Record

Unique ID	CWGC/8/1/4/1/2/242
File Number	CCM67987
Title	Lieutenant JAMES BENJAMIN WALLACE WOLSTENHOLME - WILLESDEN NEW CEMETERY - Royal Air Force
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Description	File of correspondence concerning the grave of Lieutenant James Benjamin Wallace Wolstenholme in Willesden New Cemetery, UK. Main topics include: correspondence attempting to draw the attention of the next-of-kin to the deteriorated condition of the semi-recumbent Commission headstone marking Lieutenant Wolstenholme’s grave seeking their approval for its removal, a request to the Borough of Willesden for their authority to remove it; confirmation of its removal and subsequent referral to the grave as 'not within the Commission's control' suggesting consideration be given to alternative commemoration.
Content Note	Includes: copy of letter drawing the attention of the next-of-kin to the deteriorated condition of the semi-recumbent Commission headstone marking Lieutenant Wolstenholme’s grave seeking their approval for its removal, which was returned 'not known'; a subsequent letter to the Borough of Willesden requesting their authority to remove it; a file note confirming its removal and an internal minute referencing the grave as 'not within the Commission's control' and suggesting consideration be given to alternative commemoration.
Date	30/10/1957 - 25/8/1967
Extent	1 file
Collection	Archive
Category	Efiles
Cemetery_Name	WILLESDEN NEW CEMETERY

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