Content Note | Includes: Letter from Miss Mary Marnie, sister of the casualty, to the IWGC Area Superintendent requesting permission to remove and replace the Commission headstone marking Private Marnie’s grave with a private memorial, dated 9 January 1960; copy of the proposed inscription on the private memorial; letter from A.R.C. Prentis, IWGC Secretary, to Miss M. Marnie agreeing to the removal of the Commission’s headstone provided it was done at her expense and that the proposed inscription be amended to include Private Marnie’s rank and service or have the grave moved to the foot of the grave, dated 29 January 1960; letter from Miss M. Marnie informing the IWGC Director that the inscription was altered by Mr. James Hosie, sculptor, to include Private Marnie’s rank and service, dated 10 February 1960; letter from A.R.C. Prentis to Miss M. Marnie requesting confirmation that the Commission headstone was removed and stored with the cemetery Superintendent, dated 23 March 1960; file note from D. Alexandra stating that no confirmation regarding the removal and collection of the Commission headstone was received from the UK Region, so it was assumed that the headstone was removed, dated 4 April 1966. |