Record

Unique ID	CWGC/8/1/4/1/1/158
File Number	AA48925
Title	Gunner PERCY PILKINGTON - DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY - Royal Field Artillery
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Description	File of correspondence concerning the grave of Gunner Percy Pilkington in Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium. Main topics include correspondence from the next of kin enquiring about the location of Gunner Pilkington's grave and requesting for a photograph of the grave, with further correspondence concerning the choice of religious emblem and personal inscription to be engraved on the permanent headstone to be erected on the grave. Correspondence regarding arrangements for floral tributes to be placed at Gunner Pilkington's grave on behalf of the next of kin. Further correspondence concerning the next of kin's request for the placing of a wreath on Gunner Pilkington's grave on special occasions, including Christmas Day and 13th July (his birthday).
Content Note	Includes: Handwritten letter from Arthur Clayton Esq. writing on behalf of Gunner Pilkington's mother to arrange for a wreath to be placed on the grave, dated 1 July 1926.
Date	15/10/1917 - 5/1/1940
Extent	1 file
Collection	Archive
Cemetery_Name	DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY

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