SOLDIERS' GRAVES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16824, 15 April 1918, Page 6

SOLDIERS' GRAVES.

. DESIGN FOR HEADSTONE. '% * . s [from our own correspondent.] $| LONDON, Mar. 8. i Brigadihi-Gej,-ebal G. S. Richardson -, informs me that the Imperial War Graves jj Commission has submitted specimens of i headstones which are to be used in war i cemeteries. Each grave will have its headstone, to replace the present wooden cross which has been erected over all graves as a temporary measure. The headstone will bo uniform in dimensions—that is to say, 2ft 6in in height and Ift 3in in breadth - but will not necessarily he identical in shape. Each will bear the name, rank,' and regiment, and the dat« of tho death v ef the man, and, it is hoped, a regimental ' badge; also, if desired, a national emblem. It remains for the Dominions concerned to decide the particular design of - the headstone which will bo adopted for its graves, and also what should be put on them as a national emblem. : . Besides the. individual headstones, each > cemetery will also contain a general monument to the fallen. Arrangements >-. have been made to photograph the graves of all New Zealanders, so far as they j have been located. lb is, of course, obvious that the general scheme of mark- j ing graves will prohibit the erection of $ private headstones, which very many rela- '; tives desired.to do. . i