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OriginsThe practice of burying military dead in individual graves, where they could be identified, was first begun on a large scale in the First World War. Military cemeteries sprang up all along the Western Front, ranging in size from a few individuals buried on the spot where they fell in action to cemeteries of several hundred behind the fighting line. |
War Grave AgenciesThe scale of casualties caused by the fighting from the early months of the Great War of 1914-1918 confronted the warring nations with the question of what to do about the burial of the dead. As a result, war graves registration services were set up during or soon after the war. |
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BattlegroundsIn and around the main battlefields where fighting took place there are cemeteries and memorials containing the remains or listing names of those who died in military service. |
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TreatiesSince 1856 there have been several treaties and agreements regarding the resting place of war dead in Europe. Copyright Joanna Legg & Graham Parker © 2000 All rights reserved |