Record

Unique IDCWGC/1/1/1/22
File NumberADD 4/1/5
TitleRed Cross Record Office file 389: Graves Registration Commission
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CWGC_1_1_1_22.opt.pdf

DescriptionMain topics: arrangements for the care of British graves in France; proposals to plant maple and eucalyptus seeds on Canadian and Australian graves; contracts with French gardeners for upkeep of graves; and names of cemeteries to which they were appointed.
Content NoteIncluding: Lists of graves of Red Cross personnel; 11 and 28 Jan. 1919. Letter from L. Lowther (Australian) re planting eucalyptus seeds on his brother's grave; 5 June 1919.
Date24/5/1915 - 24/6/1919
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryArchive
ArchNoteDOCUMENTS ARE BY AND TO ADMINISTRATORS OF BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY; MUCH OF THE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN F. WARE AND RED CROSS HEADQUARTERS AT BOULOGNE; PRESUMABLY ACQUIRED FROM THE RED CROSS BY F. TYRRELL IN 1928; IN DATE ORDER FROM FRONT.

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CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/2Ware; Sir; Fabian Arthur Goulstone (1869-1949); newspaper editor and the founder of the Imperial War Graves Commission1869-1949
DS/UK/46Tyrrell; Frank (1892-1964); Chief Clerk, Personal Assistant to Sir Fabian Ware1892-1964
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