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Unique IDCWGC/8/1/4/1/1/44
File NumberAA20814
TitleSecond Lieutenant JOHN HERBERT HIGGINSON - FLESQUIERES HILL BRITISH CEMETERY - Royal Horse Artillery
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DescriptionCorrespondence regarding request for photograph of grave from relatives of Lieutenant Higginson. Complaint from Mr Lough acting on behalf of next-of-kin regarding condition of grave following their visit and response from the Commission and accompanying report by Horticultural Officer. Request from Mr Lough on behalf next-of-kin to remove grave from its location in Havrincourt Communal Cemetery to a British military cemetery and to inscribe a maple leaf in addition to the Royal Horse Artillery badge already on the headstone. Correspondence with the representatives of the Marquis d'Havrincourt, the owner of the mausoleum in which Lt. Higginson is buried. Exhumation and reburial of Lieutenant Higginson’s remains in Flesquieres Hill British Cemetery.
Content NoteIncludes: Letter from O.L. Gill, Horticultural Officer, regarding his visit with Mr Lough (acting on behalf of next-of-kin of casualty) to see the grave, dated 29 Mar 1924. Sketch plan showing the grounds of the chapel and cemetery where Lieutenant Higginson is buried. Note from Registrar to Director of Records explaining situation of other British graves removed from German section of Havrincourt Communal Cemetery, dated 25 June 1926. Letter to Mr Lough confirming reburial of Lieutenant Higginson’s remains in Flesquieres Hill British Cemetery, dated 5 Sep 1925.
Date12/1/1918 - 13/8/1926
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
Cemetery_NameFLESQUIERES HILL BRITISH CEMETERY
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