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Unique IDCWGC/1/1/8/6
Alt Ref NoWG 797/1 PT.1
TitleBelgian Graves In UK
DescriptionMain topics: Belgian enquiries re location and maintenance of Belgian war graves in UK; listing and acquisition of Belgian graves by DGRE; refusal of HM Treasury to allow maintenance of foreign graves at British government expense; agreement that Commission should maintain Belgian graves in UK temporarily and for payment by Belgian authorities; correspondence relating to condition or location of individual graves and arrangements to be made for them;
Date7/8/1918 - 14/12/1925
Content NoteIncluding: Letter from F. Ware to Treasury re terms relating to maintenance of graves discussed in preparation of French law to provide sites for British war cemeteries, 2 Sep. 1920. List of Belgian soldiers buried in UK, with letter, 11 Feb. 1921. Report by Belgian military attache re location and condition of Belgian war graves in UK, with minute, 28 Jan. 1922. MS. schedule of Belgians buried in UK, supplied by Belgian government, with letter, 24 Mar. 1924. Schedule of maintenance agreements and costs re Belgian war graves in UK, with letter, 29 Sep. 1925.
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