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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
12 - Commissioners, Artists and Advisers
Unique ID
CWGC/1/1/12/26
File Number
ADD 1/1/4
Title
Rudyard Kipling - Correspondence (A) and (B)
Description
Various photocopies of letters from and to Rudyard Kipling concerning his work with the Imperial War Graves Commission.
Content Note
Including: Copies of some letters from file SDC 6. Copies of 2 letters re forwarding of unidentified letter from F. Ware; 15 and 18 Nov. 1920.3 letters re inscription on Menin Gate; 18; 20 Sep. and 9 Oct. 1923. Letters re journey by F. Ware to see Kipling; 6-14 Jan. 1926.Letter re inscription for Tyne Cot memorial; Jan. 1924. Letters and notes re inscription for memorial tablets in French cathedrals; Feb. 1932 (some undated).
Date
25/10/1917 - 22/2/1932
Extent
1 file
Collection
Archive
Category
Archive
ArchNote
SOME OF THESE DOCUMENTS ARE COPIES OF ORIGINALS FROM FILES WHICH ARE NOT IN THE ARCHIVE.
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Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates
DS/UK/4
Kipling; (Joseph) Rudyard (1865-1936); writer and poet
1865-1936
DS/UK/2
Ware; Sir; Fabian Arthur Goulstone (1869-1949); newspaper editor and the founder of the Imperial War Graves Commission
1869-1949
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