| Unique ID | CWGC/1/1/15/23 |
| Alt Ref No | WG 421 PT.3 |
| Title | Mr H. Benson MA |
| Description | Main topics: preparation of articles (Hollybrook cemetery; Armistice Day; British deaths in Russia; work of the Commission); fraudulent conduct of wreath-laying firms; removal of bodies from Chateau Rosenberg; cathedral plaques to The Million Dead; Benson's scheme to lay wreaths at Ploegsteert memorial for members of the public at its unveiling and supply photographs; newspaper demand for articles re war graves and memorials; publication of articles in Irish newspapers. |
| Date | 21/8/1929 - 9/10/1952 |
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| Content Note | Including: Text of Armistice Day radio talk by F. Ware; 1929 and article re attendance by Ramsay MacDonald at Oberammergau passion play; with letter; 20 Mar. 1930. Correspondence re Surrey British Legion pilgrimage and ceremony at Ypres (funding Last Post); 27 Mar.- 8 Apr. 1935. Correspondence re salt erosion of headstones at Amara cemetery; responding to letter from bereaved mother; 4-9 Apr. 193. Press cutting re Ypres League pilgrimage ("Southern Daily Echo"); 22 Sep. 1936. |
| Extent | 1 file |
| Collection | Archive |
| Category | Archive |
| ArchNote | MORE CORRESPONDENCE WITH H. BENSON IS IN WG 400 PART 2 (D34.03). |
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| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| DS/UK/2 | Ware; Sir; Fabian Arthur Goulstone (1869-1949); newspaper editor and the founder of the Imperial War Graves Commission | 1869-1949 |