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Kranji War Cemetery

Kranji War Cemetery in the heart of Singapore is home to over 4,400 Second World War war graves. It is one of our most iconic and largest cemeteries in Asia.

So, who is commemorated at Kranji? Australian, British, Indian and New Zealand servicemen are buried here, victims of the fall of Singapore or the shocking treatment meted out to Japanese prisoners of war.

On this tour of Kranji War Cemetery, you can learn about its conception, its design, its unique features, and the stories of some of those buried here, all without travelling potentially thousands of miles.

Tyne Cot Cemetery

Where would the For Evermore app be without the inclusion of the Commonwealth War Graves’ largest cemetery in the world?

Tyne Cot is probably the most easily recognisable of our First World War locations. Holding almost 12,000 burials, over 8,000 of which are unidentified, the site is a moving, powerful reminder of the bitter cost of war.

The cemetery sits in the heart of the former Passchendaele battlefields, site of some of the fiercest fighting of the Western Front. Because of its location, Tyne Cot also features some unique historic and geographic elements that distinguish it from other Western Front places of commemoration.

With Canadian, British, New Zealand, South African, and Australian soldiers commemorated here, representing nearly all the major Commonwealth nations that sent troops to serve in the Great War.

Don’t miss your chance to learn more about one of the most important CWGC sites. Download the app and get exploring.

Bayeux War Cemetery

Bayeux War Cemetery is the largest Commonwealth cemetery of the Second World War in France, its rows of pristine headstones highlighting the enormous effort undertaken by Allied troops to defeat Nazi Germany in Normandy in the summer of 1944.

Bayeux itself saw little fighting, but the over 4,400 men buried here, taken in from surrounding districts and nearby hospitals, show us just how bloody D-Day and the Normandy campaign was.

As the largest of our sites in Normandy, the Bayeux War Cemetery makes the ideal starting point for any journey through Normandy, virtual or not!

The Great Escape - Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery

Among the everlasting stories of daring and courage in wartime is the Great Escape: the night when, in March 1944, 76 officers broke out of the German PoW camp Stalag Luft III in the largest mass Allied escape attempt of the war.

Immortalised in film, the Great Escape remains an enduring, enthralling and tragic tale of plucky wartime exploits. 

But what about the real Great Escape? Despite the participants' unquestionable bravery and cunning, their liberty didn’t last long. All but three were recaptured in the weeks following their escape attempt. 50 were executed.

Of those 50 Great Escapers, 48 are buried in Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery. This tour allows you to put faces to names so you can learn more about the real people behind one of the Second World War’s most extraordinary events.

The Gronert Twins - Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery

Claude and Tommy were two of the 17,000 Allied paratroopers to drop in the southern Netherlands for the ill-fated Operation Market Garden in September 1944. Sadly, Claude and Thomas would never make it back to England.

The twins died just seconds apart during the desperate, confused fighting to secure Arnhem during that fateful campaign. Now, the pair lie side-by-side for eternity in the peaceful confines of Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery.

Claude and Tommy’s story is amongst the most heart-wrenching featured on the For Evermore app. The brothers had been inseparable in life; now, they are inseparable in death, victims of the campaign to liberate Europe from Nazi Germany.

Private Charlie Hapeta – Cassino War Cemetery

Private Charlie Hapeta of Okaihau, Auckland, is symbolic of the international effort required to dislodge fascism from Italy in the Second World War.

Here is a Māori labourer, taken thousands of miles away by duty and circumstance, fighting alongside British, American, Canadian, Indian, and South African comrades, to bring down fascists halfway across the world.

Sadly, Charlie did not survive the war. He was killed in action at the climactic Battle of Monte Cassino, close to where he now rests at Cassino War Cemetery.