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Unique IDCWGC/8/1/4/1/2/281
File NumberCCM76284
TitleSapper EDWIN FREDERICK WARTH - ALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILITARY AND WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY - Royal Marines
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DescriptionFile of correspondence concerning the grave of Sapper Edwin Frederick Warth in Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. Main topics include: correspondence regarding the poor condition of Sapper Warth’s private memorial and its subsequent replacement with a Commission headstone.
Content NoteIncludes: Copy letter from W.S. Wilson, IWGC Director of Works, to the IWGC Enquiries Department regarding the deterioration of the private memorial marking Sapper Warth’s grave and request that the next of kin be contacted about its replacement with a Commission headstone, dated 23 August 1932; handwritten letter from Reverend Stephen Warth, brother of the casualty, to the IWGC Secretary requesting that the private memorial be removed and destroyed and replaced with a standard Commission headstone, dated 10 November 1952; file note listing the inscription on Sapper Warth’s private memorial headstone, undated; letter from F. Tyrrell, IWGC Secretary to Reverend Stephen Warth reporting that a Commission headstone was erected on Sapper Warth’s grave, dated 19 December 1952.
Date11/5/1922 - 15/1/1953
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryEfiles
Cemetery_NameALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILITARY AND WAR MEMORIAL CEME
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