![]() ![]() They have permanence, they have consistency and they have equal treatment in terms of rank and class. The Imperial War Graves Commission’s (IWGC) early decisions not to allow the repatriation of bodies to the United Kingdom, not to differentiate soldiers by military rank or social class, and not to allow cruciform headstones on graves, all generated enormous debate and highly emotional discussion… Nevertheless, it can now be seen that the Commission’s founding egalitarian resolve has resulted in cemeteries, on the Western Front and elsewhere, that are widely regarded by their many visitors as appropriate, eloquent and dignified. The Imperial War Graves Commission in East and West Africa, 1918-1939Īrticle by Michèle Barrett in Bodies In Conflict, Routledge, 2014 Individual commemoration in British cemeteries and memorials.īarrett, Michèle (2011) Afterword in Race, Empire and First World War Writing, ed Shantanu DasĮntitled Afterword, Death and the Afterlife: Britain’s Colonies and Dominions, this paper examines cultural issues in commemoration of World War 1 and principles such as the individual name forming the basis for commemoration. The Imperial War Graves Commission, which largely excluded Africans from Was evident in attitudes towards African soldiers but was most starkly This paper considers the dehumanization of the African during and after theįirst World War, focussing on East Africa. These practices, some formally encoded in a policy ruling, rested on contemporary assumptions about stages of civilization and lives worth commemorating.īarrett, Michèle (2017) Dehumanization and the War in East Africa In Africa, evidence from the archives of the War Graves Commission demonstrates a sharp differentiation between the treatment of ‘white graves’ and those of ‘natives’. Colonial rank-and-file soldiers, and labourers and porters, were normally not named on memorials elsewhere. Comparing this memorial on the Western Front with its counterpart in Mesopotamia reveals that the listing of dead and missing servicemen’s names was a policy specific to Europe. That such memorials are highly political is shown in the case of the ‘Indian’ memorial at Neuve Chapelle: at the request of Pakistan, who wanted it to be retitled the Indo-Pakistan memorial, the War Graves Commission attempted to erase the word ‘India’ from the memorial’s register, documentation and signage. ![]() This paper considers the politics of naming in memorials of the First World War. Previous publications on the politics of Commemoration Subalterns at Warīarrett, Michèle (2007) ‘SUBALTERNS AT WAR’, Interventions, 9:3, 451 – 474 ![]()
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