“Most of the natives who have died are of a semi-savage nature and do not attach any sentiment to marking the graves of their dead,” Maj George Evans observed. His conclusion? “I consider the erection of individual headstones would constitute a waste of public money.”
A letter signing off on the plan was authored by the chairman of the then Imperial War Graves Commission, Winston Churchill.
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/nov/10/the-unremembered-britains-forgotten-war-heroes-review-david-lammy-condemns-a-shameful-history
A letter signing off on the plan was authored by the chairman of the then Imperial War Graves Commission, Winston Churchill.
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/nov/10/the-unremembered-britains-forgotten-war-heroes-review-david-lammy-condemns-a-shameful-history
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