Record

Unique ID	CWGC/2/2/1/28
File Number	WG 1542
Title	COMMISSION MEETING NO.28 - Dec 1920
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Description	Finance committee business; report of Vice-Chairman's visit to the Near East and Italy; report by Director of Works on cemeteries in Italy; proposal to remove British bodies from Germany; replacement of wooden crosses on German graves in British cemeteries as necessary; proposal to remove British bodies from German cemeteries in France; types of headstone required to replace 'provisional', 'special' and 'memorial' wooden crosses; despatch of wooden crosses to next of kin; letters of thanks to Belgian local authorities for gift of cemetery sites; gift of plants from Kew Gardens; petition received from British War Graves Association; report on All Saints and Armistice Day ceremonies in British cemeteries in France and Belgium; recommendations of Battle Exploits Memorial Committee; staff appointments, including appointment of Sir R. Lorimer as principal architect for UK; formation of committee to consider re-organisation of DGRE and effect on its relations with Commission; gift of gates for Vlamertinghe cemetery; estimates for 1921-22.
Date	27/10/1920 - 30/3/1921
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.