I love looking at images of some of the regimental badges carved on the headstones in C.W.G.C cemeteries ! ...... but here's the VC headstone .... looks wonderful doesn't it ?
The subject of headstones is a fascinating one .... I never realised there was so much work involved in the process ... thought you maybe interested too ! The provision of over 500,000 headstones was perhaps the greatest challenge facing the Commission. Apart from finding enough high quality stone, engraving regimental badges and inscriptions was a time-consuming affair. In an early indication of the Commission's willingness to innovate, a Lancashire firm designed for the Commission a machine to trace details onto headstones; this considerably increased the speed of the engraving process. Mechanisation over the years has increased the speed at which engraving could be done. The latest computerised system will allow a much faster rate of engraving and the finished product is expected to be of a higher standard. http://www.cwgc.org/admin/files/History leaflet NEW.pdf http://www.cwgc.org/content.asp?men...gibility of Inscriptions in Stone&menu=subsub
