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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
    - 16 - Ceremonies, Pilgrimages And Visits To Cemeteries

Unique ID	CWGC/1/1/16/25
File Number	ACON 149
Title	Visits - Gallipoli - Saint Barnabas
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Description	Main topics: pilgrimage to Gallipoli and Asiago plateau; friction between pilgrimage organiser (Rev. M. Mullineux MC) and Commission officials (including references to previous pilgrimages); involvement of Foreign Office and British ambassador to Turkey; concerns of Commission that relations with Turkish authorities will be affected adversely by conduct of pilgrimage; incidental detail of Mullineux's career.
Content Note	Including: Report on the pilgrimage and on condition of cemeteries by Lord Stopford; 18 Sep. 1928. Letter mentioning friendly attitude of a Turk to pilgrims; 20 Sep. 1928. Letter reporting on pilgrimage to Asiago; describing work of Count Memmo for IWGC in Italy; 24 Sep. 1928.
Date	8/2/1928 - 3/10/1928
Extent	1 file
Collection	Archive
Category	Archive

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Code	PersonName	Dates
DS/UK/59	Stopford; Viscount; James Richard Neville (1877-1957); Earl of Courtown; Assistant Secretary of the Imperial War Graves Commission	1877-1957

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