is in Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, England.
On 16 October 1959, the governments of the United Kingdom and the Federal Republic of Germany made an agreement about the future care of German military personnel and German civilian internees of both World wars interred in scattered cemeteries not already maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. It was agreed that the remains would be transferred to a single central cemetery and Cannock Chase was established for this purpose.
The German War Graves Commission (Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge) made the necessary arrangements and the inauguration and dedication of this cemetery - which is maintained under the intergovernment agreement by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission - took place in June 1967. It contains nearly 5,000 German and Austrian graves. There is a small separate section for the crews of the four airships (SL 11, L32, L31, L48) shot down in World War I.
Notable people include:
- Ernst Busch, World War II Field-Marshal and Pour le Mérite (Blue Max) recipient.
- Maximilian von Herff, World War II SS-General.
[edit] References
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cannock Chase web page
- Cannock Chase Council web page
- World War I web page
- Hell Fire Corner web site
[edit] External links
- CWGC cemetery register: Details • Reports • Plans • Photographs
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