Record

Unique ID	CWGC/1/1/13/47
File Number	ADD 1/7/1-4
Title	Lt. Col. Cart de Lafontaine
Description	Set of four diaries kept by H. P. Cart de Lafontaine regarding his work for the Imperial War Graves Commission in France. Main topics: inspection of communal and churchyard cemeteries in France containing British war graves; comments on their condition; negotiations with French local authorities re acquisition of grave sites by Commission and forestalling private acquisitions; visits to cathedrals re sites for Commission memorial tablets; personal comments on aspects of Lafontaine's private and Commission work; on other Commission staff; and on the operations and policy of the Commission.
Content Note	Volumes are:/1: 6 July - 15 Dec. 1920./2: 3 Mar. - 2 Oct. 1921./3: including visits re cathedral memorial tablets; and negotiations with French authorities re proposed British contribution to Notre-Dame de Lorette; 18 Mar. 1922 - 28 Feb. 1923./4: largely concerned with Commission memorial tablets in cathedrals; 10 Jan. 1924 - 1 May 1927.
Date	6/7/1920 - 1/5/1927
Extent	1 file
Collection	Archive
Category	Archive
ArchNote	DOCUMENTS ARE BY LAFONTAINE.