| Content Note | Includes: Copy letter from the Jesuit Provincial Superior, Ireland, to the IWGC regarding authorisation for the transference of Chaplain Hartigan’s remains from Amara War Cemetery to the cemetery on the grounds of Baghdad College, dated 21 June 1953; letter from F. Tyrrell, IWGC Secretary, to the Jesuit Provincial Superior explaining that the Commission could not transfer the remains of Chaplain Hartigan because the removal of war graves for reburial in home or other countries was prohibited, dated 16 September 1953; letter from Reverend P.J. O’Connell, Principal Chaplain, RAF, to the IWGC Secretary requesting permission to transfer the remains of Chaplain Hartigan to Baghdad College, dated 23 September 1953; letter from W.J. Chalmers, IWGC Director-General, to Reverend O’Connell denying the transfer of Chaplain Hartigan’s remains due to the Commission’s principle of equality in the treatment of war graves and the integrity of the graves and cemetery itself, dated 6 October 1955. |