Record

Unique IDCWGC/8/1/4/1/2/326
File NumberCCM84950
TitleAir Mechanic 2nd Class E. HARVEY - GWINEAR CHURCH CEMETERY - Royal Naval Air Service
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DescriptionFile of correspondence concerning the grave of Air Mechanic 2nd Class E. Harvey in Gwinear Church Cemetery, UK. Main topics include: correspondence with next of kin regarding proposed replacement of the wooden cross marking Air Mechanic 2nd Class Harvey’s grave with a Commission headstone; internal correspondence relating to arrangements for the delivery and erection of the headstone; correspondence regarding the erection of the headstone.
Content NoteIncludes: Letter from the IWGC Secretary to F. Harvey, next of kin, enquiring whether the Commission was permitted to replace the dilapidated wooden cross marking the grave of Air Mechanic 2nd Class Harvey with a standard headstone, dated 6 February 1957; handwritten letter from M. Harvey, brother of the casualty, to the IWGC consenting to the erection of a Commission headstone and providing a personal inscription, dated 9 March 1957; letter from A.R.C. Prentis, IWGC Secretary, to M. Harvey reporting that the headstone had been erected over the grave of Air Mechanic 2nd Class Harvey, dated 22 August 1958.
Date6/2/1957 - 23/9/1958
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryEfiles
Cemetery_NameGWINEAR CHURCH CEMETERY
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