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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 interre