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Unique IDCWGC/1/1/13/1
File NumberWG 1
TitleRe Appointment Of Sir F. Kenyon And A Vice Chairman
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DescriptionMain topics: Kenyon's proposals for composition and work of advisory committee to Commission on design of cemeteries; proposal of Kenyon as chairman of advisory committee; and F. Ware as Vice-Chairman; approval of appointments by Commissioners.
Content NoteIncluding: Memorandum re acquisition of burial grounds in France and Belgium; 13 Oct. 1917. Letter from Sir A. Mond re appointments; 31 Oct. 1917. Letter from R. Kipling re appointments and suggesting regiments propose designs for headstones; 1 Nov. 1917. Letter from Lord Derby to Trustees of British Museum re appointment of Kenyon; 6 Nov. 1917.
Date22/8/1917 - 16/11/1917
Extent1 file
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CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/3Kenyon; Sir; Frederic George (1863-1952); Greek and biblical scholar and museum director1863-1952
DS/UK/4Kipling; (Joseph) Rudyard (1865-1936); writer and poet1865-1936
DS/UK/2Ware; Sir; Fabian Arthur Goulstone (1869-1949); newspaper editor and the founder of the Imperial War Graves Commission1869-1949
DS/UK/62Stanley; Lord; Edward George Villiers (1865-1948); 17th Earl of Derby; politician, racehorse owner, soldier, Secretary of State for War, British Ambassador to France, Chairman of the Imperial War Graves Commission1865-1948
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