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Unique IDCWGC/1/1/8/3
Alt Ref NoWG 1188
TitleFrench And Belgian Graves - General File
DescriptionMain topics: procedure by which DGRE dealt with enquiries relating to French graves during World War 1; liaison and exchanges of information between British; Belgian and French war graves authorities; enquiries from French and Belgian authorities; and from members of public; re French or Belgian war graves.
Date15/9/1917 - 29/12/1938
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Content NoteIncluding:Report re methods adopted by French for tracing French graves in Germany; 6 Dec. 1919.Letter from French mother re care of son's grave in British cemetery in Macedonia; 26 Feb. 1920.Copy of circular from French Ministry of Pensions re concentration of isolated graves; 3 May 1920.Minute re disposal of effects found on bodies of French soldiers when buried by British; 29 Apr. 1921.Copy of terms of bill before French parliament re erection of headstones on military graves; 25 Feb. 1924.Minute re finding and identifying various bodies in wrongly marked graves; 16 May 1924.Memorandum re proposed layout of French national cemeteries; 29 Jan. 1925.
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryArchive
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