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CWGC - Records of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- 1 - Historic Archive
  - 1 - Part 1 - Work of the Commission in Connection with First World War Deaths
    - 15 - Relations With Miscellaneous Groups And Individuals

Unique ID	CWGC/1/1/15/36
Alt Ref No	SDC 9
Title	Letters From Eminent Civilians
Date	4/10/1916 - 19/2/1953
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Content Note	Correspondents: James Louis Garvin re his son Captain Gerard Garvin; 9 Nov. 1916. Prof. G. Driver re service with Graves Registration Commission (GRC); no date. Lord Milner re sponsorship of unnamed school; 5 Oct. 1916.Prof. Basil Williams re army organisation; 15 Dec. 1916.W. Schreiner re war casualty; 9 Nov. 1916. Gen. J. Seeley re correction of record of war casualty; 20 May 1917. Lord Grenfell re grave of Julian Grenfell; 29 Nov. 1916. G. Barstow re Rio Tinto Zinc and stone supplies; 26 June 1918.H.A.L. Fisher re support for Commission in Parliament; 21 Apr. 1920. A. Webb re judgement of Memorials to Missing competition; 1 Apr. 1925. C. Holmes; re meeting with F. Ware; 2 July 1927. C. Attlee re meeting; congratulations and H. Gosling; 12 May; 11 June 1930. G.M. Trevelyan re invitation to serve with Commission and inscription for Rome cemetery; 10 Feb. 1936; 29 Dec. 1952 and 5 Jan. 1953. G. Murray re inscriptions for Rome and Phaleron cemeteries; 23 Jan.; 19 Feb. 1953. Also: E. Wrench; J. Wedgwood MP; H. Granville Barker; H. Creedy; P. Kerr; P. Hymans; K. Lyon; E. Blunden.
Extent	1 file
Collection	Archive
Category	Archive
ArchNote	SOME OF THE DOCUMENTS WERE SELECTED FROM WG AND CM FILES; AND REPLACED WITH COPIES.

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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
DS/UK/51	Blunden; Edmund Charles (1896-1974); Professor; poet, scholar, Literary Adviser	1896-1974

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