DANIEL ALEXANDER: When War Is Over Benge’s photographs have been shown

Benge’s photographs have been shown extensively in both public and private galleries in Britain

59 colour photographs

Parr has explored workplaces

putting on display what our culture seeks to forget – the imperfect

DANIEL ALEXANDER: When War Is Over Benge’s photographs have been shown1. 7 million Commonwealth War dead from the First and Second World Wars are commemorated individually and by name, on graves and memorials in 153 countries throughout the world. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintains these 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,