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Empires of the dead : how one man's vision led to the creation of WWI's war graves / David Crane.

by Crane, David, 1942-

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William Collins, c2013.

World War, 1914-1918.

World War, 1914-1918 -- Monuments.

Cemeteries -- Europe.

Soldiers' bodies, Disposition of -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.

9780007456659 (hc.)

0007456654 (hc.)

289 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), maps. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-274) and index.

"This book tells the extraordinary and forgotten story behind the building of the British and Commonwealth war cemeteries largely due in part to the efforts of one visionary man, a volunteer ambulance commander called Fabian Ware. Horrified by the ignominious treatment of the dead in 1914, he began to record the identity and position of each grave. A Graves Registration Commission was established and as his work became public, and the flood of letters from grieving relatives became a cascade, the Imperial (now Commonwealth) War Graves Commision was formed."--Dust Jacket.

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