Record

Unique IDCWGC/8/1/4/1/1/169
File NumberAA51291
TitleLieutenant JOHN DAVIES CAMPBELL - NERY COMMUNAL CEMETERY - Royal Horse Artillery
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DescriptionFile of correspondence concerning the vault containing the remains of, Lieutenant John Davies Campbell, Captain Edward Kinder Bradbury VC, Major John Stephen Cawley and Captain The Hon. Oswald Cawley in Nery Communal Cemetery. Also refers to Lieutenant Maund, Driver Lawn and Corporal Carnham as well as Gunner G. Darbyshire. Main topics include correspondence regarding the burial locations of Lieutenant Campbell and his comrades, and the purchase of the vault by Lord Cawley in which his two sons were buried.
Content NoteIncludes: Copy letter from Mary Briton of the Imperial Lady Workers enquiring into the grave locations of Captain Bradbury, Lieutenant Maund, Lieutenant Campbell, Driver Lawn and Corporal Carnham, who were killed in action in the roadside field at Nery Compeigne on 1 September 1914 and subsequently buried by L Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, dated 24 January 1923. Memorandum regarding the purchase of the vault by Lord Cawley in 1914 and arrangements for the Commission to accept maintenance responsibility, dated 2 February 1938.
Date24/1/1923 - 16/6/1938
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
Cemetery_NameNERY COMMUNAL CEMETERY
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