Record

Unique IDCWGC/8/1/4/1/2/147
File NumberCCM54426
TitleSerjeant HARRY MEASDAY - ASHFORD BURIAL GROUND - Royal Army Medical Corps
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DescriptionFile of correspondence concerning the grave of Serjeant Harry Measday in Ashford Burial Ground, UK. Main topics include: correspondence regarding request from next of kin to clean and recut the lettering on Serjeant Measday’s headstone.
Content NoteIncludes: Letter from R. Francis, Director, Walter Lock & Son Ltd., to the CWGC regarding a request from Mrs. Morley, daughter of the casualty, to clean and recut the inscription on Serjeant Measday’s headstone, dated 23 October 1965; letter from the CWGC Regional Director informing Mrs. Morely that the headstone was cleaned in April last when it was found in satisfactory condition, dated 1 November 1965; photo-stat of handwritten letter from Mrs. Alice Morley to the CWGC explaining that she found the inscription on Serjeant Measday’s headstone to be rather faint and enquired whether Messrs. Walter Lock & Son Ltd. were able to repaint the lettering, dated 5 November 1965.
Date23/10/1965 - 8/11/1965
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryEfiles
Cemetery_NameASHFORD BURIAL GROUND
ArchNoteRepackaged by Michael Davis (Trainee Archivist) on 30/10/2019.
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