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Unique IDCWGC/1/1/3/18
Alt Ref NoADD 1/14/1
TitleF.C. Sillar - Letters
DescriptionFile of correspondence to and from Frederick Cameron Sillar, mainly covering his time as Assistant Secretary (Finance) and Principal Assistant Secretary for the IWGC.
Date1/10/1918 - 24/11/1955
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Content NoteIncluding: Letters of reference and letter of appointment to post with Commission; 1 Oct. 1918 - 16 Mar. 1928. Letter from F. Ware re publicity; 19 June 1934. Pr. menu signed by guests; 8 June 1936. Letter of thanks from F. Ware for services to Special Committee on Expenditure; with copy of pr. report; 12 July 1938. Letter of thanks re Anglo-German-French meeting from Adml. von Trotha; 22 May 1939. Personal correspondence with F. Ware re appointment as Assistant Secretary Finance; and relations with Commissioners and with H.M. Treasury; 28 Mar. 1941 - 19 Aug. 1943. Folder TFC 97 containing letter to Sillar re cemetery construction in North Africa; 31 Mar. 1946. Letter of thanks from J. Lawson on his retirement; 23 Dec. 1946. Invitation to investiture at Buckingham Palace; 8 Oct. 1947. Sheaf of correspondence with Lady Ware re appreciation of F. Ware from mayor of Bayeux; and problems of publishing a proposed biography of F. Ware; with letters of advice from others to Lady Ware; 26 Apr.- 17 July 1951. 2 letters to Miss J. Ware and E. Blunden re DNB entry for F. Ware; 2 Oct. 1952. Pr. programme for reception to South African Legion and British Empire Service League Battlefields Pilgrimage; 1952. Letter from Lord Courtown re book 'Their Name Liveth'; 12 Nov. 1954. Correspondence with C. Wheeler re article in 'Times'; 4 and 8 Dec. 1954. Letter from Sir. A. Longmore re appointment of new Secretary to the Commission and Sillar's retirement; 19 Apr. 1955. Correspondence with W. Cecil Dunsford re press article by Sillar; with copy of article by Dunsford; 17 and 24 Nov. 1955. Other personal letters and notes fron H. Chettle; M. Dunbar Nasmith; R. Gordon-Finlayson; J. Lawson; and limerick re Anzac Agency.
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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/25Chettle; Henry Francis (1882-1958); Lt Col; Director of Records and Deputy Controller1882-1958
DS/UK/37Wheeler; Sir; Charles Thomas (1892-1974); sculptor1892-1974
DS/UK/51Blunden; Edmund Charles (1896-1974); Professor; poet, scholar, Literary Adviser1896-1974
DS/UK/57Sillar; Frederick Cameron (1895-1978); Higher Division Clerk, Chief Assistant (Finance), Assistant Secretary (Finance), Principal Assistant Secretary1895-1978
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