Record

Unique IDCWGC/8/1/4/1/2/334
File NumberCCM86484
TitleLieutenant Colonel HENRY FRANCIS DUNDAS STIRLING - AMARA WAR CEMETERY - Indian Army Reserve of Officers
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DescriptionFile of correspondence concerning the grave of Lieutenant Colonel Henry Francis Dundas Stirling in Amara War Cemetery, Iraq. Main topics include: letter stating that Lieutenant Colonel Stirling had been commemorated on a Screen Wall memorial in Amara War Cemetery because the soil conditions would not allow for the maintenance of individual headstones.
Content NoteIncludes: Letter from W.J. Chalmers, CWGC Director-General, to J.H. Stirling, brother of the casualty, explaining that due to the excessive amount of salt in the soil individual headstones were not maintainable and as a result Lieutenant Colonel Stirling had been commemorated on a Screen Wall in the cemetery, dated 5 October 1964.
Date5/10/1964 - 9/10/1964
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryEfiles
Cemetery_NameAMARA WAR CEMETERY
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