Record

Unique IDCWGC/1/1/5/17
Alt Ref NoSDC 29
TitleProposed Inscription On Cross Of Sacrifice
DescriptionMain topics: correspondence between Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Hugh Cecil, Winston Churchill and Sir Fabian Ware regarding the proposed inscription on the Cross of Sacrifice.
Date29/4/1920 - 26/7/1920
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CWGC_1_1_5_17.opt.pdf

Content NoteIncludes: Copy letter to Fabian Ware regarding inscription for Cross of Sacrifice, dated 26 July 1920; Letter from Fabian Ware to Secretary of State regarding Lord Cecil's letter to the Commissioners about policy, dated 23 July 1920; Handwritten letter from Lord Cecil to Winston Churchill outlining his suggestions for the inscription on the Cross of Sacrifice, dated 12 June 1920;Proposed inscription written in Edward Marsh's handwriting, undated; Copy of letter from Winston Churchill regarding inscription proposed for the Cross of Sacrifice, dated 29 April 1920; Letter from Randall Cantuar (Davidson), Archbishop of Canterbury, to Winston Churchill approving the inscription for the Cross of Sacrifice, dated 1 May 1920.
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryArchive
ArchNoteDOCUMENTS TAKEN FROM FILE WG 214/9 (NOW MISSING).

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Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/2Ware; Sir; Fabian Arthur Goulstone (1869-1949); newspaper editor and the founder of the Imperial War Graves Commission1869-1949
DS/UK/52Churchill; Sir; Winston Leonard (1874-1965); politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Chairman of the Imperial War Graves Commission1874-1965