Police and Royal British Legion in Cheshire have teamed up to restore forgotten resting places of veterans buried in cemeteries.
They also worked with the North West Probation Service on the project, which saw offenders serving community sentences given the task of cleaning war graves.
An MP has called for an investigation after grieving families found treasured mementoes “piled up” at gravesides and soil strewn across plots at a South Cheshire cemetery.
Police have vowed to step up patrols around Nantwich Cemetery as more thefts have emerged of treasured items from gravesides.
The mum of tragic Elle Morris has told her two lanterns were stolen from Elle’s grave at the Whitehouse Lane site.
Grieving families have hit out at thieves after graveside ornaments were stolen in Nantwich Cemetery.
Two families have come forward to highlight their losses – and there are fears many more graves have been targeted.
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