HC Deb 27 July 1950 vol 478 cc140-1W
Mr. Llewellyn

asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that the effect of sun on wooden crosses in the war cemetery at Massicault, Tunisia, tends to make inscriptions illegible; and whether he will consider their replacement with crosses made of less perishable material.

Mr. Strachey

The wooden crosses on British war graves in Massicault war cemetery and other war cemeteries in Tunisia are repainted, or replaced, when they become shabby or illegible. The Imperial War Graves Commission will eventually replace these temporary crosses by permanent headstones.

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