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==Brookwood Military Cemetery and memorials== | ==Brookwood Military Cemetery and memorials== | ||
[[File:The Brookwood Memorial.JPG|thumb|300px|The Brookwood Memorial, built in 1958 and designed by [[Ralph Hobday]]]] | [[File:The Brookwood Memorial.JPG|thumb|300px|The Brookwood Memorial, built in 1958 and designed by [[Ralph Hobday]]]] | ||
'''Brookwood Military Cemetery''' covers about {{convert|37|acre|ha}} and is the largest Commonwealth war cemetery in the United Kingdom. The land was set aside during | '''Brookwood Military Cemetery''' covers about {{convert|37|acre|ha}} and is the largest Commonwealth war cemetery in the United Kingdom. The land was set aside during World War I to provide a burial site for men and women of Commonwealth and American armed forces who died in the United Kingdom of wounds and other causes. It now contains 1,601 Commonwealth burials from World War I and 3,476 from [[World War II]] (the latter including 3 unidentified [[Royal Air Force|British]] and 2 unidentified [[Royal Canadian Air Force|Canadian airmen]]). | ||
Within this, there is a particularly large Canadian section, which includes 43 men who died of wounds following the [[Dieppe Raid]] in August 1942. Two dozen Muslim dead were also later transferred here in 1968 from the [[Muslim Burial Ground, Horsell Common|Muslim Burial Ground at Horsell Common]]. There is a large [[Royal Air Force]] section in the southeast corner of the cemetery which includes graves of Czech and United States nationals who died serving in the RAF. | Within this, there is a particularly large Canadian section, which includes 43 men who died of wounds following the [[Dieppe Raid]] in August 1942. Two dozen Muslim dead were also later transferred here in 1968 from the [[Muslim Burial Ground, Horsell Common|Muslim Burial Ground at Horsell Common]]. There is a large [[Royal Air Force]] section in the southeast corner of the cemetery which includes graves of Czech and United States nationals who died serving in the RAF. | ||
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The '''Brookwood Memorial''' stands at the southern end of the Canadian section of the cemetery and commemorates 3,428 Commonwealth men and women who died during the Second World War and have no known grave. This includes commandos killed in the [[Dieppe Raid|Dieppe]] and [[St Nazaire Raid]]s; and [[Special Operations Executive]] personnel who died in occupied Europe. The Brookwood Memorial also honours 199 Canadian servicemen and women. The memorial was placed within a military cemetery near the theatre of operations.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/monuments-of-the-first-and-second-world-wars|title=Monuments of the First and Second World Wars|author=Jacqueline Hucker|encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810091629/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0009128|archive-date=10 August 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> | The '''Brookwood Memorial''' stands at the southern end of the Canadian section of the cemetery and commemorates 3,428 Commonwealth men and women who died during the Second World War and have no known grave. This includes commandos killed in the [[Dieppe Raid|Dieppe]] and [[St Nazaire Raid]]s; and [[Special Operations Executive]] personnel who died in occupied Europe. The Brookwood Memorial also honours 199 Canadian servicemen and women. The memorial was placed within a military cemetery near the theatre of operations.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/monuments-of-the-first-and-second-world-wars|title=Monuments of the First and Second World Wars|author=Jacqueline Hucker|encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810091629/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0009128|archive-date=10 August 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> | ||
The '''Brookwood (Russia) Memorial''' was erected in 1983 and dismantled in 2015. It commemorated forces of the British Commonwealth who died in Russia in | The '''Brookwood (Russia) Memorial''' was erected in 1983 and dismantled in 2015. It commemorated forces of the British Commonwealth who died in Russia in World War I and [[World War II]] and were buried there. The memorial was erected originally because during the [[Cold War]] those graves were inaccessible. | ||
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[[File:Brookwood American Military Chapel.JPG|thumb|The World War I [[Brookwood American Cemetery and Memorial]], within the grounds of Brookwood Cemetery]] | [[File:Brookwood American Military Chapel.JPG|thumb|The World War I [[Brookwood American Cemetery and Memorial]], within the grounds of Brookwood Cemetery]] | ||
{{main|Brookwood American Cemetery and Memorial}} | {{main|Brookwood American Cemetery and Memorial}} | ||
This {{convert|4.5|acre|ha|adj=on}} site lies to the west of the civilian cemetery. It contains the graves of 468 American military dead from | This {{convert|4.5|acre|ha|adj=on}} site lies to the west of the civilian cemetery. It contains the graves of 468 American military dead from World War I and commemorates a further 563 with no known grave. | ||
After the entry of the United States into the [[Second World War]] the American cemetery was enlarged, with burials of US servicemen beginning in April 1942. With large numbers of American personnel based in the west of England, a dedicated rail service for the transport of bodies operated from [[Devonport, Devon|Devonport]] to Brookwood. By August 1944, over 3,600 bodies had been buried in the American Military Cemetery. At this time burials were discontinued, and US casualties were from then on buried at [[Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial|Cambridge American Cemetery]].{{sfn|Clarke|2006|p=126}} | After the entry of the United States into the [[Second World War]] the American cemetery was enlarged, with burials of US servicemen beginning in April 1942. With large numbers of American personnel based in the west of England, a dedicated rail service for the transport of bodies operated from [[Devonport, Devon|Devonport]] to Brookwood. By August 1944, over 3,600 bodies had been buried in the American Military Cemetery. At this time burials were discontinued, and US casualties were from then on buried at [[Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial|Cambridge American Cemetery]].{{sfn|Clarke|2006|p=126}} | ||