| Description | File of correspondence concerning the grave of Gunner Durrant in Felixstowe (SS. Peter and Paul) Churchyard, United Kingdom. Main topics include correspondence with the next of kin regarding the permanent marking of the grave containing the remains of Private F.M. Butterworth, Lieutenant S.W. Butterworth and Gunner E. Durrant. Later correspondence concerning next of kin's request for a Commission headstone to be erected over the grave having changed her mind of having a private memorial erected, with a personal inscription referring to another member of the family killed in France (commemorated on Memorial to the Missing) and, in addition, the word 'pax'. |
| Content Note | Includes: Handwritten letter from Gunner Durrant's mother explaining she was fortunate to have her son brought back from Winchester Hospital and mentions two of his uncles who died from wounds and a third uncle who died in France, and that she and her sisters were saving up to erect a small stone memorial in Felixstowe Churchyard, dated 27 September 1919. Copy letter from the next of kin of Felix Butterworth explaining that Felix's grave contained the remains of her brother Stanley Woodall Butterworth (Lieutenant, Essex Regiment, died Jan 1918) and her nephew Eric Durrant and refers to a memorial to be erected to these men as well as Reginald Butterworth (Suffolk Regiment, killed in action in October 1916), with a description of a memorial hanging in the Parish Church with their names, dated October 1928. |
| Cemetery_Name | FELIXSTOWE (SS. PETER AND PAUL) CHURCHYARD |