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Unique IDCWGC/8/1/4/1/2/278
File NumberCCM75820
TitleLieutenant JOHN EDWIN PUGH - GOSSELIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY - Royal Air Force
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DescriptionFile of correspondence concerning the grave of Lieutenant John Edwin Pugh in Gosselies Communal Cemetery, Belgium. Main topics include: correspondence from next of kin requesting permission to travel to Gosselies to identify Lieutenant Pugh’s remains; correspondence regarding the discovery of Lieutenant Pugh’s remains, which had been buried in the Gosselies Police Commissioner’s family vault; correspondence regarding the deteriorating condition of Lieutenant Pugh’s vault; correspondence from the next of kin enquiring whether the Commission could repair the grave and forward the costs to do so; enquiry from next of kin concerning the Commission’s ability to repair the grave after the outbreak of the Second World War; correspondence regarding the restoration of Lieutenant Pugh’s grave.
Content NoteIncludes: Letter from John Pugh, father of the casualty, to General Burder, Registration of Graves Committee, requesting permission to visit Gosselies to identify Lieutenant Pugh’s remains, dated 14 February 1919; copy letter from C.A. Wilks, Director, T.N. & F.H. Briggs, Ltd., to John V. Pugh regarding correspondence with Mr. J. Dubois who discovered that Lieutenant Pugh was buried in the the Police Commissioner of Gosselies’s family tomb, dated 12 February 1919; copy letter from John Pugh to the Air Ministry requesting permission to travel to Gosselies to identify the body of Lieutenant Pugh, dated 14 February 1919; letter from Lieutenant-Colonel A.A.G., for Director-General of Graves Registration and Enquiries (DGGRE), to John Pugh stating that the Commission’s Director in France received confirmation that Lieutenant Pugh was buried at Gosselies on 19th November 1918, dated 3 March 1919; letter from the DGGRE to John Pugh enquiring whether he wanted Lieutenant Pugh to remain buried in Gosselies Communal Cemetery or to have his remains removed to a Military Cemetery, dated 16 February 1920; letter from John Pugh to the DGGRE explaining that he had already purchased, erected, and moved Lieutenant Pugh’s remains to a separate vault in Gosselies Communal Cemetery in November 1919, dated 18 February 1920; letter from the IWGC Secretary to John Pugh stating that the bricks surrounding the vault had loosened and water was entering Lieutenant Pugh’s grave, dated 27 January 1937; letter from the IWGC Secretary attempting to contact Lieutenant Pugh’s next of kin regarding the deteriorating condition of the vault, as his father and brother were now deceased, dated 16 June 1939; handwritten letter from Mrs. E. Georgina French, mother of the casualty, requesting that the Commission repair the grave and to forward an estimate of the costs to do so, dated 23 June 1939; letter from F. Tyrrell, IWGC Secretary, to Mrs. French stating that it would cost 240 Belgian Francs to repair the grave, dated 20 July 1939; handwritten letter from Mrs. French to the IWGC enquiring whether the Commission was still able to repair Lieutenant Pugh’s grave following the outbreak of the Second World War, dated 7 October 1939; letter from E.H. Seward, for the IWGC Secretary, to Mrs. French reporting that the repairs to Lieutenant Pugh’s grave had been completed, dated 1 December 1939; handwritten letter from Mrs. French to E.H. Seward thanking the Commission for repairing her son’s grave and providing an additional £5 towards the care and maintenance of war graves, dated 4 December 1939.
Date13/2/1919 - 6/12/1939
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryEfiles
Cemetery_NameGOSSELIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
ArchNoteRepackaged by Michael Davis (Trainee Archivist) on 26/11/2019.
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