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CWGC - Records of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
8 - Casualty and Commemoration Records
1 - Casualty Archive
4 - Efiles
1 - First World War Efiles
1 - AA Efiles
Unique ID
CWGC/8/1/4/1/1/218
File Number
AA60327
Title
Gunner ROBERT HOARE - KANDAHAR FARM CEMETERY - Royal Field Artillery
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Description
File of correspondence regarding Gunner Robert Hoare, originally recorded as being commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, until records were later corrected to reflect his burial in Kandahar Farm Cemetery, Belgium. Main topics include correspondence with the next of kin regarding the location of the grave and arrangements to correct the Commission's records.
Content Note
Includes: Letter from Mrs R Squire (formerly Hoare) requesting information about the location of Gunner Hoare's burial, dated 11 June 1949. Copy letter signed by Records Officer (SWD Branch) confirming that the incorrect date of death may have been accepted by the Commission under pressure from the nextof kin but that the files that may have proved this had since been destroyed, dated 13 August 1949.
Date
11/6/1949 - 13/8/1949
Extent
1 file
Collection
Archive
Cemetery_Name
KANDAHAR FARM CEMETERY
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