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Old 23rd Apr 2021, 11:39
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Originally Posted by Asturias56
I've visited a few IWGC sites over the years all over the world and I honestly believe the British have done it better than anyone else. I've seen Sikh and Maori gravestones and ones where Moslems have been carefully orientated to face towards Mecca. I think they're really looking at some of the generic " 100 soldiers of the 1st East African lie here" type. But especially on the WW1 memorials there are a lot of people of all colours and creeds just remembered as names on an enormous list of the dead.

Everyone who died, whatever side they died on, deserves remembrance
Fair enough. It just looks like everyone wants to jump on the race bandwagon these days: the CofE, Kew Gardens, Statues, etc etc ad infinitum.
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