tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532660226359547849.post5563096586202881521..comments2024-03-13T18:24:08.276+00:00Comments on The Graveyard Detective: Waiting for the Embalming Process to BeginLauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00006665414059398782noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532660226359547849.post-2767840583976566852011-06-20T03:56:16.158+01:002011-06-20T03:56:16.158+01:00It is a beautful cemetery. We have a relative bur...It is a beautful cemetery. We have a relative buried there: http://tangledtrees.blogspot.com/2009/09/tombstone-tuesday-martin-j-wetzel.html<br />Thank you for your interesting post.<br />Regards,<br />Theresa (Tangled Trees)TCasteelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01261694755025450452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532660226359547849.post-16914570035910342542011-06-18T11:30:38.313+01:002011-06-18T11:30:38.313+01:00Right, so force of cultural habit. I wonder if the...Right, so force of cultural habit. I wonder if they ever envied their Brit confreres' palaver-free approach to dead humans. Thanks, Laurie. There is something peculiarly captivating about this story - in a touching way.Charles Cowlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06757185376546920527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532660226359547849.post-31673821654094229362011-06-17T23:27:05.751+01:002011-06-17T23:27:05.751+01:00Hi Charles, I have just managed to download a pdf ...Hi Charles, I have just managed to download a pdf of the official history of the Grave Registration Service in the Second World. Apparently, embalming before burial took place, as a matter of course, in the mortuary units based at places like Cambridge. When D-Day came, the order went out that there was to be no embalming of US War Dead on the continent . . .Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00006665414059398782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532660226359547849.post-67202780040476529012011-06-17T20:26:50.473+01:002011-06-17T20:26:50.473+01:00Spellbinding photos. Well sleuthed! I can't un...Spellbinding photos. Well sleuthed! I can't understand why the bodies were embalmed when there was no apparent need. Do you have an idea/theory?Charles Cowlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06757185376546920527noreply@blogger.com