Memorialisation
The Why Factor
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The Imperial Wargraves Commission
David crane is an historian, author of empires of the dead. The story of the creation of the imperial wargraves commission in 19 17. There was only one stipulation, and that was that every grave should be the same. For many, it seemed an appalling intrusion into personal grief. It's no coincidence that the style chosen for the cemeteries and war memorials is class ism - regarded as most eternal of styles.
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