Record

Unique ID	CWGC/8/1/4/1/1/133
File Number	AA44101
Title	Gunner ALFRED COLLIER - BRADFORD (THORNTON) CEMETERY - Royal Field Artillery
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Description	File of correspondence concerning the grave of Gunner Alfred Collier in Bradford (Thornton) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Main topics include request from next of kin to have the Commission headstone erected over the grave removed and replaced with a new headstone and kerbs, with the Commission headstone laid recumbent on the grave. Response from the Commission allowing for the removal of the headstone, but requesting it should be destroyed rather than laid recumbent on the grave.
Content Note	Includes: Handwritten letter from C. Winterburn (Monumental Sculptor) writing on behalf of the next of kin with a sketch design of the proposed private memorial, dated 10 January 1956. Copy letter from Area Superintendent of Northern Area conforming that the cemetery staff had informed that the Commission headstone had been destroyed in accordance with the Chief Administrative Officer's instructions, dated 4 September 1956.
Date	10/1/1956 - 4/9/1956
Extent	1 file
Collection	Archive
Cemetery_Name	BRADFORD (THORNTON) CEMETERY

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