Military Cemeteries and Memorials

Gravestones from military cemeteries across Europe, depicting well-kept lawn areas and solemn memorials honoring fallen soldiers from various conflicts.

War graves, Ranville Churchyard, Calvados, Normandy, France

Memorial to the Missing at the Tyne Cot Cemetery, Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for First World War One British soldiers, West Flanders, Belgium, Europe

France, Normandy, on 2020-10-11. Bayeux British Military Cemetery. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Normandie, le 2020-10-11. Cimetiere militaire britannique de Bayeux. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

Gravestones in the Canadian Section of the Military Cemetery at Brookwood Cemetery, Pirbright, Woking, Surrey, southeast England, UK

Headstones at the Bretteville-surLaize Canadian war Cemetery in France

Gravestones, military cemetery, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Commonwealth war graves from World War II at cemetery in Normandy, France

War graves, Ranville Churchyard, Calvados, Normandy, France

Tyne Cot Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery, the largest Commonwealth cemetery in the world, with over 12,000 soldiers' graves from the First World War, Passendale, West Flanders, Belgium, Europe

First World War One graves of fallen soldiers at the Belgian Military Cemetery at Ramskapelle, West Flanders, Belgium, Europe

Etaples Military Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in Etaples, near Boulogne on the north-west coast of France. The cemetery holds over 11,500 dead from both World War I and World War II

British WWI headstones at the St. Symphorien Military Cemetery, First World War One burial ground at Saint-Symphorien near Mons, Hainaut, Belgium, Europe

We Shall Remember Them

Grave of private John Parr, first British soldier killed during WW1, St. Symphorien Military Cemetery, Saint-Symphorien near Mons, Hainaut, Belgium.

British military cemetery

Poland state museum in Auschwitz, Concentration camp Auschwitz Poland

Rows of gravestones in the Canadian Section of the Military Cemetery at Brookwood Cemetery, Pirbright, Woking, Surrey, southeast England, UK

Stonegate WWII CWGC Military Cemetery at Harrogate in North Yorkshire that commemorated bomber command aircrew from Britain, Canada and New Zealand

Grave of the Canadian Victoria Cross recipient private James Peter Robertson (1883-1917) at Tyne Cot Cemetery in Zonnebeke, Belgium

British Military Cemetery, Heerstrasse, Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Gravestones in the Canadian Section of the Military Cemetery at Brookwood Cemetery, Pirbright, Woking, Surrey, southeast England, UK

France, Normandy, on 2020-10-11. Solemn cemetery for Americans who fell during the Second World War. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Normandie, le 2020-10-11. Cimetiere solennel d americains tombes pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

The Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing, a war memorial commemorating the British and Commonwealth soldiers who died in the Ypres Salient of the First World War, Ypres, Belgium, Europe

Indian Scout Cemetery. 1900 - 1960. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Aberdeen Area Office. Fort Berthold Agency. 1949-. Photographs

War cemetery consecration, April 25, 1925, Middle East, Israel and/or Palestine

Jerusalem war cemetery 1917, Israel

Anefo photo collection. Commemoration Battle of Arnhem at Airborne Cemetery, Oosterbeek; Overviews during commemoration. September 23, 1984. Oosterbeek

Memorial, war cemetery, Duernbach, Tegernsee, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

USA, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City National Memorial to the victims of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building Bombing on April 19, 1995, bronze chair memorials to each of the victims

England, North Yorkshire, York. Remembrance Day poppies around the base of the war memorial in the War Memorial Gardens.

First World War One grave with photo of fallen soldier at the Belgian Military Cemetery at Houthulst, West Flanders, Belgium, Europe

Memorial, gravestones and cross in the Canadian Section of the Military Cemetery at Brookwood Cemetery, Pirbright, Woking, Surrey, southeast England

Tunisia, Northern Tunisia, Tabarka, Ras Rajel War Cemetery, World War Two-era graves of Commonealth soldiers

Co Cork, near Blarney, Ireland, memorial to a site of ambush for the old IRA

EAST GRINSTEAD, WEST SUSSEX, UK - DECEMBER 9 : Poppies on the War Memorial in East Grinstead on December 9, 2021

Memorial cemetery, Gestapo prison Small Fortress Theresienstadt, Terezin, north Bohemia, Czech Republic, Europe

French grave of unknown soldier on the First World War One cemetery Cimetiere National Francais de Saint-Charles de Potyze near Ypres, Belgium, Europe

White grave stone, unknown, anonymous, soldier's graves, war graves, the fallen, Terlincthun British war cemetery, world war, Wimille, Boulogne sur Mer, Nord Pas de Calais, France, Europe

Africa, Gambia. Capital city of Banjul. Fajara War Memorial. WWII African Pioneer Corps. markers.

Langemark German war cemetery, Langemark, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium, Europe

Inscribed memorial and gravestones in the Canadian Section of the Military Cemetery at Brookwood Cemetery, Pirbright, Woking, Surrey, SE England, UK

War Cemetery in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka Trincomalee, Sri Lanka - August 20, 2018: Rows of gravestones on the British military cemetery for soldiers of the British Empire who were killed or died during World War II Copyright: xZoonar.com/OliverxFoerstnerx 12972955

Feldscheune Isenschnibbe Gardelegen memorial, cemetery of honour with graves and crosses for 1016 concentration camp prisoners from many European countries who were murdered there in a field barn on 13 April 1945, Gardelegen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

MONUMENTO NACIONAL DEL CAMPO DE BATALLA DE LITTLE BIGHORN (25-26 de junio de 1876). "LAST STAND HILL 7TH CAVALRY MEMORIAL". Colina en la que murieron Custer y los soldados del Séptimo de Caballería. Estado de Montaña. Estados Unidos.

Feldscheune Isenschnibbe Gardelegen memorial, cemetery of honour with graves and crosses for 1016 concentration camp prisoners from many European countries who were murdered there in a field barn on 13 April 1945, Gardelegen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

France, Hauts de France, Aisne, Chemin des Dames. Berry-au-Bac. National Assault Tank Monument

British War Cemetery in Becklingen, Germany Becklingen, Germany - April 2, 2018: Altar Stone and gravestones at the British War Cemetery in Becklingen Copyright: xZoonar.com/OliverxFoerstnerx 11942085

Europe, England, The Guards Memorial in Horseguards Parade. It was erected in 1926 and dedicated to the five Foot Guards regiments that fought in the Great War (WW1).

The Canadian Brooding Soldier at Vancouver Corner at St Juliaan on the Belgium Salient commemorating Canadians lost during 2nd & 3rd Battle of Ypres

France, Normandy, on 2020-10-11. Bayeux British Military Cemetery. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Normandie, le 2020-10-11. Cimetiere militaire britannique de Bayeux. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

Wreaths lay on the ground during a Memorial Day event at the Luxembourg American Military cemetery in Luxembourg, May 28, 2022. U.S. and Luxembourg organizations laid wreaths in honor of the fallen service members.

Chateau d'Hougoumont, fortified farm north gate memorial, defended by British Guards during the 1815 Battle of Waterloo at Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium.

Tunisia, Tunis, Carthage. The United States World War II cemetery waits silently for visitors, in Carthage, Tunisia.

England, Lancashire, Blackpool. Poppy wreaths laid in remembrance at the foot of the war memorial on the seafront at Blackpool.

RAF Bomber Command Memorial, erected in 2012 to commemorate the 110000 World War II aircrew of Bomber Command of whom 55573 lost their lives, Beachy Head, near Eastbourne, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom, Europe

New Zealand No 2 Outpost Cemetery of the Anzac Martyrs, Gallipoli, Canakkale, Turkey

Anefo photo collection. Remembrance Battle of Arnhem, girl places flowers on Easternbeek ereveld. September 16, 1953. Oosterbeek

Wreath at the USS Arizona memorial at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

Vietnam, DMZ Area. Quang Tri Province, Truong Son National Military Cemetery, gravestones

Anefo photo collection. Commemoration of Arnhem, Airbornekerkhof, schoolchildren decorating graves. September 16, 1954. Oosterbeek

Military headstones in The Field of Honour, Brookside Cemetary, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

The Commonwealth war cemetary at El Alamein, Egypt.

German war cemetery, Second World War, Cuacos de Yuste, La Vera, Extremadura, Spain, Europe

People put poppy flowers on Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Ottawa, Canada on Remembrance Day

Commemorating fallen British soldiers, poppies and Stars of David on Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument. Memorial to the Battle of the Little Bighorn (June 25-26, 1876), which engaged combined forces of the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes, who defeated the five companies of the U.S. Army's 7th Cavalry Regiment under Custer's command. Obelisk at the top of the hill. State of Montana. United States.

Gallipoli Martyrs' Memorial Monument, Canakkale, Turkey

Bicycle infantry, Cyclisten, Cyclists monument commemorating the Battle of the Silver Helmets, Slag der Zilveren Helmen, Halen, Limburg, Belgium, Europe

Germany, Niedersachsen. Bergen-Belsen WW2 concentration camp memorial.

EAST GRINSTEAD, WEST SUSSEX, UK - DECEMBER 9 : Poppies on the War Memorial in East Grinstead on December 9, 2021

World War II Commonwealth War Graves under a tree, Alamein, Egypt

Muslim stele among French graves on the First World War One cemetery Cimetiere National Francais de Saint-Charles de Potyze near Ypres, Belgium, Europe

Feldscheune Isenschnibbe Gardelegen memorial, cemetery of honour with graves and crosses for 1016 concentration camp prisoners from many European countries who were murdered there in a field barn on 13 April 1945, Gardelegen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

YONGSAN GARRISON, Republic of Korea As Memorial Day approaches, veterans cemeteries from Omaha Beach in Normandy, France to Arlington, Virginia will fill with visitors remembering Soldiers who served and sometimes gave their lives fighting for freedom.

War cemetry at the slaghenaufi village, lavarone, Italy

Military cemetery Oderbrueck Harz

Anefo photo collection. Margraten soldier grave. Margraten cemetery. 1945. Margraten

WW2 memorial dedicated to Kenneth Moore and Robert Wright, two US Army Medics at Angoville-au-Plain, Manche, Normandy, France, Europe

England, London, Westminster, Victoria Embankment Gardens, Korean War Memorial

U.S Army Sgt. 1st class Tehran Jones, Army Field Support Battalion-Africa, lays the flowers on the stone during the WWII Commemoration ceremony in honor of U.S. Bronze Star Medal awardee Manrico Ducceschi, Pian di Novello, Italy, July 31, 2022.

Cemetery of Amiens. Remembrance garden.

PEARL HARBOR (Dec. 7, 2012) Members of the U.S. military perform a flag presentation during the interment of Seaman 1st Class Wallace F. Quillin at the USS Arizona Memorial.

British troops stand at attention during the 36th Annual Remembrance of the Battle of Arnhem as U.S. 82nd Airborne Division members, in the background, stand by. Base: Arnhem State: Gelderland Country: Netherlands / Holland (NLD)

WWI graves, tombstones at the Belgian military cemetery of the Battle of the Silver Helmets, Slag der Zilveren Helmen, Halen, Limburg, Belgium, Europe

Poland, Oswiecim, Auschwitz II - Birkenau Camp - International Monument

War graves from the 2nd World War, triste row of tombstones without names, Laeken district, Brussels, Belgium, Europe

Graves at the German military cemetery Nasswand from World War I in the Dolomites, Italy, Europe

The site of Winston Churchill's capture and the derailment of an armoured train during the Anglo Boer War of 1899/1902. Near Colenso. kwaZulu-Natal. South Africa

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Giovannii Lobo, 6th Marine Regiment sergeant major, reads a re-enlistment citation after a ceremony at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery marking the 104th anniversary of the Battle of Belleau Wood, May 29, 2022. The Battle of Belleau Wood is remembered for the intensity of the fighting and sustained, as well as for the participation of the 5th and 6th Marine Regiments.

RAF Bomber Command Memorial, erected in 2012 to commemorate the 110000 World War II aircrew of Bomber Command of whom 55573 lost their lives, Beachy Head, near Eastbourne, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom, Europe

U.S. Military Members from U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, U.S.Army Garrison Italy, Aviano Air Base, Camp Darby Military Community and Military Vaterans honored their comrades who lost their life for our freedom, at Florence Memorial Cemetery, Italy, May 30, 2022. Consul General of the United States in Florence, Ragini Gupta read the Presidential Proclamation to open the commemoration ceremony. Guests of honor were the United States Ambassador for the Holy See Joseph Donnelly, the U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa Commander, and the U.S. Army Europe and Africa Deputy Commanding General, Major Gen. Andrew Rohling, and the Italian Deputy Minister of Defense, Honorable Stefania Pucciarelli.

Normandy, France - Omaha Beach Memorial w/ Soldier (MR)

Drake Battalion RND, Royal Naval Division regimental badge on headstone at Cemetery of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission for First World War One British soldiers

PITI, GUAM (May 30, 2022) - Sailors from Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) participated in a Memorial Day Commemoration, including a wreath-laying ceremony at Guam Veterans Cemetery, May 30. Mercy is currently underway for Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific.

Ceremonial Pulaski tools are positioned in front of a new memorial marker Nov. 1 on the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in Florida. During a joint ceremony, the Spaceport Integration Team and its partners were presented with the prestigious 2017 Pulaski Award and the new memorial marker was dedicated. The multi-agency team includes representatives from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's 45th Space Wing, the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, as well as the Florida Forest Service and Brevard County Fire Rescue. The memorial marker honors two fallen firefighters, Scott Maness and Beau Sauselein, who died fighting a wildfire on space center property in 1981. Held outdoors, the ceremony was attended by 140 guests.

Five unknown US Soldiers are buried in this plot , Graves, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Memorial ceremony, 1st anniversary of the rampage of Winnenden, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

A British military cemetery for those who fell at the Battle of Helpmekaar during the Anglo Boer War1899-1902. kwaZulu-Natal. South Africa

KINGSTON UPON HULL, YORKSHIRE, UK - JULY 17: Tribute to naval personnel in Kingston upon Hull on July 17, 2022

WWI grave of Canadian George Lawrence Price, last Commonwealth soldier killed in action during the First World War One, at the St Symphorien cemetery at Saint-Symphorien near Mons, Hainaut, Belgium, Europe

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