Content Note | Includes: letter from Sir Henry Dixon Kimber, the father of the casualty, to the D.G.R.E requesting a photograph of his son's grave, 8th March 1917; letter from Sir Henry Dixon Kimber to Arthur Messer concerning recent visit to his son's grave, the discovery that the surrounding chains and posts erected by the men of his battalion had been removed, and request to have them replaced or a private stone cross erected instead, 1st December 1919; letter from Sir Henry Dixon Kimber to the D.G.R.E requesting return of son's wooden cross, and objecting most strongly to the proposed work of the IWGC with regards uniformity of treatment of the graves and possible disturbance to and loss of identify of the graves, 18th January 1920, with response providing additional details of the Commission's proposals and assurances that the grave would not be lost, 24th January 1920; press cutting of letter of complaint written by Sir Henry Dixon Kimber regarding the work of the IWGC, 6th April 1920. |
Cemetery_Name | BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION |