| Content Note | Includes: Letter from Alfred Wm. Webb, father of the casualty, to the IWGC requesting that the wooden cross marking Private Webb’s grave, which was erected after the existing headstone was damaged during the Second World War, be replaced by a new headstone, dated 28 July 1949; letter from F. Tyrrell, IWGC Secretary, to A.W. Webb explaining that headstones damaged during the course of the war were being replaced in due course, but the work had to follow an ordered programme, and that the family would be informed when the replacement was completed, dated 30 July 1949; handwritten letter from J. Pratt, brother-in-law of the casualty, to the IWGC enquiring if a replacement headstone had been erected on Private Webb’s grave, as the family intended to visit the grave in July of that year, dated 20 June 1951; letter from F. Tyrrell to J. Pratt stating that Private Webb’s headstone had been engraved and was included in a shipment that was to be sent to Belgium shortly, 21 June 1951; letter from F. Tyrrell to J. Pratt explaining that the headstone for Private Webb’s grave had not arrived in Belgium, dated 10 July 1951; letter from F. Tyrrell to the Chief Administrative Officer reporting that the delay in erecting Private Webb’s headstone was because the graves of Private Webb Private L.E. Roberts had been incorrectly recorded in the original Comprehensive Report for Talana Farm Cemetery and printed Register, dated 10 July 1951; letter from F. Tyrrell to J. Pratt reporting that the replacement headstone had been erected on Private Webb’s grave, dated 20 August 1951; letter from J. Pratt to the IWGC Secretary stating that Mrs. Webb, mother of the casualty, had been able to visit the cemetery of the grave again and found everything nice and tidy, dated 22 August 1951. |