Ghana Armed Forces & WW2 - Military Cemetery, Accra
Military Cemetery Accra, Ghana - beside the Parliament of Ghana and opposite Accra Sports Stadium.
You will find on this cemetery many soldiers of WW2, Gold Coast soldiers, who lost their life, during the war, fighting for Britain, against Germany and Japan. Open to the public. Ghana Armed Forces, Military Cemetery Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) is the unified armed force of Ghana, consisting of the Army (GA), Navy (GN), and Air Force (GHF) military branches of the GAF. The GAF are supervised by the Ghanaian Ministry of Defense. |
CHRISTIANSBORG WAR CEMETERY was constructed in 1941 and was maintained by the Royal Engineers until taken over by the Commission towards the end of 1949. Graves from different cemeteries have since been brought into this cemetery.
During the Second World War, Accra airport and other airfields in the Gold Coast and Nigeria, were of major importance to the Atlantic Ferry - a process whereby much needed aircraft were flown by American crews from factories in America, across the
During the Second World War, Accra airport and other airfields in the Gold Coast and Nigeria, were of major importance to the Atlantic Ferry - a process whereby much needed aircraft were flown by American crews from factories in America, across the
South Atlantic, to West Africa. At Accra, the aircraft were handed over to the Royal Air Force, fitted and tested after their long flight, then flown onwards to the Desert Forces in North Africa. A separate service run by the South African Air Force flew bombers south to the Cape..
No. 37 (Accra) Military Hospital was established at Accra during the war-time expansion of the Royal West African Frontier Force. Accra also contributed six Companies to the Gold Coast Home Guard, created in 1940 and disbanded in 1944.
No. 37 (Accra) Military Hospital was established at Accra during the war-time expansion of the Royal West African Frontier Force. Accra also contributed six Companies to the Gold Coast Home Guard, created in 1940 and disbanded in 1944.
CHRISTIANSBORG WAR CEMETERY - Graves from the following cemeteries have since been brought into this cemetery :
Takoradi African Public Cemetery - 82 burials.
Tamale African Cemetery - 43 burials.
Tamale European Cemetery - 5 burials. Please read more below;
Takoradi African Public Cemetery - 82 burials.
Tamale African Cemetery - 43 burials.
Tamale European Cemetery - 5 burials. Please read more below;
Ghana Armed Forces cemetery, near Parliament of Ghana, Accra
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Almost all the cemeteries in the Accra metropolis are full to capacity and can no longer contain additional dead bodies, the Accra Metro Director of Public Health, Dr.Simpson Anim Boateng has revealed in an interview with The Lead in Accra.
Even the Awudome cemetery, the largest cemetery in Accra in terms of space, has only three per cent(3%) of space left whiles the Osu cemetery ,a prestigious cemetery which serves both the military and civilian populations has only two percent of space left.
Almost all the cemeteries in the Accra metropolis are full to capacity and can no longer contain additional dead bodies, the Accra Metro Director of Public Health, Dr.Simpson Anim Boateng has revealed in an interview with The Lead in Accra.
Even the Awudome cemetery, the largest cemetery in Accra in terms of space, has only three per cent(3%) of space left whiles the Osu cemetery ,a prestigious cemetery which serves both the military and civilian populations has only two percent of space left.
Commonwealth burials of the Second World
There are now 416 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War in Christianborg War Cemetery, one of them unidentified. There are also three war graves of other nationalities and 18 non world war burials. Left photography: 100 years, since World War 1, The miss-use of African-brothers, to die for British and France colonial gains against Germany! And still ongoing! African campaigns - African theatre of World War I Some of the first clashes of the war involved British, French, and German colonial forces in Africa. On 6–7 August, French and British troops invaded the German protectorate ofTogoland and Kamerun. On 10 August, German forces in South-West Africa attacked South Africa; sporadic and fierce fighting continued for the rest of the war. The German colonial forces in German East Africa, led by Colonel Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, fought a guerrilla warfare campaign during World War I and only surrendered two weeks after the armistice took effect in Europe. |
1939 begun WW2 - And again where African soldier miss-used, in an War between the World-powers of Britain USA, France, Germany, Italy and Japan.
Some of the Ghanaian soldiers, are now buried at cemetery, in Accra. Left their life, for the colonial and Neocolonialist powers. Click Here, for more info`s and pictures (New Window) Heroes of world wars rememberedSource: citifmonline.com - Thursday 13th November 2014 - A joint service and parade was held Tuesday at the forecourt of the Military Cemetery at Osu in Accra to mark the 69th Remembrance Day.
The day is set aside to remember the servicemen and women who fell in the two world wars and in other conflicts. Significantly, this year’s ceremony was also used to mark 100 years of the beginning of World War One (WW1). The Vice-President, Mr Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur, was the special guest for the occasion. Six wreaths were laid at the tomb of the unknown soldier, the first of which was laid by Mr Amissah-Arthur on behalf of the government and people of Ghana. Others were laid by the British High Commissioner in Accra, Mr John Benjamin, on behalf of the Commonwealth and allied countries, the Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Mrs Pavelyn Tenclai Musaka, on behalf of the Diplomatic Community, and the Chairman of the Veterans Administration, Ghana (VAG), Commodore Steve Obimpeh, on behalf of all veterans. The rest of the wreaths were laid by the Chief of the Defence Staff, Vice Admiral Matthew Quarshie, on behalf of the Ghana Armed Forces and the other security services, and the Osu Mantse, Nii Okwei Kinka Dowuona VI, on behalf of the chiefs and people of Osu. |
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