Record

Unique IDCWGC/8/1/4/1/1/84
File NumberAA36303
TitleCaptain HUGH RIVERS HAMILTON (PADDY) O'BRIEN - RAILWAY DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND (TRANSPORT FARM) - Royal Field Artillery
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DescriptionFile of correspondence concerning the grave of Captain O'Brien. Main topics include attempts by parents to get a photograph of his grave; visits of parents to grave and subsequent complaints to the Commission regarding the upkeep of the cemetery, correspondence between the IWGC and the casualty's mother regarding her offer to send creeping roses to be planted in the cemetery; correspondence regarding mother's request for return of wooden cross; request for personal inscription on headstone; internal correspondence in the IWGC about possible incorrect identification and marking of grave.
Content NoteIncludes: letter from Mrs E. H. O'Brien, the mother of the casualty, requesting information as to how to arrange to visit her son's grave, 12th April 1920, and reply from the IWGC with advice, including the need for a passport and visa, and the probable difficulty in finding accommodation; letter to Major Viscount Stopford, Secretary, IWGC from Mrs O'Brien following her recent visit to her son's grave where she discovered that all of the grass had been removed from the graves and used to turf round the Stone of Remembrance and the Cross of Sacrifice, 24th May 1925, with copy of reply from Stopford advising that new grass will be sown as soon as possible, 27th May 1925; report from IWGC Horticultural Officer B. Melles to IWGC Head Office, explaining the horticultural work taking place in the cemetery, 26th May 1925.
Date9/11/1917 - 13/12/1938
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
Cemetery_NameRAILWAY DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND (TRANSPORT FARM)
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