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Unique IDCWGC/8/1/4/1/2/141
File NumberCCM53257
TitleLance Corporal SIDNEY RICHARD BENNETT - ILFORD (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD - Army Service Corps
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DescriptionFile of correspondence regarding the grave of Lance Corporal Sidney Bennett in Ilford (St Mary) Churchyard, England.
Content NoteIncludes: Handwritten letter from Mrs M A Bennett, Lance Corporal Bennett's wife, stating that her daughter had recently passed away and was buried in her father's grave, and seeking permission to add an inscription to her memory on the Commission headstone, 13 April 1959; letter from A R C Prentis, IWGC Secretary, to Mrs Bennett, explaining that, as the headstone was already engraved with her husband's details and a personal inscription to her son's memory, there was no space for a further text in memory of her daughter but it could be engraved on the reverse side of the headstone, provided it resembled the standard lettering and was not painted in, 28 April 1959.
Date13/4/1959 - 28/4/1959
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryEfiles
Cemetery_NameILFORD (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD
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