| Content Note | Includes: Report on telephone conversation with Mr. Ward of Henry Paul Ltd., undertake firm, on behalf of the casualty’s family, regarding the death of Air Mechanic Ambler’s widow and request to scatter or inter her ashes in his grave, dated 16 May 1960; letter from the Director, External Relations and Records, to the Regional Director, Southern Region, explaining that the recumbent graves and barren nature of the soil in Malta may make the scattering or interring of the ashes difficult, and that alternative plans to scatter the ashes in the UK may be preferred, dated 25 May 1960; letter from the Regional Director, Southern Region, to the CWGC Director-General stating that the interment of Air Mechanic Ambler’s widow’s ashes was in fact possible, dated 1 July 1960; internal note concerning a telephone conversation with Mrs. Salazar, daughter of the casualty, informing her that it was possible to inter the ashes of her mother, dated 4 July 1960; letter from A.R.C. Prentis, CWGC Director-General, to Henry Paul Ltd. regarding the name of a reputable undertaker in Malta, Messrs. E. Agius, and suggesting that arrangements be made directly with the firm for the interring of the ashes, dated 4 July 1960; letter from A.R.C. Prentis to the Regional Director, Southern Region, regarding the family’s decision to scatter the ashes instead of having them interred, dated 4 July 1960; letter from Henry Paul Ltd. to the CWGC Director-General stating that the scattering of the ashes was scheduled for 16 August 1960, dated 5 August 1960; handwritten letter from Mrs. B.C. Salazar thanking the Commission for their assistance with the scattering of her mother’s ashes in Malta, dated 19 August 1960. |
| Cemetery_Name | MALTA (CAPUCCINI) NAVAL CEMETERY |