A war memorial organisation has announced a national awareness week to allow people to search for and visit the graves of local veterans by postcode.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), which cares for graves and memorials from the first and second world wars, will feature stories from those who died.
The organisation said the awareness week – from May 21 to 28 – will pay tribute to the “truly diverse nature of those who served”.
Claire Horton, director general of the CWGC, said: “Remembrance Day and anniversaries will always have a place in our work, but War Graves Week is an opportunity for communities to connect with their local heritage in a different way.
A war memorial organisation has announced a national awareness week to allow people to search for and visit the graves of local veterans by postcode.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), which cares for graves and memorials from the first and second world wars, will feature stories from those who died.
The organisation said the awareness week – from May 21 to 28 – will pay tribute to the “truly diverse nature of those who served”.
Claire Horton, director general of the CWGC, said: “Remembrance Day and anniversaries will always have a place in our work, but War Graves Week is an opportunity for communities to connect with their local heritage in a different way.
The cards have been chosen so local residents can visit the graves and hear their stories.
Entering a postcode on the CWGC website will show the nearest street where a war casualty was from, along with ways to commemorate their life.
The postcode search contains the records of more than 400,000 personnel whose records include a publicly listed address in the UK.
The Nairobi African Memorial which commemorates some of the African troops and followers who died (Commonwealth War Graves Commission/PA)
The CWGC added that the awareness week will pay tribute to black and Asian veterans after it was reported in April that the organisation had failed to properly commemorate potentially hundreds of thousands who died fighting for the British Empire.
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