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Unique IDCWGC/1/2/A/505
Alt Ref NoA/120 PT.1
TitleRe-Opening Of Commission's Work - France And Belgium
DescriptionMain topics: care of cemeteries and memorials in France and Belgium following evacuation in 1940; invasion of German-occupied France in June 1944 and the deployment of Graves Registration Units; notes on Allied military and civil authorities in France; re-opening of the Commission's work in France and post-war organisation under Sir Herbert Ellissen; appointment of Major W.P.L. Arnott, Major A. Macfarlane, Captain R. Haworth and Captain F.B. Grinham as officers to enquire into and report on possibilities of resuming maintenance of war cemeteries and memorials; re-establishment of Commission staff in France.
Date19/5/1944 - 30/11/1944
Content NoteIncludes: letter from W.P.L. Arnott enquiring about the provision of equipment and identity discs for Commission staff in France, dated 5 Sept 1944; report on condition of Head Office at Arras, dated 27 Nov 1944.
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