David Crane pays tribute to first world war cemetery founder Fabian Ware

'How we commemorate the first world war is almost 100% down to this man Ware' argues acclaimed author

As Britain commemorates the first world war and remembers the soldiers who died, there is one man's name largely missing who deserves far more recognition, the historian David Crane arguedon Monday. .

It was because of Fabian Ware the remarkable first world war cemeteries were built a mission Rudyard Kipling described as "work greater than the Pharaohs."

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