ⓘWhat do the D1–D5 confidence tiers mean?›
- D1A single attributed public source (museum, council, Historic England, CWGC, mapping data).
- D2Two or more independent public sources corroborate the same facts.
- D3A named coordinator or local reviewer has confirmed the public-source account.
- D4A named observer has personally visited and documented the site — photographs, inscriptions, condition.
- D5An archive or institution has provided written documentation supporting the entry.
A higher tier means more corroborating evidence, not automatic historical certainty. The Discovery layer does not replace archival verification.
Belfast City Cemetery on the Falls Road holds the largest number of Commonwealth war graves in Northern Ireland — 274 of the Second World War among nearly 600 service burials of both wars, with a Cross of Sacrifice. The cemetery also holds the mass grave of unidentified civilians killed in the Belfast Blitz of April 1941, when a single night raid killed more than 800 people.
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What this page does not claim
- The CWGC source documents the Commonwealth war graves (military); the Belfast Blitz civilian mass grave is also within the cemetery. This is not a Soviet or convoy-specific memorial.
- Names of individuals are not reproduced in this discovery record.
- Endorsement by any named institution; the source is cited for documentary research only.
Sources
- ACommonwealth War Graves Commission — CWGC record for Belfast City Cemetery (274 Second World War Commonwealth burials; largest war-grave site in Northern Ireland).
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