Differences in British and German attitudes to Commemoration

article by UKNIWM office volunteer Gabrielle Orton
 
   After my trip to Ypres some weeks back, I have been looking at the different national attitudes of Britain and Germany to commemoration, in terms of the layout and formation of the military cemeteries.
 
In the Ypres Salient alone, there are over 137 British military burial grounds, ranging from [...]

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‘I am the enemy you killed, my friend…’

Today’s blog post was written by one of our volunteers, Richard.
‘I am the enemy you killed, my friend…’
Wilfred Owen ‘Strange Meeting’
The reference in an earlier blog post to memorials to nationals of enemy countries may seem strange, although in recent times new memorials have been erected with inscriptions intended not to cause offence by referring to [...]

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Last German First World War veteran dies

Erich Kaestner, the man who was believed to be German’s last surviving First World War veteran, has died at the age of 107.  Kaestner left school in 1918 and fought on the Western Front for 4 months before the war ended.  He also saw service during the Second World War as an officer in the [...]

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