INFORMAL GATHERINGS
GEORGE HOTEL,
THE YPRES TIMES
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(Reprinted by courtesy of The Times."
THE headstone for the last grave in the cemeteries on the Western Front has been shipped to
France by the Imperial War Graves Commission. Since the work was first started by the
Commission, between 60,000 and 70,000 headstones have been sent to France and Belgium.
Most of these have been erected, but a few still remain in the cemeteries, awaiting erection. Although
headstones have now been provided for every grave on the Western Front, it is possible that more
will be required, as bodies are still being found in the battlefields.
All these stones have been quarried in England by ex-service men and prepared here before being
shipped to the Western Front.
Some of the cemeteries have been selected to contain memorials to the missing. All those men
who fell during the war, and who have no known graves, will have their names placed on these memorials.
Nine memorials to the missing are in the course of construction at the present time, and five have been
completed and unveiled. A memorial to members of the Air Force who were reported missing on the
Western Front is being erected in the Faubourg d'Amiens, and on it about 35,000 names will be inscribed.
In a recent statement, an official of the Imperial War Graves Commission said that it was hoped
that the memorial at La Ferté-sous-Jouarre, which will contain 3,888 names, and which commemorates
the missing at the retreat from Mons, will be ready for unveiling by the end of October. This memorial
will also include the names of those who were missing in the battles of the Marne and the Aisne.
The Ploegsteert Memorial, containing 11,000 names of the missing, is being erected in the Berks
Cemetery extension. The Arras Memorial, in the Faubourg d'Amiens, will contain 35,000 names.
Among the other memorials to the missing are the following The Loos Memorial, with 20,000 names
Le Touret Memorial, with 13,480 names the Louverval Memorial, with 7,000 names the Vis-en-
Artois Memorial, with 9,893 names the Soissons Memorial, with 4,000 names the Thiepval Memorial
on the Somme, with 70,000 names and the Pozières Memorial, in the Pozières Military Cemetery.
Between 11,000 and 12,000 officers and men of the Mercantile Marine who died as the result of
enemy action and who have no known graves, are to be commemorated on Towner Hill. The design
by Sir Edward Lutyens is a great vaulted corridor, in whose three bays the names of the 11,000 are
being inscribed.
will be held at the
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