Explore new Commonwealth War Graves records

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By Daisy Goddard | May 2, 2025

We've added a trio of Commonwealth war grave records to our collection this week, with additions from Germany, Greece and Cyprus.

Our newest records offer an important insight into the sacrifices made by military ancestors during the Second World War, featuring both images and transcriptions for you to explore. We've also added six new titles to the newspaper archive, with over 55,000 new pages to explore.

Germany, Commonwealth War Graves and Monumental Inscriptions

If your ancestor died in Germany during the Second World War, their grave or memorial may be featured within these 2,474 images and transcriptions.

Cyprus, Monumental Inscriptions

The 2,178 records in this new collection reveal Second World War war heroes who are commemorated in Cyprus.

Greece, Commonwealth War Graves and Monumental Inscriptions

To round off our trio of Commonwealth military additions, there are 1,561 grave and monumental inscription records from Greece.

New newspaper pages from Dundee to Dudley

We added 55,867 newspaper pages this week, including six new titles and 32 existing publications that have been updated.

New titles

Hunts Guardian from 1871-1872 and 1874-1884
Leeds Daily News from 1889 and 1898
Lytham Times from 1870, 1880-1888, 1900-1909, 1920-1929 and 1932-1949
Norwood Press and Dulwich Advertiser from 1918-1929
Oldham Chronicle from 1873 and 1897
South Durham Herald from 1883-1891

Updated titles

Banffshire Journal, 1948-1949
Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser, 1895, 1900-1901, 1904 and 1908
Bexhill-on-Sea Observer, 1995
Bridgnorth Journal, 1998
Brighton Gazette, 1914-1917
Buxton Herald, 1891 and 1948
Canterbury Journal, 1913-1919
Crystal Palace District Times & Advertiser, 1896
Cumberland and Westmorland Advertiser, and Penrith Literary Chronicle, 1882, 1884-1886 and 1897
Dudley & District Chronicle, 1994
Dundee Weekly News, 2002
Isle of Man Daily Times, 1964-1965
Kilkenny Moderator, 1904 and 1907
Leicester Chronicle, 1923
Louth and North Lincolnshire Advertiser, 1889-1896, 1899-1903, 1915-1919, 1926-1938, 1951 and 1953-1957
Lurgan Mail, 1985
Midland Counties Express, 1870, 1875, 1877, 1889 and 1899
Montgomery County Times and Shropshire and Mid-Wales Advertiser, 1920-1921
Perthshire Courier, 1927-1928
Prestatyn Weekly, 1938-1939
Sandwell Chronicle, 1994, 1998
Scarborough Mercury, 1856, 1874, 1878 and 1889
Scunthorpe Star, 1987
Shoreditch Observer, 1870-1875
Shoreham Herald, 1992
Tenbury Wells Advertiser, 1818, 1913 and 1915-1917
Trinidad Royal Gazette, 1900-1903
Waterford Standard, 1912-1917, 1919 and 1927
Whitehaven Advertiser and Cleator Moor and Egremont Observer 1891, 1910-1911 and 1913-1914
Whitehaven News, 1882, 1886-1888, 1902-1910, 1912 and 1915-1918
Wolverton Express, 1965
Workington Star, 1916, 1918