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Simon Bendry

@ww1_education

Director of Education, Engagement and Volunteering at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Accredited Battlefield Guide. Views are my own.

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Kevin Barnes, our Regional Operations Coordinator South East, has a strong connection with Arnhem and Operation Market Garden. Read his story here: ow.ly/qiqm50TcXBv

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Our Torch of Commemoration at the Menin Gate in Ieper 🇧🇪 Over the next two weeks follow our Torch as we mark the 80th anniversay of Operation Market Garden and the Battle of Arnhem. Discover more: ow.ly/MMgP50TiZoe #LegacyofLiberation #Arnhem80 📷 Eric Compernolle

Our Torch of Commemoration at the Menin Gate in Ieper 🇧🇪

Over the next two weeks follow our Torch as we mark the 80th anniversay of Operation Market Garden and the Battle of Arnhem.

Discover more: ow.ly/MMgP50TiZoe

#LegacyofLiberation #Arnhem80

📷 Eric Compernolle
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Between 10th and 20th September, our Torch of Commemoration will be following the Freedom Trail along the Market Garden Liberation Route. Today it began its journey at the official opening of the Path of Freedom at the Liberation Garden Museum in Leopoldsburg 🇧🇪 before being

Between 10th and 20th September, our Torch of Commemoration will be following the Freedom Trail along the Market Garden Liberation Route.  

Today it began its journey at the official opening of the Path of Freedom at the Liberation Garden Museum in Leopoldsburg 🇧🇪 before being
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Today we hosted an emotional ceremony in Castiglione South African Cemetery, Italy to mark the 80th anniversary of the Liberation of Castiglione by the Allied troops in 1944. Castiglione South African Cemetery was started that same year by the 6th South African Armoured

Today we hosted an emotional ceremony in Castiglione South African Cemetery, Italy to mark the 80th anniversary of the Liberation of Castiglione by the Allied troops in 1944.  
Castiglione South African Cemetery was started that same year by the 6th South African Armoured
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We have extended Loos British Cemetery in France to provide burial space for hundreds of additional casualties of the First World War: youtu.be/Cq3HWk5NIDQ?si…

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Free tour of the war graves at Snatt's Rd Cemetery, Uckfield, East Sussex on Monday 14th October at 10.30am. Find out more about the work of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and those we commemorate here - both men and women - from both world wars. eventbrite.co.uk/e/cwgc-tours-2…

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Education Officer Rose Maina is engaging with students from The French School in Nairobi who visited the Nairobi War Cemetery, wanting to know more about the World Wars.

Education Officer Rose Maina is engaging with students from The French School in Nairobi who visited the Nairobi War Cemetery, wanting to know more about the World Wars.
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Great to see Commonwealth War Graves collaborating with the Battle of Britain Museum in Hawking and local schools in a great commemorative project. Children really engaged with the stories of The Few. Proud the represent Lord-Lieutenant of Kent

Great to see <a href="/CWGC/">Commonwealth War Graves</a> collaborating with the Battle of Britain Museum in Hawking and local schools in a great commemorative project. Children really engaged with the stories of The Few. Proud the represent <a href="/LordLieutKent/">Lord-Lieutenant of Kent</a>
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WOW! BLITZ One Family's War is featured in today's The Guardian online! Quote: "A special, unusual and moving illustrated history book..." So so proud of that review!

WOW!
BLITZ One Family's War is featured in today's <a href="/guardian/">The Guardian</a> online!
Quote: "A special, unusual and moving illustrated history book..."
So so proud of that review!
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Reichswald Forest War Cemetery- Germany's largest Commonwealth cemetery honors 7,594 WWII servicemen, including those who fell in the Reichswald Forest and Rhine crossing. Explore this historic site digitally with the Memory Anchor app. #CWGC #MemoryAnchor#WWIIHistory

Reichswald Forest War Cemetery- 
Germany's largest Commonwealth cemetery honors 7,594 WWII servicemen, including those who fell in the Reichswald Forest and Rhine crossing. Explore this historic site digitally with the Memory Anchor app. #CWGC #MemoryAnchor#WWIIHistory
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We are honoured to work with the descendants of the Black South African military labourers of the First World War who were previously uncommemorated for our new Cape Town Labour Corps Memorial.

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The Cape Town Labour Corps Memorial honours the contribution of South African military labourers who served in campaigns during the First World War in East Africa, and who were previously unrecognised, with no known grave or commemoration.

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Tomorrow will mark an extraordinary moment in our history, as we unveil our newest memorial to the missing in Cape Town’s Company’s Garden. Follow us on social media tomorrow morning from 8 am UK time for all the latest from the inauguration!

Tomorrow will mark an extraordinary moment in our history, as we unveil our newest memorial to the missing in Cape Town’s Company’s Garden.

Follow us on social media tomorrow morning from 8 am UK time for all the latest from the inauguration!