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1920 - The aftermath of the First World War
Victorians were willing to spend a great deal of money on
funerals and burial monuments. But attitudes towards funerals
changed after the First World War.
The design of gravestones and monuments became simpler, and
the symbols and decorations that were often carved in stone
became less common.
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Q13. Rites of Burial
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Which social events do you think helped changed attitudes
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That's right. The slaughter of the soldiers on
the battlefields made an extravagant funeral seem
distasteful. Everyone in the country would know
or be related to a soldier buried in a simple grave
in France and Belgium. In fact, all these three
things had an effect.
Yes, the soldiers returned from the First World
War to find they had no jobs and the economic depression
had begun. In fact, all these three things had an
effect.
Yes, cremation had become accepted as a simpler
and cheaper alternative to a burial. In fact, all
these three things had an effect.
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