Record

Unique IDCWGC/1/1/5/19
Alt Ref NoADD 1/1/5
TitleHeadstones - Documents
DescriptionMain topics: parliamentary controversy over cemetery designs proposed by Commission; replies to criticisms defending need for central control of headstone supply; standard of care of cemeteries in France; forbidding private memorials; consultation of regiments re designs; mustering support for Commission in House of Commons.
Date1/1/1918 - 31/12/1920
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CWGC_1_1_5_19.pdf

Content NoteIncluding:Copy of report to IWGC by F. Kenyon re cemetery design; 1918.Copy of letter by Lord Derby to regimental commanders; requesting opinion of troops; January 1918.Specimen designs accompanying Lord Derby's letter.Letter by H. Gosling to Labour MPs in support of Commission policy; 21 Apr. 1920.Extracts from letters by relatives acknowledging correctness of Commission policy.
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryArchive
ArchNoteCOMPILATION OF DOCUMENTS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.

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DS/UK/3Kenyon; Sir; Frederic George (1863-1952); Greek and biblical scholar and museum director1863-1952
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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