Beauty and tragedy in global network of war graves

Full story: Dayton Daily News

It is the British empire of the dead. Scattered across 150 countries and managed from a modest office building near London's Heathrow Airport, a global patchwork of graveyards constitutes a beautiful memorial to the ugliest carnage: the 1.7 million fighting men and women who died for Britain and its dominions in the world wars of the last century.

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