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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/1/1/12/43
File Number
T 2012
Title
Gordon Leith G.E.
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Description
Main topics: appointment as architect in France (as representative of South Africa); negotiation on terms of appointment; proposal to appoint him as Senior Designing Architect (succeeding C. Holden); resignation; appointment as Advisory Architect to Commission's South African Agency.
Content Note
Including: Correspondence with H. Baker to F. Kenyon re appointment; 8 July - 11 Sep. 1918. Letter from H. Baker re Terlincthun Cemetery; 6 Jan. 1919.
Date
8/7/1918 - 28/3/1956
Extent
1 file
Collection
Archive
Category
Archive
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Code
PersonName
Dates
DS/UK/3
Kenyon; Sir; Frederic George (1863-1952); Greek and biblical scholar and museum director
1863-1952
DS/UK/6
Baker; Sir; Herbert (1862-1946); architect and author
1862-1946
DS/UK/18
Holden; Charles Henry (1875-1960); architect
1875-1960
DS/UK/43
Gordon-Leith; George Esselmont (1885-1965); Captain; architect
1885-1965
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