Cannock Chase Military Cemetery, Cannock Chase, Cannock
- Ref No: D-EXP/P/W27/27
- Repository: Wolverhampton Archives & Local Studies
- Date: 27 Apr 1981
- Additional Information: A piper, John Hodson, wearing full regalia, is shown walking across the cemetery in the snow at the Anzac Day parade for Australian and New Zealand men, many of whom died of flu while based at Brocton camp in 1918. The parade was cancelled due to the freezing conditions, but people still attended. The Royal British Legion, the South Staffs County British Legion, the Mercian Brigade Band, Dennis Hodson, Reverend Donald Felix of Bloxwich, Liverpool and Broadhurst Green are mentioned. The cemetery is maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC).
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- Access Status: Open
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