 His £10 figure had become standard reckoning, and in November 1918 the IWCG created a finance committee.In May and June 1919, Ware argued that the IWGC should be made independent of HM Treasury, which was observing the Commission's finances, and this largely occurred after a meeting on 20 June.Though many nations had given Britain control of their war graves and cemeteries in perpetuity, the Commission continued to seek similar concessions from other nations, including those that had fought against the United Kingdom during the war.