Record

Unique IDCWGC/8/1/4/1/2/167
File NumberCCM58779
TitleCorporal WILLIAM BOURNE - FRIERN BARNET (ST. JAMES THE GREAT) CHURCHYARD - Army Pay Corps
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DescriptionFile of correspondence concerning the grave of Corporal William Bourne in Friern Barnet (St. James the Great) Churchyard, UK. Main topics include: correspondence regarding the broken private memorial on Corporal Bourne’s grave and suggestion that it be replaced with a Commission headstone; internal correspondence regarding the Commission’s policy relating to the replacement of private memorials and decision not to replace Corporal Bourne’s headstone.
Content NoteIncludes: Letter from L. Greenwood for Area Superintendent, South Eastern Area, to the Regional Director, UK Region, regarding the broken private memorial marking the grave of Corporal Bourne, and suggestion that it be repaired or replaced with a Commission headstone, dated 21 December 1960; letter from A.R.C. Prentis, CWGC Director-General, to Mrs. Ada Benstead, widow of the casualty, enquiring whether she wished to pay for the memorial’s repair or allow the Commission to replace it with one of their standard headstones, dated 5 January 1961; letter from the CWGC Chief External Relations and Records Officer to the CWGC Director of External Relations and Records requesting clarification on the Commission’s policies concerning the replacement of private memorials in the UK, dated 19 January 1961; letter from the Regional Director to Director-General, Director of External Relations and Records, explaining that the private memorial marking Corporal Bourne’s grave appeared to commemorate other burials and so no action to replace the headstone should be taken, dated 2 June 1964.
Date21/12/1960 - 3/6/1964
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryEfiles
Cemetery_NameFRIERN BARNET (ST. JAMES THE GREAT) CHURCHYARD
ArchNoteOriginal file destroyed.
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