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Unique IDCWGC/1/2/B/9
Alt Ref NoACOM 1/27
TitleAir Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Longmore - Date Of Appointment: 1 Nov. 1944
DescriptionMain topic: appointment of Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Longmore as Air Forces representative and Member of the Commission; inspection tour of RAF cemeteries in the United Kingdom undertaken in 1944; appointment as Vice-Chairman in June 1954; relinquishment of position as Vice-Chairman in June 1957; visit of cemeteries in Lincolnshire in 1956; succession by General Sir John Crocker as Vice-Chairman in June 1957; private visit to India by Sir Arthur and Lady Longmore in January 1962; representation of the Commission by Sir Arthur Longmore at Anzac Day Service at Westminster Abbey and Annual Act of Remembrance at Runnymede on 12 May 1964; retirement of Sir Arthur in September 1965; death of Sir Arthur Longmore and memorial service, 28 Jan 1971; death of Lady Longmore, 17 Jan 1985.
Date29/8/1944 - 26/2/1985
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