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Unique IDCWGC/1/1/6/1
Alt Ref NoWG 146/2
TitleBelgium - Agreement With Belgian Government
DescriptionMain topics: approaches to Belgian authorities re establishing British cemeteries; marking of Belgian military graves in UK; terms of agreement with Belgian government; HM Treasury approval of terms; selection of and negotiations re wartime cemeteries; legal stipulations re military burials; problems of legal interpretation.
Date8/9/1915 - 22/10/1919
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Content NoteIncluding: Memorandum from Sir L. Earle (Office of Works) re British military cemeteries in Belgium, 9 Jan. 1917. Letter from Bourgmestre of Proven re burial ground, 22 Aug. 1916. Letter from Ware to Belgian Ministry of Interior re selection of burial sites as practiced in France, 20 May 1916. Schedules of cemeteries, c. May 1916. Text of draft agreement (translation), 20 July 1917.
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