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Unique IDCWGC/8/1/4/1/1/1-3
File NumberAA16 Pt.3
TitleLieutenant WALTER GEORGE FREDERIC WELCH - RAMPARTS CEMETERY, LILLE GATE - Royal Field Artillery
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DescriptionFile of correspondence regarding the isolated grave and memorial of Lt. W.G.F. Welch, Royal Field Artillery, at Harenthage (Herenthage) Wood, Zillebeke. Main topics include discussion between Rev. H. S. Cochrane, cousin and last surviving relative of Lt. Welch, and the IWGC regarding the private memorial, the exhumation and reburial of Lt. Welch's remains in Ramparts Cemetery, the legal transfer of the land on which the private memorial was sited, and the transport an re-erection of the memorial lych gate from Zillebeke to Middleton.
Content NoteIncludes: authority for exhumation form W.G.R.1, 16th August 1955; exhumation report form, 8th November 1956; note from Rev. Cochrane with choice of personal inscription for new Commission headstone, 21st March 1957; newspaper cutting reporting on the dedication at Middleton Church of the lych gate original erected at the site of the private memorial to Lt. Welch in Harenthage Woods, 12th November 1957.
Date21/4/1953 - 29/11/1962
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
Cemetery_NameRAMPARTS CEMETERY, LILLE GATE
ArchNotePlease note that the contents of part 2 of this file contain both earlier and later material than part 1.
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