| Unique ID | CWGC/1/1/1 |
| Title | The Prehistory of the Commission |
| Description | The items in this section are folders containing TS. corrspondence and reports. They are principally concerned with the registration of soldiers' graves during the First World War by Red Cross and, later, by Army units led or directed by Fabian Ware; also arrangements for the acquisition of burial sites, and post-war care of graves. |
| Date | 1909 - 08/10/1935 |
| Extent | 44 files |
| Collection | Archive |
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Persons
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| DS/UK/2 | Ware; Sir; Fabian Arthur Goulstone (1869-1949); newspaper editor and the founder of the Imperial War Graves Commission | 1869-1949 |