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CWGC - Records of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- 1 - Historic Archive
  - 1 - Part 1 - Work of the Commission in Connection with First World War Deaths
    - 5 - Treatment of Graves and Cemeteries: Policy and General Considerations

Unique ID	CWGC/1/1/5/8
Alt Ref No	WG 214/7
Title	Inscriptions For Entrance Of Cemeteries
Description	Main topics: public suggestions for entrance inscription; possibility of a schools competition; inscriptions acknowledging gift of cemetery sites (land tablets); translations and transliterations of inscriptions; inscriptions on (Blomfield) war crosses in UK; use of dates '1914-1918' on cemeteries as standard.
Date	5/12/1918 - 8/7/1932
Multimedia
Content Note	Including various inscriptions suggested for other locations; and letters criticising those already chosen.
Extent	1 file
Collection	Archive
Category	Archive

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Historic Archive Part 1 - Work of the Commission in Connection with First World War Deaths

Historic Archive Part 2 - Work of the Commission in Connection with Second World War Deaths

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