Polish Aviation Day - 28th August 🇵🇱 Remembering the 29 Polish airmen who are buried in my local cemetery. The majority served with 18 Operational Training Unit and died in training accidents while based at nearby RAF Bramcote. 📍Nuneaton (Oaston Road) Cemetery

We're running a range of Open Days throughout September! Come and join us to discover more about the history in your local communities, the work of the CWGC and the men and women we commemorate: cwgc.org/visit-us/open-…

Cole is one of our amazing Guides currently in France and Belgium. Here, Cole guides us through what it’s like to train as a Guide: ow.ly/ZnW850TauMr #CWGFoundationFriday

For Heritage Days in France we are showcasing a project that is as exceptional as it is historic: the creation of a new cemetery. To mark the opening of the new extension to Loos British Cemetery, we are inviting you to go behind the scenes: cwgc.org/visit-us/open-…

Remembering Second Lieutenant Butters who fell #OTD. He was a native of California who fought with the British Army during the Battle of the Somme #WWI 📍Meaulte Military Cemetery 🇫🇷

Discover the final resting places of the Commonwealth’s fallen of the Normandy Campaign: ow.ly/cEle50TavqJ #LegacyofLiberation 📷 Banneville-La-Campagne War Cemetery

Find out what happens behind the scenes at the CWGC as we invite you to a series of open days throughout September in the UK, France and Belgium: cwgc.org/our-work/news/…

80 years ago the Thiepval Memorial in France was liberated by British Troops. #LegacyofLiberation #WWII

Operation Market Garden - A Bridge Too Far 80 years ago, an ambitious Allied operation took place, aiming to shorten the war with airborne troops dropped deep behind enemy lines to secure vital bridges at Grave, Nijmegen and Arnhem. Read more about Operation Market Garden and

Operation Market Garden was the largest airborne assault in history and one of the most ambitious Allied operations of the #WWII. 80 years later we tell the story of the men who fought and died: ow.ly/3HJ950TcX0t 📷 Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, Netherlands

Kevin Barnes, our Regional Operations Coordinator South East, has a strong connection with Arnhem and Operation Market Garden. Read his story here: ow.ly/qiqm50TcXBv

Today is #MerchantNavyDay in the UK. During #WWII the heaviest losses of the Merchant Navy were suffered in the Atlantic, but convoys making their way to Russia around the North Cape, and those supplying Malta in the Mediterranean were also particularly vulnerable to attack. In

A CWGC headstone has been installed at Liverpool (Toxteth Park) Cemetery for a previously non-commemorated #WWI casualty. The personal inscription was chosen by his great nephew.

We are delighted to announce that our President, HRH The Princess Royal, will inaugurate the new Loos British Cemetery Extension in France on the 26th September. cwgc.org/our-work/news/… @royalfamily

On this #InternationalDayofCharity be part of something greater. Today, we honour those who gave their tomorrow for our today. By becoming a member of the Commonwealth War Graves Foundation, you can help us preserve the legacy of the fallen, ensuring their stories live on for

📍La Ferté-sous-Jouarre Memorial to the Missing commemorates 3,740 officers and men of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) who fell at the battles of Mons, Le Cateau, the Marne and the Aisne between the end of August and early October 1914 and have no known graves. As night