‘Munitionettes’ in a London factory, May 1918
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Wake focuses on those killed in one arena of the war — Evelyn’s fiancé Fraser, Ada’s son Michael and Ivy’s son Joe are among the 564,715 British Army dead on the Western Front. The uncertainty about the final resting places of many of the soldiers, and the lack of any tangible remains over which to mourn, added another level of pain. Anna Hope said:
The journey of the Unknown Warrior through London on Armistice Day 1920 is the climax of Wake. It clearly had an extraordinarily cathartic impact on the many thousands who attended the event:
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