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<p>It is important to remember that the fighting and loss of life continued in Mesopotamia
beyond the Armistice of 1918. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Basra Memorial
in Iraq commemorates the more than 40,500 members of Commonwealth forces who died
during the Campaign and whose graves are not known. While the current instability
in the region makes the work of the Commission challenging, the Government’s centenary
programme did not include the development of new memorials. Traditionally, new memorials
are funded by public subscription and the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire
provides a highly fitting and appropriate location for new memorials of many kinds.</p>
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