Record

Unique IDCWGC/1/2/D/10/24
Alt Ref NoADD 1/32/10
TitleEritrea
DescriptionMain topics: war-time military operations; details of burials and of references to cemeteries on Commission files; work in cemeteries by Commission; or concentration or commemoration of graves elsewhere.
Date2/8/1941 - 27/3/1957
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Content NoteIncludes: Press cutting from the Times regarding British rule in Eritrea, dated 2 August 1941; Copy letter from S.S. Talman, Regional Director, advising on accommodation and transport for visitors in Keren and Asmara, dated 27 March 1957; Copy extract of letter to Lt.-Col. W.E. Sykes, R.E., regarding the construction of Keren War Cemetery as one of the first for the Second World War to be permanently constructed by the Commission, dated 10 September 1948.
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryArchive
ArchNoteMATERIAL COLLECTED BY H. CHETTLE; PERHAPS TO PREPARE INTRODUCTIONS TO CEMETERY REGISTERS.

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