Record

Unique IDCWGC/8/1/4/1/2/221
File NumberCCM66088
TitleCaptain PERCY HERBERT DELAMERE - PORTSMOUTH (EASTNEY OR HIGHLAND ROAD) CEMETERY - Royal Army Medical Corps
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DescriptionFile of correspondence concerning the grave of Captain Percy Herbert Delamere in Portsmouth (Eastney or Highland Road) Cemetery, UK. Main topics include: correspondence from the cemetery Superintendent regarding damage to the private memorial marking Captain Delamere’s grave and subsequent attempt to inform the next of kin; correspondence from the Commission regarding offer to erect a standard headstone.
Content NoteIncludes: Letter from H.O. Dobson, Superintendent and Registrar, Highland Road Cemetery, to the IWGC requesting the contact details of of Captain Delamere’s relatives to inform them that the private memorial marking his grave had been damaged by some unknown person(s), dated 12 September 1953; letter from F. Tyrrell, IWGC Secretary, to H.O. Dobson stating that the Commission did not possess any record of Captain Delamere’s relatives, and suggesting that a Commission headstone could be erected in its place if the private memorial was to be removed, dated 17 September 1953.
Date12/9/1953 - 17/9/1953
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryEfiles
Cemetery_NamePORTSMOUTH (EASTNEY OR HIGHLAND ROAD) CEMETERY
ArchNoteOriginal file destroyed.
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