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CWGC - Records of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- 1 - Historic Archive
  - 1 - Part 1 - Work of the Commission in Connection with First World War Deaths
    - 1 - The Prehistory of the Commission

Unique ID	CWGC/1/1/1/42
File Number	WG 1076
Title	Projet De Loi
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Description	Main topics: discussions between Ware; for Graves Registration Commission (GRC); and French officials re French land expropriation bill to provide burial sites for British dead; procedures for expropriation of land for military purposes laid down in French law; passage of bill through French parliament; translation of terms of bill as passed;
Content Note	Including: Note of discussion including reference to French proposal to cremate unidentified dead; 21 June 1915. Letter from Ware to Adjutant General re cremation; 24 June 1915. Instructions issued by British 3rd Army re selection of burial grounds; 29 July 1915. Note by Ware of discussions mentioning work of I. Malcolm; 16 Sep. 1915. Copy of report of French Commission of Public Health re law on cremation of unidentified dead; September 1915. Copies of notes on selection of burial sites compiled by Graves Registration Commission; December 1915. Unsigned letter from British GHQ re relation of Prince of Wales' committee for care of graves to Graves Registration Commission; and suggestion that British should take responsibility for permanent construction of their cemeteries (perhaps by Sir N. Macready); 29 Dec. 1915. Letter from F. Ware to Sir N. Macready (Adjutant General) recommending that all business with the French concerning British graves be conducted through GRC; giving French views on erection of memorials; and mentioning Souvenir Francais; with letter above.
Date	16/12/1914 - 16/4/1917
Extent	1 file
Collection	Archive
Category	Archive
ArchNote	DOCUMENTS MAINLY BY OR TO F. WARE.

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Code	PersonName	Dates
DS/UK/10	Macready; Sir; (Cecil Frederick) Nevil (1862-1946); first baronet; army officer	1862-1946
DS/UK/2	Ware; Sir; Fabian Arthur Goulstone (1869-1949); newspaper editor and the founder of the Imperial War Graves Commission	1869-1949
DS/UK/61	Windsor [formerly Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]; Edward (1894-1972); King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire, Emperor of India, Prince of Wales, Duke of Windsor, Earl of Chester, Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles, and Great Steward of Scotland, Duke of Saxony, and Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Grand Master of the Order of St. Michael and St. George; President of the Imperial War Graves Commission	1894-1972

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