British and Commonwealth War Cemeteries
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British and Commonwealth War Cemeteries by Julie Summers
In 1917 a remarkable organisation came into being. Its brief was vastly ambitious: to commemorate the 1,100,00 men of the British Empire who lost their lives in the First World War. The Imperial War Graves Commission was the creation of one man, Sir Fabian Ware, whose energy and determination brought together some of the greatest designers and architects of the early twentieth century. This book looks at the history of the war graves for British and Commonwealth servicemen and women, and examines how modern remembrance has been shaped by the work of Ware and his contemporaries after the First World War.
Julie Summers is an author and historian with an MA inarchitecture from the Courtauld Institute of Art. She has written several books on the Second World War and is the author of Remembered, a history of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780747807896 |
| ISBN 10 | 0747807892 |
| Title | British and Commonwealth War Cemeteries |
| Author | Julie Summers |
| Series | Shire Library |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2010-07-10 |
| Number of pages | 64 |
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