Commonwealth War Graves Commission
（重定向自War Graves Commission）
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![Canadian war graves near Ypres, Belgium. The crosses identify the graves as those of soldiers of the 14th Canadian Battalion who were killed over several days in May 1916.](/Images/godic/202502/20/Canadian_Corps_-_Canadian_war_graves2818.jpg")
![Carving of headstones by hand would take a week](/Images/godic/202502/20/CWGC_-_Headstone_carving2818.jpg")
![Cover page of Graves of the Fallen](/Images/godic/202502/20/The_Graves_of_the_Fallen_-_cover_page2818.jpg")
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is an intergovernmental organisation of six independent member states whose principal function is to mark, record and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of Commonwealth of Nations military service members who died in the two World Wars. The Commission is also responsible for commemorating Commonwealth civilians who died as a result of enemy action during World War II. The Commission was founded by Fabian Ware and constituted through Royal Charter in 1917 named the Imperial War Graves Commission. The change to the present name took place in 1960.