Commonwealth War Graves Commission at Caister

Image: © Adrian S Pye Taken: 15 Sep 2016

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission regularly maintain and tend the graves at their many War Graves sites all over the world. Here they have just finished cutting the grass and are about to water the plants surrounding the grave markers. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission owes its existence to the vision and determination of one man - Sir Fabian Ware. The Commission's work began in earnest after the Armistice. Once land for cemeteries and memorials had been guaranteed, the enormous task of recording the details of the dead began. By 1918, some 587,000 graves had been identified and a further 559,000 casualties were registered as having no known grave. Today we take their work very much for granted but without the C.W.G.C. there would be no memorial gardens and the graves of those who died for our freedom would be lost forever. https://www.cwgc.org/visit-us

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