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Unique IDCWGC/1/1/5/4
Alt Ref NoSDC 21
TitleCross And Stone
DescriptionMain topics: use of Cross of Sacrifice (War Cross) and Great War Stone in cemeteries; various sizes of each which might be used; titles of cross and stone; agreement to use uniform pattern of cross in France and Belgium; freedom of architects to use other designs of cross at their discretion.
Date29/1/1919 - 24/4/1920
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Content NoteIncludes: Memorandum and two letters by Sir Frederic Kenyon; 29 Jan. 1919 and 24 Apr. 1920; Two letters by Reginald Blomfield; 1 Feb. 1919 and 10 Sep. 1919; Letter by Edwin Lutyens; 31 Jan. 1919; Photograph of painting of Cross of Sacrifice by Douglas Macpherson; 1919.
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryArchive
ArchNoteDOCUMENTS TAKEN FROM FILES WG 502; WG 517/1/2 AND WG 517/11/2 (ALL NOW MISSING).

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CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/3Kenyon; Sir; Frederic George (1863-1952); Greek and biblical scholar and museum director1863-1952
DS/UK/5Lutyens; Sir; Edwin Landseer (1869-1944); architect1869-1944
DS/UK/7Blomfield; Sir; Reginald Theodore (1856-1942); architect1856-1942
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