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Unique IDCWGC/8/1/4/1/2/329
File NumberCCM85102
TitleDriver H. F. MALCOLMSON - PERREUSE CHATEAU FRANCO BRITISH NATIONAL CEMETERY - French Red Cross Society
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DescriptionFile of correspondence concerning the grave of Driver H.F. Malcolmson in Perreuse Chateau Franco British National Cemetery, France. Main topics include: correspondence regarding request to replace the private memorial marking Driver Malcolmson’s grave with a Commission headstone; correspondence from next of kin denying Commission’s request to replace the private memorial, but agreeing to the erection of the Commission headstone at the foot of the grave; correspondence regarding the proposed transfer of Driver Malcolmson’s grave from Vendeuil-Caply Churchyard to Perreuse Chateau Franco British National Cemetery; correspondence concerning the transfer of the remains to Perreuse Chateau Franco British National Cemetery.
Content NoteIncludes: Letter from Major Stopford, for the IWGC Principal Assistant Secretary, to Keith F. Malcolmson, brother of the casualty, enquiring whether the Commission was permitted to replace the private memorial marking Driver Malcolmson’s grave in Vendeuil-Caply Churchyard with a standard headstone in order to keep with the Commission’s cemetery scheme, dated 27 May 1925; handwritten letter from Keith F. Malcolmson to the IWGC denying the Commission’s request to replace the private memorial marking Driver Malcolmson’s grave, which had been erected by the casualty's friends, dated 20 June 1925; handwritten letter from Keith F. Malcolmson to the IWGC agreeing to the proposed erection of a Commission headstone at the foot of the grave, dated 30 June 1925; handwritten letter from G.V. Malcolmson, son of the casualty, to the IWGC agreeing to the proposed transfer of Driver Malcolmson’s grave from Vendeuil-Caply Churchyard to Perreuse Chateau Franco British National Cemetery, dated 25 August 1952; letter from F. Tyrrell, IWGC Secretary, to G.V. Malcolmson reporting that Driver Malcolmson’s grave was transferred to Plot 1, Row C, Grave No. 25 in Perreuse Chateau Franco British National Cemetery, dated 13 December 1952.
Date9/2/1924 - 13/12/1952
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryEfiles
Cemetery_NamePERREUSE CHATEAU FRANCO BRITISH NATIONAL CEMETERY
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