| LC control no. | n 50072621 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Great Britain. Commonwealth War Graves Commission |
| Variant(s) | Great Britain. War Graves Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission (Great Britain) CWGC (Commonwealth War Graves Commission) |
| See also | Predecessor: Great Britain. Imperial War Graves Commission |
| Beginning date | 1960 |
| Associated country | Great Britain England |
| Associated place | London (England) Commonwealth countries |
| Located | Maidenhead (England) |
| Field of activity | National cemetaries Soldiers' bodies, Disposition of Soldiers' monuments World War, 1914-1918--Monuments World War, 1939-1945--Monuments |
| Found in | Its Annual report, 41st (1959/1960): title page (Commonwealth War Graves Commission) page 6 (alteration of their name from 'The Imperial War Graves Commission' to 'The Commonwealth War Graves Commission'; new title adopted as from 1st April 1960) ; 43rd (1961/1962): cover verso (head office: 32 Grosvenor Gardens, London S.W.1; Wooburn House, Wooburn Green, High Wycombe, Bucks is to be closed on 31st March 1963) ; 53rd (1971/1972): cover verso (2 Marlow Road, Maidenhead, Berks SL6 7DX) ; 40th (1958/1959): cover (Imperial War Graves Commission) Its website, viewed 13 November 2018 (CWGC; head office: Commonwealth War Graves Commission, 2 Marlow Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 7DX) National Trust website, viewed 13 November 2018: under What was the Imperial War Graves Commission? (in 1960 its name was changed to the 'Commonwealth War Graves Commission' to reflect the changing state of the British empire; today it is responsible for cemeteries and memorials in more than 150 countries) Wikipedia, viiewed 13 November 2018 (Commonwealth War Graves Commission; intergovernmental organisation of six independent member states (UK, Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, South Africa) whose principal function is to mark, record and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of Commonwealth of Nations military service members who died in the two World Wars; headquarters in Maidenhead) |
| Associated language | eng |
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