Chris Daniell (Defence Estates, Ministry of Defence, UK)

The term 'short memorial inscription' is used for an short inscription
commemorating a person or event. These inscriptions are frequently
found on plaques on park benches, but also in a wide variety of other
locations. This paper will describe short memorial inscriptions for
individuals or groups, and explore the ways they are used, their
location (and where they are not used), the information contained within
them, and what they represent, especially in terms of the memory of the
dead or events within the community.

Siân Smith (University of Exeter, UK)

Howard Williams (University of Chester, UK) and Elizabeth J. L. Williams

Paul Gough (University of the West of England, UK)

Gilly Carr (Cambridge University, UK)

Samuel Walls (University of Exeter, UK)

Duncan Sayer (University of Bath, UK)

The effect of the first world war on British commemorative behaviour is well
reported in the literature, the volume of loss and the common absence of a
bodies empowered the previously marginal practice of cremation and sees the
widespread growth in memorials dedicated to the regimental, town or regional
missing located in public and civic spaces. However, this transformation in

Corisande Fenwick (Stanford University, USA)

Stephanie Koerner (University of Manchester, UK)