Record

Unique IDCWGC/8/1/4/1/2/203
File NumberCCM63815
TitleDriver JOHN McBRIERTY - EDINBURGH (ROSEBANK) CEMETERY - Army Service Corps
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CWGC_8_1_4_1_2_203 (CCM63815).pdf

DescriptionFile of correspondence concerning the grave of Driver John McBrierty in Edinburgh (Rosebank) Cemetery, UK. Main topics include: correspondence regarding request from next of kin to remove the Commission headstone and erect a private memorial on Driver McBrierty’s grave.
Content NoteIncludes: Letter from G. Boleyn & Son, Monumental Sculptors, to the IWGC regarding request from Mrs. Marjory McBrierty, widow of the casualty, to remove the Commission headstone and erect a private memorial which was to hold other names, as her granddaughter was recently interred in the grave, dated 12 March 1945; letter from F. Tyrrell, IWGC Secretary, to Messrs. Boleyn & Son agreeing to the removal of the Commission headstone and erection of a private memorial, dated 26 April 1945.
Date12/3/1945 - 27/4/1945
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryEfiles
Cemetery_NameEDINBURGH (ROSEBANK) CEMETERY
ArchNoteOriginal file destroyed. Repackaged by Michael Davis (Trainee Archivist) on 07/11/2019.
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