Record

Unique IDCWGC/8/1/4/1/2/271
File NumberCCM73942
TitleLieutenant CUTHBERT EDWARD LATIMER BOWEN - KISUMU CEMETERY - East African Corps of Military Police
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DescriptionFile of correspondence concerning the grave of Lieutenant Cuthbert Edward Latimer Bowen in Kisumu Cemetery, Kenya. Main topics include: correspondence from next of kin regarding request for information about the location of Lieutenant Bowen’s grave; request from next of kin for a photograph of the grave; internal correspondence concerning arrangements for a photograph of the grave and subsequent provision of same.
Content NoteIncludes: letter from Tom King, M.P., on behalf of Mrs. Drewitt, daughter of the casualty, to W.J. Chalmers, CWGC Director-General, requesting information about the burial location of Lieutenant Bowen, dated 13 August 1970; letter from the CWGC Director-General to Tom King stating that Lieutenant Bowen was buried in grave No. 2, Row B, Plot No. II in Kisumu Cemetery and that his remains were brought there after the Armistice, dated 14 August 1970; handwritten letter from Kathleen Drewitt, daughter of the casualty, to W.J. Chalmers requesting a photograph of the grave, dated 24 August 1970; letter from the Director of External Relations and Records to the Area Superintendent, East Africa Area, enquiring whether a photograph of Lieutenant Bowen’s grave could be taken during the Commission’s next visit to the cemetery, dated 27 August 1970; handwritten letter from Kathleen Drewitt to R.J. Dalley, Private Secretary to the Director-General, thanking the Commission for providing photographs of her father’s grave, dated 25 December 1970.
Date13/8/1970 - 7/1/1971
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryEfiles
Cemetery_NameKISUMU CEMETERY
ArchNoteOriginal file destoryed.
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