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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/2/2/1/51
File Number
WG 1768
Title
COMMISSION MEETING NO.51 - Dec 1922
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Description
Finance committee business; recommendations of Battle Exploits Memorial Committee; approval of designs for Indian cemeteries in Palestine; authority to place contracts for further cemetery construction; incorporation of Blomfield war cross in Sir J. Burnet's design for Jerusalem cemetery; approval of design for memorial to missing at Halifax, Nova Scotia; Commission takes financial responsibility for US graves in British cemeteries in France and Belgium; appointment of J. Stevenson as sculptor for memorials to native African troops and followers in East Africa; authority to consider tenders for bronze name panels on naval memorials; staff appointments; approval of agreement with Sir R. Lorimer; approval of design by N. Dawson for ophthalmic laboratory as memorial to Egyptian Labour and Camel Transport Corps; lease of site for Chatham memorial; approval of proposals for treatment of British graves in Malta; publication and sales of cemetery registers; trust fund to receive gifts from public.
Date
14/11/1922 - 26/1/1923
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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Code
PersonName
Dates
DS/UK/8
Burnet; Sir; John James (1857-1938); architect
1857-1938
DS/UK/9
Lorimer; Sir; Robert Stodart (1864-1929); architect
1864-1929
DS/UK/39
Stevenson; James Alexander (1881-1937); sculptor
1881-1937
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