| Content Note | Includes: Letter from Henry Sherek, brother of the casualty, to the IWGC Director enquiring whether a cross could be added to the headstone of Lieutenant Sherek, as it was their deceased father, who was agnostic, that originally informed the Commission that a religious emblem was not desired, dated 12 July 1955; letter from F. Tyrell, IWGC Secretary, to Henry Sherek explaining that the space available on the headstone would not allow for the addition of a standard size cross of 6.5 inches, but a cross of 5 inches could be engraved, dated 18 August 1955; letter from the IWGC Secretary to Henry Sherek regarding the completion of and payment for the addition of the cross, dated 3 November 1955; letter from Henry Sherek to the IWGC regarding the poor condition of the inscriptions on numerous Commission headstones in the churchyard, with specific reference to the headstone of Private Albert Mason, dated 14 March 1960; copy of handwritten letter from Henry Sherek to Arthur Rucker, CWGC, regarding the illegible lettering on the headstone of Lieutenant Sherek, dated 22 November 1966; letter from Dr. Perwitz, Solicitors of Edith Crampon, aunt of Lieutenant Sherek, to the IWGC requesting the location of her nephew’s grave and a copy of the death certificate, dated 13 February 1976; copy of Lieutenant Sherek’s headstone layout, undated. |