The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_War_Graves_Commission" id="mw2g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Commonwealth War Graves Commission">Imperial War Graves Commission</a> is established through <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_charter" id="mw2w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Royal charter">royal charter</a> to mark, record, and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" id="mw3A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Commonwealth of Nations">British Empire's</a> military forces.<sup about="#mwt54" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-7"}}' id="cite_ref-7" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./May_21#cite_note-7" id="mw3Q" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 7;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw3g">[7]</span></a></sup>
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