This presentation covers the scale of the sacrifice in WW1 and WW2, how the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) commemorate the fallen in both wars, their founding principles and the initial adverse public reaction to their plans, personalities involved in the CWGC, layout of the cemeteries, stories behind some of the headstones, the creation of a new cemetery at Fromelles Pheasant Wood after the discovery of a mass grave and how we now commemorate the fallen in recent conflicts.