The Day Off

Did you know that May has 31 days? I apparently didn’t when I was planning this trip and so today is the one day off of the trip. Aside from going to the chocolate museum and eating fries, I thought I would take this time to do a quick update about some of the common features I am finding at each memorial location.

Cross of Sacrifice

This memorial is located at every cemetery that had more than 40 graves. This is why every single commonwealth cemetery I have been to has this cross. The cross is there to represent the faith of the majority of those interred there and the sword is the symbolize the military nature of the cemetery. The size of the cross also varies depending on the size of the memorial.

Stone of Remembrance

This memorial is located in every cemetery with over 1000 graves in it. It bears a quote from the book of Ecclesiastes “ Their Name Liveth For Everymore”

Headstone

Each headstone bears the name rank and other identifying information that could be acquired. If the religion of the casualty is known then it bears a symbol to identify it. Also, each headstone bears a symbol that represents the nationality of the casuality. For Canada the symbol is a maple leaf, for Britain it is a lion and so on. There is no uniform material that the headstones are made of.