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Unique ID	CWGC/2/2/1/1
File Number	WG 9
Title	COMMISSION MEETING NO.01 - Nov 1917
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Description	Meeting held 20th November 1917. Reference to Edward, Prince of Wales, as President of the IWGC, unable to attend inaugural meeting due to military duties; Lord Derby requested by the Prince of Wales to take his place but also unable to attend due to the recent death of his son-in-law Capt The Hon. Neil Primrose, M.P.; appointments of Vice-Chairman (Brig-General Fabian Ware), Secretary (Lieut.-Col G.H. Stobart), and Principal Assistant Secretary (Mr. J.E. Talbot); thanks to Belgian government for agreement re granting of land in perpetuity for war graves; appointment of artistic adviser (Frederic Kenyon), and his terms of reference; offer from Egyptian government to maintain war graves in Egypt and provide all land required for purpose; offer from Institution Royale des Filles des Militaires re care of graves in Messines district; discussion on the appointment of a sub-committee to consider the creation of local committees, postponed on grounds that it would be unwise to set up local committees until the Commission had decided upon the general principles of its work; arrangements for British and Dominion graves in UK; circulation of statement showing casualty figures for war and number of burials reported and graves registered; discussion on publicity for policy of Commission re treatment of graves.
Date	26/10/1917 - 10/1/1918
Extent	1 file
Collection	Archive
ArchNote	Please note that the downloadable document is the final version of the Committee Meeting minutes. Additional information, including the verbatim minutes and subsidiary reports, may be available in the physical file.

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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/61	Windsor [formerly Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]; Edward (1894-1972); King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire, Emperor of India, Prince of Wales, Duke of Windsor, Earl of Chester, Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles, and Great Steward of Scotland, Duke of Saxony, and Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Grand Master of the Order of St. Michael and St. George; President of the Imperial War Graves Commission	1894-1972
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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