About this episode

This episode answers listener questions about WW1 history and the legacy of the conflict, focusing on war cemeteries and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

In this Old Front Line WW1 podcast Q&A episode, we answer listeners’ questions about the history of the First World War and the legacy of the conflict today. We begin by exploring British and Commonwealth war cemeteries, explaining how the headstones are kept perfectly aligned and why some graves appear in straight rows while others are spaced further apart, including the role of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission of how this was made permanent, We then look at the huge st...

People in this episode

Host: Paul Reed

Topics covered

• First World War
• British war cemeteries
• Commonwealth war graves
• Q&A
• history
• legacy of conflict

Keywords

• First World War
• war cemeteries
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• Q&A
• history
• legacy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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