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Unique IDCWGC/1/1/10/G/12
Alt Ref NoWG 1706
TitleMons Memorial To British; Canadian And Australian Forces
DescriptionMain topics: proposal by local authority in Mons to erect large memorial; and to collect funds from Britain and Canada; requests for advice of F. Ware re raising funds for memorial; project for memorial column organised by Genl. E. Spears; Commission assistance in choice of site; approach to E. Lutyens for design; and visit by Lutyens to Mons.
Date8/3/1928 - 27/4/1939
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Content NoteIncluding: Correspondence between Ware and P. Hymans re practicability or raising an adequate fund for the proposed memorial; 17 Sep.- 6 Oct. 1937.Report on possible sites by Chief Administrative Officer; France; 7 July 1938.Correspondence between Spears; the Commission and Lutyens' office re design of memorial; 19 Oct.- 8 Dec. 1938.
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DS/UK/5Lutyens; Sir; Edwin Landseer (1869-1944); architect1869-1944
DS/UK/2Ware; Sir; Fabian Arthur Goulstone (1869-1949); newspaper editor and the founder of the Imperial War Graves Commission1869-1949
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