Hanover War Cemetery, Commonwealth war cemetery in Seelze, Germany.
The Hanover War Cemetery includes a memorial wall listing the names of service members and contains over 2,300 graves arranged in symmetrical rows.
The cemetery was established in the 1950s to consolidate multiple smaller burial grounds containing Commonwealth military personnel who died during World War II.
Each sandstone headstone displays the name, rank, date of death, and unit emblem, with graves arranged without regard to military rank or nationality.
The cemetery provides wheelchair access, parking facilities, and transportation connections, located at Am Englischen Friedhof in Seelze, Lower Saxony.
The cemetery features a visual axis that connects the Stone of Remembrance with the Cross of Sacrifice, following Commonwealth War Graves Commission design principles.
Location: Seelze
Accessibility: Rollstuhlgerecht
Operator: Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC)
GPS coordinates: 52.37780,9.65444
Latest update: March 5, 2025 08:27
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