Almost every cemetery consists of rows of white upright tombstones. The headstones are rectangular with a rounded top, where French or German cemeteries often have crosses or recumbent headstones. The tombstones are 81 cm high, 38 cm wide and 7.5 cm thick. Each stone is engraved with the name, rank and unit symbol of the fallen. Also, a cross is engraved in each stone, except for those killed who were declared by the family to belong to another religion; no or a different symbol is used there. Even if the fallen did not belong to any religion, no symbol is used. Some graves bear a personal inscription, chosen by the next of kin. When the normal upright stone could subside due to climate or earthquakes, a low plinth is used, as for example in the cemeteries of Gallipoli and in some places in the Far East.
Many tombstones are for unidentified fallen soldiers. These stones only mention what could be deduced from the found body, and texts such as "A Soldier of the Great War" or "A Soldier
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