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Unique IDCWGC/8/1/4/1/2/292
File NumberCCM79148
TitleActing Leading Stoker JOHN ALBERT WALDIE - LEWISHAM (LADYWELL) CEMETERY - Royal Navy
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DescriptionFile of correspondence concerning the grave of Acting Leading Stoker John Albert Waldie in Lewisham (Ladywell) Cemetery, UK. Main topics include: correspondence regarding the unmarked grave of Acting Leading Stoker Waldie in Lewisham (Ladywell) Cemetery and subsequent proposal to erect a Commission headstone in a special plot; correspondence with next of kin regarding the erection of a Commission headstone and provision of a personal inscription; correspondence regarding amended personal inscription and processing of the Headstone Schedule for Acting Leading Stoker Waldie and five other soldiers buried in the cemetery.
Content NoteIncludes: Letter from the Regional Works Officer to the Director-General, Director of External Relations and Records (DERR), regarding the four common graves of Acting Leading Stoker Waldie, Air Mechanic Cole, Sapper Biggs, and Private Howard, which were no longer marked by headstones after the Council cleared the area to facilitate maintenance, and recommendation that Commission headstones be placed in a special plot with a plaque providing an explanation, dated 18 May 1961; letter from A.R.C. Prentis to Mrs. E. Mansfield, mother of the casualty, regarding the proposed erection of a Commission headstone commemorating Acting Leading Stoker Waldie in a special plot, dated 16 June 1961; handwritten letter from Mrs. H. Morris, sister of the casualty, to the IWGC agreeing to the erection of a Commission headstone and providing the desired personal inscription, dated 21 June 1961; letter from A.R.C. Prentis to Mrs. H. Morris explaining that the proposed personal inscription was too long and to select one of two amended inscriptions, dated 26 June 1961; letter from the Director of External Relations and Records to the Regional Director, UK Region, regarding the prepartion of six Headstone Schedules, dated 26 January 1963.
Date18/5/1961 - 4/6/1963
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryEfiles
Cemetery_NameLEWISHAM (LADYWELL) CEMETERY
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