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Unique IDCWGC/1/1/9/F/44
Alt Ref NoWG 1734/1/28/1
TitleTablets In Cathedrals - France And Belgium - Brussels - Unveiling
DescriptionMain topics: arrangements for unveiling of tablet by Lord Haig; issues of protocol involved; and co-ordination with unveiling of Menin Gate; choice of date for the ceremony; relative precedence to be accorded to Haig and Lord Plumer at unveiling ceremonies
Date4/4/1927 - 15/8/1927
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Content NoteIncluding: File of press cuttings; Copies of letters from Haig re date and itinerary for ceremony; 22 May and 24 June 1927.Text of announcement of ceremony; and of unveiling of Menin Gate; with letters; 25 May 1927.Letter from Lord Plumer re inability to attend Brussels ceremony; 1 July 1927.Letter from Anglo-Belgian Union re ceremonies at Brussels and Menin Gate; 2 July 1927.Letter re reception of representatives of British Legion; Ireland; by Haig at Brussels; 11 July 1927.Text of Haig's speech at municipal reception; Brussels; 22 July 1927.
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryArchive
ArchNoteORIGINAL OF LETTER FROM HAIG; 22 MAY AND 24 JUNE 1927; IS IN SDC 10.
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