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Unique IDCWGC/8/1/4/1/1/179
File NumberAA53882
TitleGunner PERCY WADE BROWNE - BARD COTTAGE CEMETERY - Royal Field Artillery
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DescriptionFile of correspondence regarding the grave of Gunner Percy Wade Browne in Bard Cottage Cemetery, Belgium. Main topic concerns a letter sent by Gunner Browne's son Commander Arthur A. Browne recounting his visit to his father's grave in the cemetery whilst his ship HMS Battleaxe was in Rotterdam and that he took the opportunity to record the names and details of a few surrounding graves with a view to contact their relatives to inform them of the Commission's care over these war graves.
Content NoteIncludes: Typed letter from Commander Browne, dated 3 July 1952. List of details for Gunner North, Driver Richards, Serjeant Vale, Gunner Logan and Able Seaman Evans with e-file references next to each name and a note of whether the file had been destroyed, undated.
Date3/7/1952 - 10/7/1952
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
Cemetery_NameBARD COTTAGE CEMETERY
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