29 May 2023
War Graves Week 2023 photo highlights
War Graves Week 2023 hosted many events at our sites around the UK and the world. Here's a selection of photos from some of them.
'Music and History night', Montecchio War Cemetery, Italy.
Part of the 'Here they fought' photographic exhibition in Rome War Cemetery, Italy.
Guest Dr. Hilary Jones at the CWGC War Graves Week event in the Houses of Parliament.
Windsor Cemetery tour.
The Chelsea Pensioners visiting Brookwood Military Cemetery.
Vimy Flute being presented to Claire Horton CBE, Director General, CWGC at Brookwood Military Cemetery.
A very busy day at Brookwood Military Cemetery.
A visitor tries stone carving.
Heliopolis War Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt.
Hardy souls visit Lerwick Cemetery, The Shetland Isles.
Gaza War Cemetery, Gaza Strip.
Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel.
Clear blue skies at Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon.
Imtarfa Military Cemetery, Malta.
Tangmere (St. Andrew) Churchyard, West Sussex.
Tourist group visiting Nairobi War Cemetery, Kenya.
Air Cadets visiting their local CWGC cemetery during War Graves Week.
Tewkesbury Borough Cemetery, Gloucestershire.
Karachi War Cemetery, Pakistan.
Oxford Botley Cemetery, Oxfordshire.
Demonstrating maintenance procedures on a granite headstone.
Students visiting Kohima War Cemetery, India.
Grangemouth Cemetery, Stirlingshire.
Display by the Scots at War Living History Society.
Ayr Cemetery, Ayrshire.
Jeep display in front of a CWGF membership tent.
Sadly, War Graves Week 2023 is now over, however we constantly run tours and talks at our sites throughout the UK. Click the button to find out what's happening in your area.