Definitions for war grave
war grave

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1. war gravenoun

   A burial place, grave(s) for indidivual victim(s), soldiers and/or civilians, of warfare, including civil war

2. war gravenoun

   (usually in the plural: war graves) A cemetary reserved for such victims

3. war gravenoun

   Similar resting place of victims during warfare on board a sunk vessel or crashed aircraft

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1. War grave

   A war grave is a burial place for members of the armed forces or civilians who died during military campaigns or operations. The term does not only apply to graves: ships sunk during wartime are often considered to be war graves, as are military aircraft that crash into water; this is particularly true if crewmen perished inside the vehicle. Classification of a war grave is not limited to the occupier's death in combat, but includes soldiers who die while in active service: for example, during the Crimean War, more soldiers died of disease than as a result of enemy action. A common difference between cemeteries of war graves and those of civilian peacetime graves is the uniformity of those interred. They generally died during a relatively short period, in a small geographic area and consist of service members from the few military units involved. In the United Kingdom, 67 ship wrecks and all underwater military aircraft are "protected places" under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 which imposes restrictions on their exploration and marine salvage. Rupert Brooke's poem, The Soldier - "If I should die, think only this of me: / That there's some corner of a foreign field / That is for ever England", is a patriotic poem about the possibility of dying abroad during a war. Brooke is himself buried in a war grave on Skyros in the Aegean Sea, having died whilst en route to fight in the Gallipoli Campaign.

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1. war grave

   Read the full text of the War Grave poem by August Stramm on the Poetry.com website.

How to pronounce war grave?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say war grave in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of war grave in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of war grave in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of war grave in a Sentence

1. Sue Raftree:

   Discoveries at sea are relatively rare due to their very location. A number of aircraft are known to have been lost in the North Sea during the course of the Second World War but we need positive evidence before we can confirm, we would class this aircraft as a war grave. It is protected under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 which covers crashed military aircraft in both UK territorial and international waters.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/War_Grave
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=war grave