| Content Note | Includes: Handwritten letter from Mrs. Kate Underwood, widow of the casualty, to the IWGC Secretary requesting permission to plant Captain Underwood’s favourite flower rose on his grave, dated 31 March 1923; letter from the IWGC Deputy Director of Works, Cairo, informing Mrs. K. Underwood that her husband’s headstone had not been erected as of yet, and requesting that she refrain from planting flowers on his grave due to concerns over environmental conditions, horticultural treatment, additional work for gardening staff, and general appearance of the cemetery, dated 10 August 1923; two photographs showing Cairo War Memorial Cemetery taken by Lieutenant Colonel Matheson, IWGC Deputy Director of Works, Cairo, dated 21 August 1923; handwritten letter from Mrs. Kate Underwood to Lieutenant Colonel Matheson requesting the addition of a personal inscription to the headstone, dated 28 August 1923; letter from the IWGC Principal Assistant Secretary to the IWGC Deputy Director of Works, Cairo, agreeing to the addition of the inscription provided arrangements were made between the contractor and Mrs. Underwood, dated 19 November 1923; handwritten letter from Mrs. Mary Prichard, daughter of the casualty, to the IWGC enquiring if her mother’s ashes could be buried in Captain Underwood’s grave, dated 1 November 1934; letter from B.S.C.G., IWGC Secretary, to Mrs. Prichard regarding the burial of her mother’s ashes in Captain Underwood’s grave on 16 November 1934 by C. Edwards, Acting Area Superintendent, Egypt, Palestine, and Syria, and Mr. Wood, Caretaker, dated 7 December 1934. |
| Cemetery_Name | ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY |