Record

Unique IDCWGC/8/1/4/1/2/190
File NumberCCM61762
TitlePrivate 2nd Class E. R. ABBOTT - LUTON CHURCH BURIAL GROUND - Royal Air Force
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DescriptionFile of correspondence concerning the grave of Private 2nd Class in Luton Church Burial Ground, UK. Main topics include: request from next of kin to remove the Commission headstone marking Private Abbott’s grave and to engrave his name on a family memorial; correspondence from the IWGC permitting the removal of the headstone.
Content NoteIncludes: Letter from Geere & Co. Ltd., Sculptors and Masons, to the IWGC regarding request from next of kin to remove the Commission headstone marking Private Abbott’s grave and to subsequently inscribe his name on a family memorial, dated 30 April 1957; handwritten letter from George E. Abbott, brother of the casualty, to the IWGC requesting permission to remove the Commission headstone marking Private Abbott’s grave as it was their late mother’s wish to have his name, and that of their father, Private R. Abbott, inscribed on a family memorial, dated 9 May 1957; letters from A.R.C. Prentis, IWGC Secretary, to George Abbott and Messers. Geere & Co. Ltd. granting permission for the removal of the headstone on the condition that it was not damaged while being removed and stored with the Cemetery Superintendent until it was retrieved by the Commission’s representative, dated 13 May 1957.
Date30/4/1957 - 16/5/1957
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryEfiles
Cemetery_NameLUTON CHURCH BURIAL GROUND
ArchNoteOriginal file destroyed.
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