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Unique IDCWGC/8/1/4/1/1/172
File NumberAA52113
TitleCaptain GREVILLE HUBERT ROBINS BLOUNT - ST. NAZAIRE (TOUTES-AIDES) CEMETERY - Royal Field Artillery
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DescriptionFile of correspondence concerning the grave of Captain Greville Hubert Robins Blount in St. Nazaire (Toutes-Aides) Cemetery, France. Main topics include correspondence for the registration of Captain Blount’s grave and wooden cross marker, correspondence regarding the private granite memorial erected over the grave by the casualty’s uncle Mr C.I. Phillips in 1923 and his request for the Commission to repaint the inscription of the private memorial. Further correspondence regarding the proposed move of Captain Blount’s grave within St. Nazaire (Toutes-Aides) Cemetery to regroup the British war graves into a distinctive plot and the necessary removal of the private memorial in undertaking this work.
Content NoteIncludes: Handwritten note from Major Percy Ackroyd of Directorate of Graves Registration and Enquiries (DGRE) to Colonel Caffer regarding the duplication of notifications sent to next of kin, dated 7 January 1918. Completed IWGC form regarding the receipt of headstone inscription, cemetery register and "A" forms from the next of kin, stating no personal inscription received as a private memorial had already been erected over the grave, dated 4 May 1923.
Date7/1/1918 - 13/2/1961
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
Cemetery_NameST. NAZAIRE (TOUTES-AIDES) CEMETERY
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