Each grave is marked with a simple white cross bearing the soldier's name, a total of 40,057 casualties are buried here. Almost all of the remains are casualties of the First World War. Burials also include 6 French graves from the Second World War, an unknown soldier of the French-Indochina conflict of 1945-1954 and an unknown soldier of the French-North African conflict of 1952-1962. There are burials of the remains of 64 Russians, 1 Belgian and 1 Romanian.
There are 7 ossiaries in the grounds, and in The Lanter Tower there are 32 coffins located in the Chapel of Rest in four groups of 8 coffins. Three coffins contain the remains of an unknown soldier from the Second World War (laid to rest here in July 1950), a soldier from the North African war (laid to rest here in October 1977) and the remains of a soldier from the Indochine war (laid to rest here in June 1980). There is also a small museum there.
The Ring of Remembrance pays tribute to the almost 580,000 men from around the world who died on the western front between 1914 and 1918. Their names are engraved in alphabetical order, regardless of nationality or religion. The first name is that of a Nepalese sailor in the merchant navy serving Great Britain, and the last name is that of a German soldier. John Kipling, the son of poet Rudyard Kipling, Joseph Standing Buffalo, grandson of Indian leader Sitting Bull and the youngest German soldier in the conflict, Paul Mauk, are among those listed here. Bizarely there was someone with my surname (although missing it's final letter)
So just a few photos as a starter ... more to come