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[http://archive.cwgc.org/TreeBrowse.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&field=RefNo&key=CWGC%2f1%2f1 Hierarchy Browser] for the Archive. Includes "1 Historic Archive", subdivided according to WW1 and WW2 (click through for more sections) . For WW1, "Section 7 - Care of Graves and Cemeteries of British and Empire War Casualties" and "Section 8 - Care of Non-British Empire Graves by the Commission", see the [https://web.archive.org/web/20161015072243/http://media.cwgc.org/media/14236/ac_part_1_sections_07-08.pdf archived earlier version webpage] which shows the Archive holding in one document.
After both WW1 and WW2, there was a series of hundreds of publications<ref>941 parts for WW1 and 559 parts for WW2, together with a 7 Volume WW2 Civilian War Dead Roll of Honour, reported in [http://archive.cwgc.org/GetMultimedia.ashx?db=Catalog&type=default&fname=fb%5C2803bc-1390-4976-87f9-cb143a27aa4c.pdf ''47th Annual Report April 1965-March 1966''] cwgc.org.</ref> by the then Imperial War Graves Commission , with titles including ''Memorial Register'', ''War Graves of the British Empire'', and ''The War Dead of the British Commonwealth and Empire'', in respect of particular countries, counties in the UK, cemeteries and armies. Generally it could be expected that all this information is now included in the website database, but perhaps there could be a few instances where the Registers have additional information. CWGC Archive reference is Cemetery and Memorial Registers CWGC/8/3. Some of these volumes are also available at the [[British Library]], including some in the [[BACSA]] Archive Mss Eur F370. The pay website Forces War Records, in its [https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/documents/tags/memorial-register Historic Document Library/Official Documents/ Memorial Register] contains a large number of these publications which may include amendments dated c 1980s. Note also some cemetery registers were published in multiple parts.
The [http://archive.cwgc.org/TreeBrowse.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&field=RefNo&key=CWGC%2fLIB Library holdings]. Includes a number of regimental histories.
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