Record

Unique ID	CWGC/8/1/4/1/1/181
File Number	AA54352
Title	Private WALTER PERCIVAL SILLENCE (served as Private WILLIAM NOLAN)- BAZENTIN-LE-PETIT MILITARY CEMETERY - Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
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Description	File of correspondence regarding the grave of Private Walter Percival Sillence (served as Private William Nolan) in Bazentin-le-Petit Military Cemetery, France. Main topic concerns correspondence with the next of kin in connection with their wishes for the alias not to appear on Private Sillence's headstone. Later correspondence referring to the inscription and confirming the ommission of the assumed name was intentional.
Content Note	Includes: Handwritten letter from Mr J. Sillence, father of Private Sillence, confirming he approved of the Commission's decision to engrave the alias as well as the true name on the headstone, dated 22 May 1924. Copy letter from Director of Records confirming the omission of the assumed name from the headstone was intentional, dated 24 July 1939.
Date	17/5/1924 - 24/7/1939
Extent	1 file
Collection	Archive
Cemetery_Name	BAZENTIN-LE-PETIT MILITARY CEMETERY