Inspecting the Ranks of the Dead

Category

Library Item

Item no

32740

Title

"Here Lies a British Soldier. R.I.P.": A Resting-Place for Our Heroes - Inspecting the Ranks of the Dead.

Description

From the Illustrated London News published October 20th, 1917, page 453. Australian Official Photograph.

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1917

Size

39.6 x 26.7 cm

Type

Press cutting; Reproduction

Location

Reference Library

The cost of war, while measurable in its financial and human loss, cannot be fully described by quantification. The toll the war took is incomprehensible, which is perhaps most evident in the reticence of the survivors. The battlefields saw a modernisation of weaponry, with ghastly effects, and society suffered through long separations, occupations, bombardment and shortages. The First World War was truly a global event that left lingering conflicts within and between nations.

While remembrance of the Great War varied from country to country and has shifted over the decades, in Britain, the years immediately following the war focused on honouring the dead, both known and unknown, and seeing that the sacrifice of these soldiers meant lasting victory of democracy over dictatorship.

You can search the entire 1914-19 archives of the Illustrated London News online.

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