1962 Press Photo Gardeners - Lay Wreath on Tomb of the Unknown Warrior

Commonwealth war graves Commission Gardeners - Lay Wreath on Tomb of the Unknown Warrior: Three gardeners on the staff of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in France this morning placed a wreath on the tomb of the unknown Warrior - at Westminster Abbey. The gardeners tend the graves of those who died while serving in the Commonwealth Forces in the two World Wars. The wreath is made from flowersand foliage from war cemeteries in France. Photo shows Stanley Alfred Hankin, one of the gardeners - head gardener of the cemeteries around Lille, France - places the wreath - watched by his colleagues Thomas Lewis Hutchinson ( St. Omar cemeteries) and David Alfred Smith (Bailleul, Northern France) - this morning.

Photo measures 10 x 8 inches.

Photo is dated 11-9-1962.



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