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Unique IDCWGC/1/1/9/B/11
Alt Ref NoWG 219/2/1/2 PT.1
TitleMemorials To The Missing - Menin Gate Contract And Construction
DescriptionMain topics: negotiations with Ypres authorities and Belgian government; modification of stair design; apportioning responsibility for aspects of the construction; appointment of quantity surveyor; disagreement over structural stability and consequent change to roof design; acceptance of tenders; contracts for structure; name panels and bronze work.
Date11/2/1922 - 11/2/1926
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Content NoteIncluding: Correspondence with R. Blomfield.Letter from British Legion re employment of British Ex-servicemen; 6 Oct. 1923. Also refers to Sir M. FitzMaurice (engineering adviser).
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DS/UK/7Blomfield; Sir; Reginald Theodore (1856-1942); architect1856-1942
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