| Content Note | Includes: Handwritten letter from Alfred Read, father of the casualty, to the IWGC requesting the particulars of Private Read’s grave, dated 3 August 1921; handwritten letter from Madame M. Nantier-Loliaux to the Officer Commanding the British Army, Ministry of War, regarding the burial of Private Read in her family tomb and request that the next of kin were notified about the grave’s location and that flowers were being placed on the grave on patriotic holidays and anniversaries, dated 8 March 1922; photograph of Private Read’s grave and stone cross memorial provided by Madame Nantier-Loliaux; handwritten letter from Alfred Read to the IWGC Secretary requesting information and advice about visiting the grave, dated 18 April 1922; letter from Major Kinnear, IWGC Chief Registration Officer, to the IWGC Vice-Chairman regarding a visit to Madame Nantier-Loliaux to discuss the proposed removal of Private Read from Villequier-Aumont Communal Cemetery to Chauny Communal Cemetery British Extension, dated 23 April 1929; handwritten letter from Madame Nantier-Loliaux to the IWGC explaining her plans to build a new burial vault and transfer Private Read’s remains therein, dated 13 August 1929; handwritten letter from H.G. Whyte, brother-in-law to the casualty, to the IWGC Secretary stating that his wife, Private Read’s sister, preferred to leave the remains of her brother with Madame Nantier-Loliaux, dated 2 September 1930; letter from the IWGC Secretary informing H.G. Whyte that the grave of Private Read was in poor condition and the headstone broken, and that Madame Nantier-Loliaux had no immediate intention to repair the grave or build a new vault, dated 2 October 1936; letter from the IWGC Chief Administrative Officer to the IWGC Vice-Chairman regarding Mr. and Mrs. Whyte’s visits to Private Read’s grave, which had been freshly cleaned with a newly painted inscription on the cross, and Chauny Communal Cemetery British Extension, dated 4 August 1937; handwritten letter from Mrs. H.G. Whyte to the IWGC agreeing to the removal of the remains of Private Read to Chauny Communal Cemetery British Extension, as the grave had been found to be in a state of neglect, dated 22 November 1955; letter form the IWGC Secretary informing H.G. Whyte that the transfer of Private Read’s remains from Villequier-Aumont Communal Cemetery to Chauny Communal Cemetery British Extension was completed, dated 22 February 1955. |
| Cemetery_Name | CHAUNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY BRITISH EXTENSION |