Rudyard Kipling, Collective Memory and the Imperial War Graves Commission

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  1. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    During the Interwar Period, the poet Rudyard Kipling worked closely with the newly-founded Imperial War Graves Commission to register British war dead, to construct permanent war cemeteries and memorials for the fallen, and to cultivate images of sacrifice, equality, and unity in the developing British collective memory of the Great War. Through his work in public relations, the drafting of memorial inscriptions, and the inspection of the progress of cemetery construction, Rudyard Kipling aided the Commission’s mission to memorialize and commemorate the over one million individuals killed during the First World War, and both directly and indirectly molded the shaping of the British Empire’s war memories during his eighteen years with the organization.



    Burdened by Imperial Memory: Rudyard Kipling, Collective Memory and the Imperial War Graves Commission
     
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