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Unique IDCWGC/8/1/4/1/2/260
File NumberCCM72013
TitleCaptain RAOUL JOHNSTON - POTIJZE CHATEAU GROUNDS CEMETERY - French Army
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DescriptionFile of correspondence regarding the grave of Captain (Capitaine) Raoul Johnston in Potijze Chateau Grounds Cemetery, Belgium. Main topics include: the arrangements between the Imperial War Graves Commission and the French government for the marking of graves of French soldiers in British cemeteries, and the decision of the family of Captain Johnston not to repatriate his body back to France.
Content NoteIncludes: Note from the IWGC Principal Assistant Secretary to the Director of Works, in response to an enquiry by George Johnston, Captain Johnston's brother, with the information that Commission headstones would not be erected over French graves in British cemeteries as the French government would install their own grave markers, 14 October 1921; letter from the Principal Assistant Secretary to the Deputy Controller in St Omer, asking him to ascertain from the next of kin whether they wished for Captain Johnston's body to be exhumed and repatriated to France, 4 October 1922; handwritten letter from Francois Johnston, Captain Johnston's son, stating that his family did not wish for the body to be moved, but rather that he should rest with the British soldiers with which he served, 18 October 1922; letter from the Principal Assistant Secretary to the Deputy Controller in St Omer, with the information that Captain Johnston's body would remain in Potijze Chateau Grounds Cemetery and the French government would be responsible for the erection of a grave marker, 4 December 1922.
Date3/10/1921 - 16/7/1924
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryEfiles
Cemetery_NamePOTIJZE CHATEAU GROUNDS CEMETERY
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