| Unique ID | CWGC/1/1/9/F/10 |
| Alt Ref No | WG 1734/1/2 |
| Title | Tablets In Cathedrals - France And Belgium - Amiens Cathedral |
| Description | Main topics: choice of site and inscription for tablet to commemorate United Kingdom dead at Amiens cathedral; erection of separate tablets by Dominions in cathedral; design of tablet by P. Cart de Lafontaine; and modifications to it to suit site; supply of tablet by R. Hallward; arrangements for visit to France by Principal Assistant Secretary and Sir. F. Kenyon to inspect cemeteries; enquiries from the public about tablets after World War 2. |
| Date | 8/9/1922 - 10/12/1968 |
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| Content Note | Including: Bulletin de la Societe des Architectes Diplomes illustrating proposed Pantheon de la Somme; with letter; 8 Sep. 1922. Correspondence between F. Ware and R. Kipling; with inscriptions suggested by Ware; Sir F. Kenyon and Sir G. Macdonogh; and by Kipling; 13 Oct.- 2 Nov. 1922. Drawing of design for tablet as modified; and installation; by P. Cart de Lafontaine; with letter; 13 Nov. 1922. Letter from R. Hallward re photograph of completed tablet; 11 July 1923. Extracts from 'The Builder' illustrating tablet; and envelope containing picture postcards of UK and Dominion tablets in the cathedral; c. 17 Oct. 1923. Letter re article in preparation for 'Morning Post'; 25 Oct. 1929. Letter re palm motif thought to be missing from Australian tablet; 9 Sep. 1957. Photocopy of letter from Anzac Agency re obtaining reports on all Australian memorials; 2 May 1963. Also list of tablets in Amiens cathedral erected by participant nations in Commission; and correspondence re theft of South African flag; 11 Mar. 1964 and 29 Oct.- 10 Dec. 1968. |
| Extent | 1 file |
| Collection | Archive |
| Category | Archive |
| ArchNote | ORIGINAL OF COPY OF LETTER FROM KIPLING TO WARE RE INSCRIPTION; 20 OCT. 1922 IS IN SDC 8. |
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Persons
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| DS/UK/3 | Kenyon; Sir; Frederic George (1863-1952); Greek and biblical scholar and museum director | 1863-1952 |
| DS/UK/4 | Kipling; (Joseph) Rudyard (1865-1936); writer and poet | 1865-1936 |
| DS/UK/2 | Ware; Sir; Fabian Arthur Goulstone (1869-1949); newspaper editor and the founder of the Imperial War Graves Commission | 1869-1949 |
| DS/UK/17 | Cart de Lafontaine; Henry Philip Leopold (1884-1963); Lt Col; architect | 1884-1963 |