Ohlsdorf Cemetery - Hamburg Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery

Hamburg Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery

One of four permanent Commonwealth cemeteries in Germany, the Hamburg Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery is located near chapel 12 (Kapelle 12) of the Ohlsdorf Cemetery.

During World War I over 400 Allied prisoners-of-war who died in German captivity were buried here in, as well as sailors whose bodies had been washed ashore the Frisian Islands. In 1923 the remains of British Commonwealth servicemen from 120 burial grounds in north-western Germany were brought to Hamburg. Further dead Commomwealth soldiers of World War II and of the post war period were buried here too.

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