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CWGC - Records of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
8 - Casualty and Commemoration Records
1 - Casualty Archive
4 - Efiles
1 - First World War Efiles
2 - CCM Efiles
Unique ID
CWGC/8/1/4/1/2/28
File Number
CCM10206
Title
Lieutenant JOHN MERCER GRIMSHAW BELL - TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY, WIMILLE - Royal Air Force
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Description
File of correspondence concerning the grave of Lieutenant John Mercer Grimshaw Bell in Terlincthun British Cemetery, France. Correspondence is with Captain H.M.S. Bell, Lieutenant Bell's brother Captain H.M.S. Bell regarding hs request for a photograph of Lieutenant Bell's headstone which was provided by the British Legion. Further correspondence regarding the amendment of the Commission's records and Bell's headstone for the third initial to read 'G' instead of 'C'.
Content Note
Includes: Letter from Captain H.M.S. Bell explaining that he had a photograph of the wooden cross marking his brother's grave which had been forwarded by the Commission in April 1921 to his father and requesting for a more recent photo showing the Commission's headstone erected on the grave, dated 10 May 1959.
Date
10/4/1959 - 30/1/1960
Extent
1 file
Collection
Archive
Category
Efiles
Cemetery_Name
TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY, WIMILLE
ArchNote
Original file destroyed.
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