25 May 2021
It’s not too late to get involved with War Graves Week
War Graves Week is now well under way following events at Brookwood Military Cemetery, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial and Cambridge City Cemetery. Today we’re visiting Plymouth Naval Memorial before we continue our tour round the country.
Its been great to see so many people joining us at our sites so far – despite the weather – but if you haven’t been able to attend one of our events so far, there’s still many ways to get involved with War Graves Week.
Discover your local connection
We all have a local connection to the World Wars. You can find out which of our casualties lived in your area using our new War Graves Week post code search function. Once you’ve found your local connection, download a tribute to them and display it in your window, so that passers by can see that they’re still remembered.
Attend an event
As well as our headline events, we’ve set up a number of guided tours across the country. Hosted by our Public Engagement team, each of our tours will take you to a local cemetery where you’ll learn about the men and women commemorated there, as well as a little about our work.
Join the Digital Festival
If you can't make it to one of our sites for War Graves Week, you can join us online for our digital festival, a series of special broadcasts talking about our work around the world and the men and women we commemorate. Join one of our live streams or catch up on ones that you might’ve missed.
Visit a CWGC site
If you can’t get involved with War Graves Week this week, then why not plan a visit of your own? We’ve created a range of resources including downloadable tours and research guides, as well as an activity book for our younger visitors, to help you make the most of a visit to one of our sites. Find your local cemetery using our mobile app and go for a visit.
War Graves Week ends on 28 May with our closing cemetery broadcast live from Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery. We’d love for you to join us.