 Posted Thursday, August 30, 2007
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| On the literature the Commonwealth War Graves Commission provides it shows their badge.It looks like an 'Aladdin's lamp' emblem. I was wondering how this came about and if it was meant to signify anything in particular ?
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Posted Friday, August 31, 2007
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| The lamp is a 'Toc H' lamp, which burned very dimly (there was a saying, "as dim as a Toc H lamp" when referring to people who were simple!!); I think the symbolisim is that the memory of the fallen still burns in an eternal flame. Bit more on the History of CWGC: http://www.cwgc.org/admin/files/History%20leaflet%20NEW.pdf
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Posted Friday, August 31, 2007
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| Cheers Paul for all the information. The more visits I make to military cemeteries, the more I appreciate what a fantastic job they do.
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