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Unique IDCWGC/1/2/A/383
Alt Ref NoA/52/7/21 PT.1
TitleMemorials To Those Who Have No Known Grave - Land Forces - Inscriptions
DescriptionMain topics: suggested inscriptions for memorials to the missing in Bourail (New Zealand War Cemetery, Adelaide River War Cemetery, Sydney War Cemetery, Labuan War Cemetery; agreed inscription in Latin for the Bayeux Memorial; draft inscriptions for Cassino and El Alamein memorials; agreed inscription for Alamein Memorial; agreed English and Italian versions of inscription for Cassino War Cemetery and Memorial; inscriptions for Kranji and Taukkyan memorials.
Date11/11/1949 - 20/8/1954
Content NoteIncludes: note from Oliver Holt with suggested inscriptions using excerpts from a number of literary sources; correspondence between Oliver Holt and Geoffrey O'Hanlon (retired classics master at Sherborne (King's) School) regarding Virgil quotation suggested for the inscription on Cassino Memorial, dated Dec 1952; correspondence between Oliver Holt and Hugh Foster regarding Homer quotation suggested for inscription on Phaleron Memorial, dated Dec 1952; facsimiles of plans for Taukkyan; plan of Dunkerque Town Cemetery, dated May 1954;
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryArchive
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