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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/1/1/1/43
File Number	WG 1298
Title	Prince Of Wales' National Committee For The Care Of Soldiers' Graves
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Description	Main topics: British arrangements in response to French law granting land for allied military cemeteries; formation of committee as British authority responsible for military cemeteries under French law; proposals for membership and officers of committee; measures to control erection of memorials in British cemeteries; visit to British cemeteries in France by Sir L. Earle (Office of Works); financial arrangements for future maintenance of graves; horticultural work in British cemeteries during World War 1; negotiations with Belgian government re agreement on provision of land for British cemeteries; participation of Dominions in the committee;
Content Note	Including: Letter from Sir N. Macready proposing single British committee formed by government to act under French law on war cemeteries; 6 Sep. 1915. Letter from F. Ware proposing a Secretary to the committee; and agreeing to become a member; 27 Sep. 1915 Letter from War Office re agreement that British government would pay for maintenance of war cemeteries in perpetuity; 1 June 1916. MS. memorandum by Sir C. Cartwright re dilapidation and maintenance of British cemeteries in the Crimea; mentioning Cathcart's Hill; and committee of the then Prince of Wales; c. 27 June 1916. Letter from Ware mentioning terms in French law re cemeteries which would allow British to control them; 7 July 1916. Letter from Ware re proposed day for decorating graves of war dead by Mrs Stoneham; 15 July 1916. Minutes of meeting discussing centralisation of cemetery administration for whole Empire in one committee; 25 Sep. 1916. Letter from Lady Ponsonby re 'In Memoriam' day for war dead; 12 Nov. 1916. Letter from Macready to P. Kerr re appointment of Dominion High Commissioners to committee; with reply; 12 and 16 Jan. 1917. Copy of letter from E. Wrench re planting of maple avenue to commemorate Canadian troops; 23 Jan. 1917. Letters offering assistance in fund raising from members of the clergy; 19 and 20 Jan. 1917. Letter from F. Ware to French organisation 'La Cocarde du Souvenir' re scheme for decoration of graves; 16 Mar. 1917. Letter from N. Dawson offering to design inexpensive memorial tablets for cemeteries; 26 Feb. 1917. Letter from bereaved mother requesting free pass to visit grave when war ends; 6 Mar. 1917. Copies of letters from 2 Canadian relatives of dead re care of graves; c. 7 Feb. 1917. Copies of documents from War Office file 45/1/2 'Maintenance of Cemeteries for British Soldiers in France and Belgium'.
Date	24/8/1915 - 8/10/1935
Extent	1 file
Collection	Archive
Category	Archive
ArchNote	ORIGINAL OF LETTER FROM E. WRENCH IN SDC 9. MATERIAL RELATING TO LA COCARDE DU SOUVENIR NOW IN SDC 32.

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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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