The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is an intergovernmental organisation of six independent member states 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. The commission is also responsible for commemorating Commonwealth civilians who died as a result of enemy action during the Second World War. The commission was founded by Sir Fabian Ware and constituted through royal charter in 1917 as the Imperial War Graves Commission. The change to the present name took place in 1960.
La Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) est une autorité administrative indépendante (quango en anglais) responsable du dénombrement, de l'identification et de l'entretien des tombes des soldats des forces militaires des États du Commonwealth tombés lors des deux guerres mondiales et responsable de la construction de mémoriaux pour les soldats non identifiés. La CWGC porte ce nom depuis 1960, auparavant, elle se dénommait la Imperial War Graves Commission qui avait été fondée en 1917 à la suite de la Graves Registration Commission.
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