What does GRREG stand for?

Only yesterday I wrote to the director of graves registration to see if it would be possible to have my son's body enclosed in an oak coffin.

Byline: Karen Nugent LEOMINSTER - A request to move two of three large Civil War cannons from a monument and burial site in Evergreen Cemetery to a more prominent locale in downtown Carter Park has prompted protest from the graves registration officer of a Civil War organization dedicated to preserving the memories of those who served in that war.

Mr Mosby, now 80, served with the Royal Army Service Corps and then worked in the graves registration department for a further two-and-a-half years with the 52nd Lowland Division.

When more than one have been found together, the official of the graves registration department --this man with soft large hands holding the folder out-- portions out enough human remains to make up as many people as possible.

8) Men advanced far inland on the first day at Gallipoli and for many, their bodies were not found until December 1918 when the Graves Registration Unit went back to Gallipoli.

Known as the Graves Registration Unit of the Royal Pioneer Corps, the 30-strong team has been hard at work on the frontline since hostilities broke out 11 days ago.

Dowd, commander; Art Cronin, senior vice commander; Ron Doyle, finance officer; Jim Dowd, adjutant; Ben Hayes, chaplain; Randy Smith, sergeant-at-arms; Dee Diveley, judge advocate; Bill Fay, graves registration officer; Paul Towler, service officer; John McAuliffe, Americanism officer; and Bill Durkan, historian.