Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery
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The Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery (grid reference SJ984157) is on Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, England. The cemetery contains nearly 5,000 burials from both the First and Second World War. The burials are mainly German and Austrian nationals with a very small number of Ukrainians.
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Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery | |
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission for the German War Graves Commission (Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge) | |
Used for those deceased 1914–18 and 1939–45 | |
Established | 1956 (consecration cemetery) |
Location | 52.7398°N 2.0224°W / 52.7398; -2.0224 near |
Designed by | Diez Brandi, Göttingen, Germany Harold Doffman & Peter Leach, Stafford, England |
Total burials | 4,929 |
Unknowns | 5 (World War I); 90 (World War II) |
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Statistics source: See references |
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