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Unique IDCWGC/1/1/8/28
Alt Ref NoWG 798/11 PT.3
TitleEnemy Graves And Interned Civilians - Egypt - Palestine - Syria
DescriptionMain topics: form grave markers and wording of inscriptions for German graves in Palestine; German resistance to removal of German graves from British cemeteries in Egypt; arrangements made with Egyptian government re marking of German graves in British cemeteries in Egypt; arrangements proposed by German legation in Egypt re concentration of scattered graves; marking and maintenance of graves; and contacts with Germany via Foreign Office on this subject; negotiations with Germany re war graves in Palestine; problems of agreeing a design of headstone for German graves in all Commission cemeteries; and resistance to use of Commission standard headstone for German graves
Date1/1/1926 - 27/7/1934
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Content NoteIncluding: Extracts from minutes of meetings of Anglo-Egyptian War Cemeteries Executive Committee, 7 Jan., 13 Apr. 1926, 2 Nov. 1927. Blueprint plan of memorial to German and Austrian dead at Es Salt and Tul Karm cemeteries, Palestine, with letter 3 June 1926. Letter from F. Ware to Foreign Office giving his opinion on how Germany should treat German graves in Egypt, with reply by Chairman of Anglo-Egyptian Committee, 13 July and 14 Aug. 1926. List of German graves in Palestine 24 Aug. 1927. Envelope of photographs of German grave sites in Jordan, with report by Area Superintendent, 9 May 1928. Minutes of meeting of Anglo-Palestine War Cemeteries Committee or extracts; 2 July 1928, 19 Oct. 1929, 15 Feb., 26 Apr. 1930. Envelope of German press cuttings May - June 1928. Minutes of meeting of committee to advise Palestine government on German war graves, 31 Dec. 1928. Letter from A. Ingpen re French policy on treatment of German graves in France, 8 May 1929. Sketch of proposed headstone for German graves in British cemeteries in Palestine, with letter 26 July 1930.
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