Books of Interest
By Nicholas Philpot
Commonwealth War Graves Commission: Their Name Liveth,
6 vols., 1954-68 (Fine B & W photos, with short
text, of cemeteries of both World Wars)
Longworth, Philip: The Unending Vigil, 1967
(A history of the CWGC)
Gibson, E & Ward, GK: Courage Remembered, 1995
(Construction & maintenance of Commonwealth
cemeteries & memorials)
Boorman, Derek: For Your Tomorrow, 1995 (A useful, illustrated
survey of the wide variety of memorials in Britain)
Borg, Alan: War Memorials, 1991 (A scholarly introduction to the
subject)
Curl, James S: Death & Celebration, 2002 (contains a discussion of
memorials & cemeteries in France, Germany & Italy)
Holt, Dean W: American Military Cemeteries, 1992 (includes a list,
with short details, of cemeteries outside the USA built by the
American Battle Monuments Commission)
Urmson, Birgit: German & US Second World War Military
Cemeteries in Italy, 2018 (An account, by an art historian,
of the background to their installation, with a comparison
of the ethos & artistic expression of the two cultures)
Barcellini, S & Wieviorka, A: Passant, Souviens-toi !, 1995
(A survey, in French, of war memorials in France,
including those to the Resistance, & relating to
Deportation, & PoW camps)
Azizyan, I & Ivanova, I: Honour Eternal, 1982 (A substantial study,
translated from the Russian, of Soviet memorials;
well illustrated)
Harris, Lillian C: Cemeteries & Memories, 2007 (A personal
account, by an American diplomat, of British, French,
German & American cemeteries in Tunisia)
6 vols., 1954-68 (Fine B & W photos, with short
text, of cemeteries of both World Wars)
Longworth, Philip: The Unending Vigil, 1967
(A history of the CWGC)
Gibson, E & Ward, GK: Courage Remembered, 1995
(Construction & maintenance of Commonwealth
cemeteries & memorials)
Boorman, Derek: For Your Tomorrow, 1995 (A useful, illustrated
survey of the wide variety of memorials in Britain)
Borg, Alan: War Memorials, 1991 (A scholarly introduction to the
subject)
Curl, James S: Death & Celebration, 2002 (contains a discussion of
memorials & cemeteries in France, Germany & Italy)
Holt, Dean W: American Military Cemeteries, 1992 (includes a list,
with short details, of cemeteries outside the USA built by the
American Battle Monuments Commission)
Urmson, Birgit: German & US Second World War Military
Cemeteries in Italy, 2018 (An account, by an art historian,
of the background to their installation, with a comparison
of the ethos & artistic expression of the two cultures)
Barcellini, S & Wieviorka, A: Passant, Souviens-toi !, 1995
(A survey, in French, of war memorials in France,
including those to the Resistance, & relating to
Deportation, & PoW camps)
Azizyan, I & Ivanova, I: Honour Eternal, 1982 (A substantial study,
translated from the Russian, of Soviet memorials;
well illustrated)
Harris, Lillian C: Cemeteries & Memories, 2007 (A personal
account, by an American diplomat, of British, French,
German & American cemeteries in Tunisia)