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Unique IDCWGC/1/1/2/3
Alt Ref NoWG 3
TitleGenesis And Composition Of The Commission
DescriptionMain topics: Lord Derby's wish for note on origins of Commission; relations with Treasury; copies of memoranda to War Conference (1917) on formation of Commission; status of IWGC in French law (re British and Colonial associations concerned with war graves); arbitration in disputes between government departments (World War 2).
Date31/10/1917 - 17/10/1941
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CWGC_1_1_2_3 opt.pdf

Content NoteRefers to: Lord Derby; F. Ware; H. Creedy; Sir J. Anderson; Prince of Wales's National Committee on Care of Soldier's Graves; Directorate of Graves Registration and Enquiries (DGRE).
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryArchive
ArchNoteMOST DOCUMENTS NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO FILE-TITLE.

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DS/UK/2Ware; Sir; Fabian Arthur Goulstone (1869-1949); newspaper editor and the founder of the Imperial War Graves Commission1869-1949
DS/UK/61Windsor [formerly Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]; Edward (1894-1972); King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire, Emperor of India, Prince of Wales, Duke of Windsor, Earl of Chester, Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles, and Great Steward of Scotland, Duke of Saxony, and Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Grand Master of the Order of St. Michael and St. George; President of the Imperial War Graves Commission1894-1972
DS/UK/62Stanley; Lord; Edward George Villiers (1865-1948); 17th Earl of Derby; politician, racehorse owner, soldier, Secretary of State for War, British Ambassador to France, Chairman of the Imperial War Graves Commission1865-1948
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