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Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery

Warwickshire

Location & Directions

Colin Lea Head Gardener German Military Cemetery Camp Road Cannock Chase Cannock Staffs WS12 4PT

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Contact & Burial Authority

Burial groundCannock Chase German Military Cemetery

Site addressColin Lea Head Gardener German Military Cemetery Camp Road Cannock Chase Cannock Staffs WS12 4PT

Operator addressDirector Commonwealth War Graves Commission UK Area Jenton Road Sydenham Leamington Spa Warwickshire CV31 1XS

County or regionWarwickshire

Managing authorityCommonwealth War Graves Commission

Call 01926 330137 Email Burial Authority

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Visiting, Burial Services & Facilities

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Site opening timesSummer Weekdays: 08.00 - 18.00 Summer Weekends: 10.00 - 18.00 Winter Weekdays: 08.30 - 16.00 Winter Weekends: 11.00 - 16.00 or dusk, whichever is earlier.

Additional notesOn 16 October 1959, an agreement was concluded by the governments of the United Kingdom and the Federal Republic of Germany concerning the future care of the graves of German nationals who lost their lives in the United Kingdom during the two World Wars. The agreement provided for the transfer to a central cemetery in the United Kingdom of all graves which were not situated in cemeteries and plots of Commonwealth war graves maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in situ. Following this agreement, the German War Graves Commission (Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgraberfursorge) made arrangements to transfer the graves of German servicemen and civilian internees of both wars from scattered burial grounds to the new cemetery established at Cannock Chase. The inauguration and dedication of this cemetery, which contains almost 5,000 German and Austrian graves, took place in June 1967.

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