Content Note | Includes: Handwritten letter from Mrs. E. Gladstone, sister of the casualty, to the IWGC enquiring whether the Commission would assume responsibility for the maintenance of Second Lieutenant Thunder’s grave, dated 26 November 1950; letter from F. Tyrrell, IWGC Secretary, to Mrs. E. Gladstone explaining that an agreement for the maintenance of Second Lieutenant Thunder’s grave had already been in place for many years, dated 29 November 1950; report on telephone conversation with Mrs. Gladstone by M. Campbell, IWGC Secretary, regarding further request for the Commission to maintain Second Lieutenant Thunder’s grave and explaining that she had paid for horticultural maintenance work on the grave, dated 10 February 1959; letter from M. Campbell to Mrs. Gladstone explaining that the Commission had been looking after the grave since 1928 under an agreement with the Rector, dated 19 February 1959; handwritten letter from Mrs. Gladstone to M. Campbell regarding the proposed covering of the grave with stone to resolve the issues relating to it horticultural maintenance, dated 24 August 1959; letter from M. Campbell to Mrs. Gladstone stating that the grave was partly covered by a stone and that the Commission were unable to cover the remaining space with additional stone, but offered to plant and maintain a Polyantha Rose or introduce a low growing creeping plant on the uncovered portion instead, dated 28 August 1959; handwritten letter from Mrs. Gladstone to M. Campbell stating that she had asked C.J. Elliott & Sons, monumental masons, to place a stone slab over the whole grave as a means of solving the issue of horticultural maintenance, dated 25 September 1959. |
Cemetery_Name | RAMSGATE (ST. AUGUSTINE) ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHYARD |