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Unique ID	CWGC/8/1/4/1/2/291
File Number	CCM78423
Title	Private A. T. W. DERRICK - ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY - Canadian Infantry
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Description	File of correspondence concerning the grave of Private A.T.W. Derrick in Etaples Military Cemetery, France. Main topics include: correspondence from next of kin commending the Commission for their upkeep of Etaples Military Cemetery and enquiring whether a rose tree could be planted on Private Derrick’s grave and a photograph of the cemetery could be provided; correspondence from the Commission denying permission to plant a rose tree on the grave, and later correspondence enclosing a photograph of the cemetery.
Content Note	Includes: Handwritten letter from Mrs. Adele L. Austin, daughter of the casualty, to the CWGC commending the Commission for their upkeep of Etaples Military Cemetery and enquiring whether she was permitted to plant a rose tree on Private Derrick’s grave during her next visit and if the Commission could provide a photograph of the cemetery from the Le Touquet side, dated 19 September 1963; letter from M. Campbell, CWGC Director-General, to Mrs. A.L. Austin explaining that she was not permitted to plant her own rose tree on the grave because the cemetery had been arranged in accordance with a specific scheme and there were strict regulations affecting importation of rose trees into France, dated 25 September 1963; letter from M. Campbell to Mrs. A.L. Austin enclosing a photograph of the cemetery taken from the Le Touquet side showing the two tower-shaped shelter building, dated 31 October 1963.
Date	19/9/1963 - 31/10/1963
Extent	1 file
Collection	Archive
Category	Efiles
Cemetery_Name	ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY