dead civilians

[bernardmcilwaine]

why are there no civilian casualtys from ww1 on the cwgc?????

[terryb95]

From the GWGC Web site

The History of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

The Commission's Task

The Commission was established by Royal Charter in 1917. Its duties are to mark and maintain the graves of the members of the forces of the Commonwealth who were killed in the two World Wars, to build memorials to those who have no known grave and to keep records and registers, including, after the Second World War, a record of the Civilian War Dead.

Terry

West Aust

[Terry Denham]

Bernard

The simple answer is that CWGC's Royal Charter does not cover WW1 civilians.

Their remit covers caring for the burial locations of WW1 and WW2 qualifying casualties and memorials to the missing from those two wars - no others.

During WW2 their Charter was extended to require them to record the names of all Commonwealth civilians killed by a war cause. Note that they are not empowered to care for their graves or to even record the burial locations.

There was no such provision relating to WW1.

[bernardmcilwaine]

Bernard

The simple answer is that CWGC's Royal Charter does not cover WW1 civilians.

Their remit covers caring for the burial locations of WW1 and WW2 qualifying casualties and memorials to the missing from those two wars - no others.

During WW2 their Charter was extended to require them to record the names of all Commonwealth civilians killed by a war cause. Note that they are not empowered to care for their graves or to even record the burial locations.

There was no such provision relating to WW1.

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thanks terry