Lutyens at Etaples

Architecture of Remembrance Beside the War's Largest Battlefield Hospital

Host and Moderator(s): Marcos Lutyens & Robin Prater

Presenter(s): Jon Gedling & Lynelle Howson, Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Etaples, located near the main hospitals of the British Expeditionary Forces, is the largest IWGC cemetery in France with over 11,500 graves. The central terrace of the memorial designed by Lutyens is sited to allow the visitor to comprehend the scale of the sacrifice. Jon and Lynelle share stories not only of the architecture and construction, but also of the soldiers and nurses buried at Etaples.