The Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintains the graves and memorials 2,500 cemeteries, 21,000 other burial grounds and 200 memorials to the missing. This involves an international industry of administrators, quarrymen, stone cutters and gardeners. They respond to queries from relatives, update records, tend to the landscape and repair or replace worn and damaged headstones.
Daniel Alexander is a London based photographer. Combining design and photography his work has been published in several books and has been exhibited at the Wellcome Collection, The Imperial War Museum, The Science Museum and the Charité. He is currently Course director of Photography at London South Bank University. Andrew Haslam is a designer and writer whose previous publications include 'Type and Typography, Book Design and Lettering: A Reference Manual of Techniques'. He is Associate Head of the Design School, Kingston School of Art, Kingston University.