Record

Unique IDCWGC/8/1/4/1/2/249
File NumberCCM68537
TitleLieutenant HERLIHY - GRANGEGORMAN MEMORIAL - Royal Air Force
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DescriptionFile of correspondence regarding the grave of Lieutenant P. J. Herlihy in Skibbereen Chapel Graveyard, County Cork, Republic of Ireland and his subsequent commemoration on the Grangegorman Memorial. Topics include: attempts to contact the next-of-kin to ascertain how they would wish for his grave to be marked, and subsequent proposal for his name to be included on the Grangegorman Memorial.
Content NoteIncludes: typed copy of letters to the casualty's family enquiring if they would wish for the miltary authorities to erect a temporary marker on his grave, handwritten letter from Mr D. C. Herlihy declining this and suggesting the relatives would erect a PPM; later unsuccessful attempts to contact the family drawing attention to the grave still being unmarked offering a Commission headstone; and subsequent proposal for his alternative commemoration on the Grangegorman Memorial.
Date28/10/1919 - 13/5/1965
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryEfiles
Cemetery_NameGRANGEGORMAN MEMORIAL
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