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Unique IDCWGC/8/1/4/1/2/236
File NumberCCM67596
TitleSecond Lieutenant GODFREY JACKSON HUNTER - GRANGEGORMAN MILITARY CEMETERY - 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers
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DescriptionFile of correspondence regarding the grave of Second Lieutenant Godfrey Hunter in Grangegorman Military Cemetery, Republic of Ireland. Second Lieutenant Hunter was killed during the Easter Rising in 1916 and buried in the grounds of Dublin Castle. In 1962 it was found necessary to concentrate the graves to Grangegorman Cemetery, and this was carried out the following year.
Content NoteIncludes: Letter from the CWGC Director General to Mrs Joan Ody, the casualty's niece, informing her that it had been decided that the five Commonwealth war graves in the grounds of Dublin Castle, including that of Second Lieutenant Hunter, ought to be moved to Grangegorman Military Cemetery, in order that they could be maintained in perpetuity to the Commission's standard, 22 May 1962; handwritten letter from Mrs Ody, consenting to the removal, 23 May 1962; handwritten letter from Mrs Ody, submitting a personal inscription 'Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori' to be engraved on the headstone, 28 February 1963; letter from the Director General to Mrs Ody, informing her that the moving of the graves had been completed, 4 October 1963; letter from the Director General to Mrs Ody, informing her that the standard Commission headstones had been erected, 1 November 1963.
Date16/5/1962 - 1/11/1963
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryEfiles
Cemetery_NameGRANGEGORMAN MILITARY CEMETERY
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