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A poignant description of one of Europe's most well known war cemeteries.

Based on interviews and personal experiences, this work includes images, including photographs by Corporal Eric Gunton of Number 32 Graves Registration Unit, who photographed the cemetery as it took shape. Look out for more Pitkin Guides on the very best of British and French history, heritage and travel.



Table of Contents
Introduction; Bayeux - Liberation; The battlefield graves; The Army chaplains; The medics (The cutting edge); Nursing staff (Quiet heroines); Aerial map (A countryside transformed); Grave registration; Burial and exhumation; Grave concentration; The entrance to the cemetery; Winter months (To absent friends); 1945 - The price of victory ... and solidarity; Conclusion; Simply Me When I'm Dead (poem)poem

The Bayeux British Cemetery

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      Publisher: Batsford Ltd
      Publication Date: 01/05/2006
      ISBN13: 9781841651767, 978-1841651767
      ISBN10: 1841651761
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      Modern warfare Second World War

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A poignant description of one of Europe's most well known war cemeteries.

      Based on interviews and personal experiences, this work includes images, including photographs by Corporal Eric Gunton of Number 32 Graves Registration Unit, who photographed the cemetery as it took shape. Look out for more Pitkin Guides on the very best of British and French history, heritage and travel.



      Table of Contents
      Introduction; Bayeux - Liberation; The battlefield graves; The Army chaplains; The medics (The cutting edge); Nursing staff (Quiet heroines); Aerial map (A countryside transformed); Grave registration; Burial and exhumation; Grave concentration; The entrance to the cemetery; Winter months (To absent friends); 1945 - The price of victory ... and solidarity; Conclusion; Simply Me When I'm Dead (poem)poem

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