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CWGC - Records of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
2 - Governance and Corporate Planning
2 - Commission Meeting Minutes
1 - Commission Meeting Minute Files
Unique ID
CWGC/2/2/1/23
File Number
WG 1039
Title
COMMISSION MEETING NO.23 - May 1920
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Description
Finance committee business; headstones on graves of soldiers' relatives in Egypt; discussion plans of Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery with Sir R. Blomfield; inscriptions at cemeteries commemorating gift of land by French government; proposed text on war cross; proposals to commemorate the missing by regiment rather than by place of death, or on standard obelisks in cemeteries, and suggested liaison committee with military members of House of Commons; treatment of graves in Iraq; employment of women gardeners; treatment of memorials abroad erected by public subscription; recommendations of Battle Exploits Memorial Committee; production of cemetery registers; care of isolated graves purchased by relatives; staff appointments; disposal of wooden crosses from multiple graves; alternative religious emblems on headstones.
Date
8/5/1920 - 11/10/1920
Extent
1 file
Collection
Archive
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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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Dates
DS/UK/7
Blomfield; Sir; Reginald Theodore (1856-1942); architect
1856-1942
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