Remembering those who died during WW1 and WW2

Before WWI, marked graves were rare and little was recorded officially. Sir Fabian Ware believed this should change. He was too old to fight and became the commander of a mobile Red Cross Unit. Concerned that the final resting place of those who died would be lost forever, his unit beganrecording all the graves they could find. By 1915, their work was given recognition by the War Office and became the Directorate of Graves Registration and enquires. This led to the formation of the Imperial War Graves Commission, now the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.