BRITISH WAR GRAVES.
WORK OF COMMISSION. GRATIFYING ' ACHIEVEMENTS. Reuter. LONDON. March" 11. The progress which has been made in caring for and beautifying war cemeteries in Europe, Asia and Africa, florally and architecturally,, is depicted in a photographic supplement to the annual report of the War Graves Commission., The labours of the latter are statistical!/ illustrated. Ths commission cared for 2380 cemeteries, comprising 545,498 graves, in the past year. It conducted soven nurseries, which supplied nearly 7,000,000 plants, trees and shrubs. It purchased 360,000 bulbs and planted 49 - miles of hedges and 41 acres of grass. . The commission also chemically treated 97,000 headstones. Isolated remains of British soldiers continue to be found. The number so discovered last year was 4100. Most of these were found by organised gangs who were digging ground in a search for shells and war material. • The Prince of Wales sent a message to the commissioners expressing his gratification that the Governments of Britain, Canada, and Australia had agreed to endow the commission, and observing with satisfaction that other Empire Governments were considering taking a similar course.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19275, 13 March 1926, Page 11
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181BRITISH WAR GRAVES. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19275, 13 March 1926, Page 11
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