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Unique IDCWGC/1/1/10/G/15
Alt Ref NoWG 1759/1
TitleNotre Dame De Lorette - Windows - Unveiling
DescriptionMain topics: arrangements for unveiling of windows by T. Shaw; and for press reporting of ceremony; diplomatic importance of choice of date; appreciations of ceremony and work of Commission by those who attended.
Date21/6/1929 - 20/11/1929
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Content NoteIncluding: Letter from Shaw re inability of J. Ramsay Macdonald to perform unveiling; 21 June 1929. Letter from F. Ware re S. Baldwin's intention to unveil windows; 28 June 1929. Letter from S. Baldwin re unveiling and pilgrimage; 15 July 1929. Letter from Sir F. Kenyon re visits to cemeteries; 26 July 1929. Draft by Ware of speech for Lord Horne; with letter; 29 July 1929. Letter from Secretary General; Mixed Committee; mentioning details of opening ceremony for new Commission office at Arras; 25 July 1929. Text of Lord Horne's speech at unveiling; c. 2 Aug. 1929. Text of speech by Bishop of Arras at unveiling; with letter; 30 Oct. 1929.
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