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Unique IDCWGC/1/2/A/54
Alt Ref NoA/18
TitleNew War Burials 1939 - Neutral Countries
DescriptionMain topics: draft letters to be sent out to the governments of neutral countries notifying of the Commission's change in remit to include burials in the 1939-1945 War; granting of a supplementary charter; request to be informed of any burials taking place in areas where Graves Registration Units had not set up by that point.
Date23/2/1940 - 18/1/1945
Content NoteIncludes: Letter from G.G. Allchin (for Secretary of State) notifying of War Office being aware of bodies of service personnel, some buried by local inhabitants and some unburied, who died in aircraft crashes, whilst escaping as prisoners of war or drowning and subsequently being washed ashore, 18 January 1945.
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