Record

Unique IDCWGC/8/1/4/1/1/221
File NumberAA60366
TitleCaptain GEORGE WHITEHOUSE GRIFFITH - BIRMINGHAM GENERAL CEMETERY - Australian Red Cross Society
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DescriptionFile of correspondence regarding the grave of Captain George Whitehouse Griffith in Birmingham General Cemetery, United Kingdom. Main topic concerns next of kin's request for the possible reburial of Captain Griffith into a war cemetery and for the Commission to carry out remedial work on the marker. Correspondence regarding the private memorial and additional markers on the grave.
Content NoteIncludes: Enquiry form recording interview with Mrs C.G. Miller, daughter of Captain Griffith, who was disappointed with the condition of her father's grave in comparison to those she saw at Cambridge where she attended a dedication service and Mrs Miller requested for the Commission to tidy the grave or relocate it in a war cemetery, dated 10 August 1951. Copy report by P.T. Thomson Inspector for Western Region describing the condition of the grave and the private memorials erected over the grave, dated 18 April 1952.
Date10/8/1951 - 18/4/1952
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
Cemetery_NameBIRMINGHAM GENERAL CEMETERY
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