| Unique ID | CWGC/1/1/5/19 |
| Alt Ref No | ADD 1/1/5 |
| Title | Headstones - Documents |
| Description | Main 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. |
| Date | 1/1/1918 - 31/12/1920 |
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| Content Note | Including: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. |
| Extent | 1 file |
| Collection | Archive |
| Category | Archive |
| ArchNote | COMPILATION OF DOCUMENTS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. |
Show related Persons records.
Persons
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| DS/UK/3 | Kenyon; Sir; Frederic George (1863-1952); Greek and biblical scholar and museum director | 1863-1952 |
| DS/UK/62 | Stanley; 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 Commission | 1865-1948 |