Record

Unique IDCWGC/8/1/4/1/2/159
File NumberCCM55796
TitleLance Corporal EDWARD JAMES MILTON - UFFCULME CEMETERY - 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays)
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DescriptionFile of correspondence regarding the maintenance of the grave of Lance Corporal Edward Milton in Uffculme Cemetery, England. The correspondence details the requests of Mrs Davies, Lance Corporal Milton's sister, for the Commission to attend to the grave and headstone.
Content NoteIncludes: Handwritten letter from Mrs D Davies, Lance Corporal Milton's sister, asking the Commission to attend to the grave, as she had found it in need of maintenance on a recent visit, 11 February 1947; letter from F Tyrrell, IWGC Secretary, to Mrs Davies, informing her that the grave was slightly sunken but would be levelled after the frost, 19 March 1947; handwritten letter from Mrs Davies, stating that the headstone was mossy and dirty, and asking the Commission to clean it in consideration of the fact that her brother gave his life, 6 August 1952; handwritten letter from Mrs Davies, pointing out that the lettering on the headstone had become illegible, undated, received by the IWGC on 15 August 1956; letter from the Secretary to Mrs Davies, informing her that the stone would be re-engraved to improve the lettering, and that arrangements were being made with the Cemetery Superintendent to approve the appearance of the grave, 2 October 1956.
Date11/2/1947 - 2/10/1956
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryEfiles
Cemetery_NameUFFCULME CEMETERY
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