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Unique IDCWGC/1/1/8/1
Alt Ref NoWG 797
TitleAllied And Enemy Graves In British Cemeteries
DescriptionMain topics: correspondence between Commission and DGRE re purchase and maintenance of allied graves in UK; powers of Commission to maintain foreign graves; authority from HM Treasury for Commission to maintain allied and enemy graves until the foreign governments concerned make other arrangements; Office of Works proposal to take over graves of enemy prisoners of war; maintenance arrangements for Belgian and French graves in the UK; graves of Russians in British cemeteries in Middle East (Eastern District); and correspondence with Russian ;migr; church organisation; unmarked foreign graves in British cemeteries in Greece (Eastern District); design and supply of headstone tablets for Italian and Turkish war graves in Macedonia.
Date6/4/1920 - 17/6/1939
Content NoteIncluding:Schedule of cemeteries in UK thought to be under military control; with letter; 26 May 1921.List of French war graves in UK; with letter; 11 Jan. 1927.Lists of Russian graves in British cemeteries in Iraq; Turkey; Greece and Iran; with letters; 28 Oct. and 7 Nov. 1927.Memorandum by A. Ingpen re relations between Commission and Belgian Association Nos Tombes and Association du Souvenir re care of war graves; 7 Feb. 1928.Letter by Legal Adviser re United States government's attitude to care of US graves in UK; 24 Feb. 1928.Comprehensive statement of policy re foreign war graves in UK; 20 Sep. 1932.Report of meeting of Anglo-Greek Mixed Committee; 14 Dec. 1938.
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryArchive
ArchNoteLETTER 18 SEP. 1933 REFERS TO FORMATION OF NEW FILES ON SUBJECTS ARISING FROM THIS ONE. (ONLY ONE OF THESE IS NOW IN THE ARCHIVE).

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