| Unique ID | CWGC/1/1/9/F/2 |
| Alt Ref No | WG 1734/1 PT.2 |
| Title | Tablets In Cathedrals - France And Belgium - General File |
| Description | Main topics: visits to cathedrals and discussions with diocesan authorities re erection of tablets; problems of importing tablets into France; arrangements for unveiling of tablets; Latin translation of inscription on tablets to be erected in Belgium; supply of tablets by and payments to R. Hallward; approaches to Belgian diocesan authorities re erection of tablets; choice of site and obtaining permission to erect tablets in a further series of French cathedrals and churches; complaints received via Foreign Office re invitations to unveiling ceremonies. |
| Date | 13/1/1924 - 14/1/1926 |
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| Content Note | Including:Correspondence re mother's enquiry about a body exhumed and reburied elsewhere; 12-13 Feb. 1924.Copy of Lafontaine's formal offer to design and supervise production of tablets; 22 Mar. 1924.Letter from IWGC Canadian Agency re proposal for a Canadian memorial at Mons; 25 Mar. 1924.Copy of offer from R. Hallward to supply tablets; with note; 4 Apr. 1924.Envelope containing painting of arms of Newfoundland; with letter; 16 Dec. 1924.Letter from Secretary General; Mixed Committee re problem of choice of language for inscriptions on tablets in Belgium; 6 Feb. 1925.Coloured pencil sketches of tablets for Belgian cathedrals; with note; 6 Feb. 1925.Letter from F. Ware to R. Kipling re inscriptions for tablets in Belgium; and reply; 13-14 Feb. 1925.Correspondence between Ware and Sir. M. Sadler re Latin translation of inscription for tablets in Belgium; 26 Mar.- 3 Apr. 1925.Letter from Ware to Kipling asking if Kipling would unveil a tablet; 21 May 1925.Letter from Sir F. Kenyon re approval of modifications to tablet design; 4 Dec. 1925.Also correspondence re request for information about tablet designer; 28 Feb.-22 Mar. 1947. |
| Extent | 1 file |
| Collection | Archive |
| Category | Archive |
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| 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 |