


WAR GRAVES IN FARNBOROUGH CHURCHYARD
The Churchyard at St. Giles has 13 registered memorials to war dead, 5 from World War 1 and 8 from World War 2.
Shown below are photographs of these 13 memorials. As may be seen not all are of the standard War Grave memorial design, and some also commemorate family members who died later. Some died from their injuries after the end of hostilities..
Shown with each photograph is a grave number. Researchers wishing to find a grave should contact the Parish Office in the first instance to arrange a visit, during which assistance finding a grave can be given. We do not publish the full graveyard map.
Further details may be found Here and also by submitting a Farnborough Churchyard search on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website.
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PARISH HISTORY
About War Graves
A war grave is a burial place for members of the armed forces or civilians who died during military campaigns or operations. The term does not only apply to graves: ships sunk during wartime are often considered to be war graves, as are military aircraft that crash into water; this is particularly true if crewmen perished inside the vehicle.
Classification of a war grave is not limited to the occupier's death in combat but includes military personnel who die while in active service: for example, during the Crimean War, more military personnel died of disease than as a result of enemy action.
A common difference between cemeteries of war graves and those of civilian peacetime graves is the uniformity of those interred. They generally died during a relatively short period, in a small geographic area and consist of service members from the few military units involved.
The Commonwealth
War Grave Commission is currently responsible for the
continued commemoration of 1.7 million deceased Commonwealth military
service members in 153 countries and approximately 67,000 civilians who
died as a result of enemy action during World War II. Commonwealth
military service members are commemorated by name on either a headstone,
at an identified site of a burial, or on a memorial. As a result, the
Commission is currently responsible for the care of war dead at over
23,000 separate burial sites and maintenance of more than 200 memorials
worldwide
The vast majority of burial sites are pre-existing communal or
municipal cemeteries and parish churchyards located in the United
Kingdom, however the Commission has itself constructed
approximately 2,500 war cemeteries worldwide. The Commission has
also constructed or commissioned memorials to commemorate the dead
who have no known grave; the largest of these is the Thiepval
Memorial.