Record

Unique IDCWGC/8/1/4/1/2/262
File NumberCCM72774
TitlePrivate F. G. ROBINSON - LEWISHAM (LADYWELL) CEMETERY - Royal Army Medical Corps
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DescriptionFile of correspondence concerning the grave of Private F.G. Robinson in Lewisham (Ladywell) Cemetery, UK. Main topics include: correspondence regarding the private memorial marking Private Robinson’s grave, which was damaged by a bomb during the Second World War; correspondence regarding attempts to contact next of kin and the Commission’s offer to replace the private memorial with a standard headstone; correspondence regarding the Commission’s inability to contact the next of kin and subsequent decision to proceed with the erection of a standard headstone.
Content NoteIncludes: Letter from the Regional Works Officer to the Director-General, Director of External Relations and Records (DERR), regarding the private memorial marking Private Robinson’s grave, which was broken in half by a bomb during the Second World War, dated 18 May 1961; letter from A.R.C. Prentis to Mrs. E.L. Robinson, mother of the casualty, enquiring whether she wanted the Commission to replace the private memorial marking Private Robinson’s grave with a Commission headstone, dated 16 June 1961; letter from the DERR to the Regional Director, UK Region, regarding the Commission’s inability to contact Private Robinson’s next of kin, and those of five others, and decision to proceed with the compilation of headstone schedules in all 6 cases, dated 4 July 1961.
Date18/5/1961 - 4/6/1963
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryEfiles
Cemetery_NameLEWISHAM (LADYWELL) CEMETERY
ArchNoteOriginal file destoryed.
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