376. How a beautiful new memorial to the dead of WWI is embracing nature

As we pay our respects to the fallen on Remembrance Day (11 November), the Plodcast recalls a special visit to Brookwood Military Cemetery in Surrey earlier in the summer to witness a new type of war memorial that truly embraces nature and landscape. Plodcast host Fergus Collins met with David Richardson of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, which looks after the graves of servicemen and women across the world, to learn more about this beautiful project and how it might change the way we tend to our war dead in future. Find out more about the vital and extraordinary work of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission at www.cwgc.org Get in touch on Facebook! Search "BBC Countryfile Magazine - Plodcast Community" or join the discussion here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/countryfilemagazineplodcast/?ref=share The BBC Countryfile Magazine Plodcast is the Publishers Podcast Awards Special Interest Podcast of the Year 2024 & 2025 and the PPA Podcast of the Year 2022. If you've enjoyed the plodcast, don't forget to leave likes and positive reviews. Contact the Plodcast team and send your sound recordings of the countryside to: [email protected]. If your letter, email or message is read out on the show, you could WIN a Plodcast Postbag prize of a wildlife- or countryside-themed book chosen by the team. The Plodcast is produced by Jack Bateman and Lewis Dobbs. The theme tune was written and performed by Blair Dunlop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices