▁Commonwealth ) ▁War ▁Gra ves ▁Commission ▁c em eter ies ▁contain ▁head st ones ▁of ▁a ▁standard ▁pattern , ▁usually ▁set ▁in ▁perfectly ▁straight ▁rows . ▁At ▁the ▁top ▁of ▁each ▁head stone ▁is ▁eng ra ved ▁the ▁national ▁em blem ▁or ▁the ▁service ▁or ▁regiment al ▁bad ge ▁of ▁the ▁dead ▁person , ▁followed ▁by ▁their ▁rank , ▁name , ▁unit , ▁date ▁of ▁death , ▁age ▁and ▁often ▁an ▁appropriate ▁religious ▁em blem . ▁At ▁the ▁foot ▁of ▁the ▁head stone ▁there ▁is , ▁in ▁many ▁cases , ▁an ▁ins cription ▁chosen ▁by ▁the ▁person ' s ▁relatives . ▁Some ▁c em eter ies , ▁for ▁clim atic ▁reasons , ▁use ▁low ▁ped est als ▁with ▁bronze ▁pla ques ▁instead ▁of ▁head st ones . ▁ ▁H ort icult ure ▁ ▁Creating ▁a ▁garden ▁setting ▁for ▁war ▁c em eter ies , ▁in ▁an ▁effort ▁to ▁make ▁them ▁places ▁of ▁quite ▁cont empl ation , ▁beauty ▁and ▁so othing ▁to ▁the ▁bere aved , ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁earliest ▁ideas ▁generated ▁by ▁the ▁War ▁Gra ves ▁Commission . ▁These ▁ideas ▁were ▁put ▁into ▁practice ▁by ▁the ▁architect s ▁involved , ▁in ▁particular ▁Sir ▁Ed win ▁L ut y ens ▁who ▁worked ▁closely ▁with ▁the ▁ren owned ▁garden ▁designer ▁Ger tr ude ▁J ek yll . ▁Her ▁ideas ▁about ▁traditional ▁c ott age ▁garden ▁plants , ▁particularly ▁flow ering ▁ones , ▁and ▁their ▁pla cement ▁greatly ▁influenced ▁the ▁appearance ▁of ▁war ▁c em eter ies . ▁ ▁So on ▁after ▁the ▁Commission