File:CWGC - Headstone carving.jpg

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English: In the early days of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstones were carved by hand and would need at least a week to carve a regimental badge.
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Source Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Canadian Agency
Author Ivan L Bawtree, Graves Registration Unit, see http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205087100
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This image is reasonably believed to be before 1939. By the early 1920's hand carving of Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstones had been replaces with mechanized methods.

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