World War I cemeteries

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World War I cemeteries are solemn military burial grounds commemorating soldiers who died during the First World War, often featuring uniform headstones, memorials, and carefully maintained landscapes.

All labels observed (6)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf memorial landscape ⓘ
military cemetery ⓘ
war grave site ⓘ
associatedWith Anzac Day ⓘ
Armistice Day ⓘ
Remembrance Day ⓘ
linked to: Armistice Day

battlefield tourism ⓘ
memorial tourism ⓘ
commemorates colonial troops ⓘ
labor corps members ⓘ
medical personnel ⓘ
missing in action ⓘ
nurses ⓘ
prisoners of war ⓘ
soldiers of the Allied Powers ⓘ
soldiers of the Central Powers ⓘ
conflictCommemorated World War I ⓘ
designedBy Charles Holden ⓘ
Charles Lutyens ⓘ
Edwin Lutyens ⓘ
George H. Goldsmith ⓘ
Herbert Baker ⓘ
Reginald Blomfield ⓘ
Robert Lorimer ⓘ
establishedDuring 1914–1920s ⓘ
hasPurpose commemoration of war dead ⓘ
historical education ⓘ
permanent burial of soldiers ⓘ
public remembrance ⓘ
symbolic reconciliation ⓘ
hasTypicalFeature Cross of Sacrifice ⓘ
Stone of Remembrance ⓘ
boundary walls or hedges ⓘ
carefully maintained lawns ⓘ
central memorials ⓘ
commemorative inscriptions ⓘ
entrance gates ⓘ
graves of unknown soldiers ⓘ
inscribed name panels ⓘ
landscaped gardens ⓘ
mass graves in some locations ⓘ
memorials to the missing ⓘ
register boxes listing the dead ⓘ
religious symbols on headstones ⓘ
rows of aligned graves ⓘ
uniform headstones ⓘ
locatedIn Australia ⓘ
Austria ⓘ
Belgium ⓘ
Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
Bulgaria ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Croatia ⓘ
Czech Republic ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
Hungary ⓘ
India ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
Israel ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Kenya ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
North Macedonia ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
Palestinian territories ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
Romania ⓘ
Serbia ⓘ
Slovakia ⓘ
Slovenia ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
Tanzania ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
maintainedBy American Battle Monuments Commission ⓘ
Austrian war graves authorities ⓘ
Belgian War Graves Service ⓘ
Commonwealth War Graves Commission ⓘ
French Ministry of Armed Forces ⓘ
Hungarian war graves authorities ⓘ
Italian war graves authorities ⓘ
Polish war graves authorities ⓘ
Serbian war graves authorities ⓘ
Turkish war graves authorities ⓘ
Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge ⓘ
regulatedBy international war graves agreements ⓘ
national war graves legislation ⓘ
symbolizes international reconciliation ⓘ
loss ⓘ
national memory ⓘ
sacrifice ⓘ
visitedBy heads of state ⓘ
relatives of the dead ⓘ
school groups ⓘ
tourists ⓘ
veterans ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

West Flanders → knownFor → World War I cemeteries ⓘ
Colmar Manor, Maryland → hasLandmark → World War I memorial ⓘ
linked to: World War I cemeteries
Gorlice cemetery no. 91 (WWI) → heritageDesignation → Austro-Hungarian war cemetery system in Western Galicia ⓘ
linked to: World War I cemeteries
Flanders Fields memorials → hasPart → Ypres (Ieper) war cemeteries ⓘ
linked to: World War I cemeteries
Charles Lutyens → workLocation → World War I cemeteries ⓘ
Altopiano di Asiago → hasMemorial → World War I military cemeteries ⓘ
linked to: World War I cemeteries
Corbie → hasFeature → World War I cemeteries ⓘ
Passendale → hasHeritage → World War I memorial landscape ⓘ
linked to: World War I cemeteries
George H. Goldsmith → notableWork → World War I cemeteries ⓘ
Vouziers → hasHeritage → World War I military cemeteries ⓘ
linked to: World War I cemeteries