| Content Note | Includes: Handwritten letter from casualty’s father mentioning that Captain Henderson was buried near Contalmaison Villa Wood and his grave was marked with a metal cross erected by his comrades, dated 29 November 1916. Internal note by officer in charge of Section H reporting on his visit to Henderson’s grave on 9 March 1917 and remarking on the grave being in a surprisingly good condition despite being in a cemetery where no men were working at the time, dated 13 March 1917. Handwritten letter from casualty’s next of kin expressing distress having learned that the graves in Villa Wood Cemetery were seemingly not being looked after, dated 6 February 1918. Response to next of kin’s letter of 6 Feb from DGRE explaining difficulty in keeping cemeteries tidy owing to the state of the ground and devastation of the country at the time, dated 20 February 1918. Letter from casualty’s mother asking about the condition of Captain Henderson’s grave, having asked one of his comrades to investigate but who was wounded the next day, dated 3 October 1918. Copy letter from DGRE to next of kin explaining that work would commence on tidying up crosses and graves in Villa Wood Cemetery which had sustained damage from shell fire, dated 15 October 1918. Letter from casualty’s mother explaining she had gone looking for the grave in 1919 and found the cemetery at Villa Wood had vanished and that she had gone around Pozieres, Courcelette, Amiens, Meaulte and Albert to make enquiries but to no avail, dated 1 January 1920. Handwritten letter from next of kin discussing issues of DGRE in France being short-staffed, dated 12 January 1920. Form detailing the next of kin’s request for the return of the wooden cross, dated 24 June 1926. Handwritten letter from the casualty’s sister requesting two tickets for the unveiling ceremony of the Thiepval Memorial on Whitsunday in 1932, dated 8 May 1932. |
| Cemetery_Name | FLATIRON COPSE CEMETERY, MAMETZ |