Record

Unique IDCWGC/8/1/4/1/2/338
File NumberCCM87509
TitleCompany Serjeant Major RODERICK DHU KEIR - CROYDON (MITCHAM ROAD) CEMETERY - Royal Army Service Corps
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DescriptionFile of correspondence concerning the grave of Company Serjeant Major Roderick Dhu Keir in Croydon (Mitcham Road) Cemetery, UK. Main topics include: correspondence from next of kin regarding request to add an inscription commemorating Company Serjeant Major Keir’s wife; correspondence regarding the replacement of the Commission headstone with a private memorial.
Content NoteIncludes: Letter from E.C. Keir, son of the casualty, to the IWGC Secretary requesting permission to add an inscription commemorating Company Serjeant Major Keir’s wife and to erect a small kerb around the grave, dated 25 October 1954; internal note with sketch showing the desired placement of the inscription, dated 2 November 1954; letter from F. Tyrrell, IWGC Secretary, to E.C. Keir explaining that the Commission preferred for the inscription to be added to the reverse side of the headstone or that the proposed kerb might be a more suitable option, dated 2 November 1954; letter from E.C. Keir to the IWGC Secretary requesting permission to erect a new headstone commemorating Company Serjeant Major Keir and his wife, dated 1 March 1955; letter from F. Tyrrell to E.C. Keir permitting the erection of a family memorial, dated 9 March 1955.
Date25/10/1954 - 4/10/1955
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryEfiles
Cemetery_NameCROYDON (MITCHAM ROAD) CEMETERY
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