Talk:Stone of Remembrance

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I can't find a definitive source that says what material was used for the Stones of Remembrance, though I recall there was an early suggestion by Lutyens that local materials be used. It is possible that a limestone like the ubiquitous Portland stone was specified in the design, but it is also possible the specifications were not so specific. Some sources describe individual stones as made of marble, but that might be those sources getting it wrong. Will keep looking, unless anyone else can find a source for this? I've looked through the sources used for this article and found nothing yet. Carcharoth (talk) 17:19, 1 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A quick search of the internet shows many monuments all over Britain were built in whole or part in Cornish Granite. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission was given the work of designing and constructing cemeteries and memorials, and they must have awarded a contract for materiel to a Cornish quarry. An example is the war memorial on the summit of the LAW of Dundee built in 1925, strange when Scotland is famous for the stone.

I have noticed one of the pictures in the article on Brisbane General (Toowong) Cemetery shows what strongly appears to be a Stone of Remembrance with the inscription in metal lettering, but the CWGC only register 387 Commonwealth war burials and 2 Dutch war burials. Is there some circumstance that cemeteries can have such a stone without containing 1000 war graves? Is the stone in Toowong Cemetery a CWGC erection? The photo is uncaptioned.Cloptonson (talk) 11:30, 31 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]