Record

Unique IDCWGC/8/1/4/1/2/339
File NumberCCM87190
TitlePrivate WILLIAM HERBERT DALLAY - NOTTINGHAM CHURCH CEMETERY - 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own)
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DescriptionFile of correspondence concerning the grave of Private William Herbert Dallay in Nottingham Church Cemetery, UK. Main topics include: correspondence regarding the unmarked grave of Private Dallay and subsequent decision not to supply a second Commission headstone and confine commemoration to the cemetery register.
Content NoteIncludes: Letter from the Regional Works Officer, for Regional Director, to the Director-General, Director of External Relations and Records (DERR), explaining that the owner of Private Dallay’s grave intended to erect a private memorial in 1951 after a further burial was made the Commission headstone was removed, dated 16 December 1960; letter from H.G. Maybury, for DERR, to the Regional Director, UK Region, stating that a second Commission headstone would not be supplied and commemoration would be confined to the official cemetery register, dated 29 December 1960.
Date16/12/1960 - 29/12/1960
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryEfiles
Cemetery_NameNOTTINGHAM CHURCH CEMETERY
ArchNotePrivate Dallay served under the alias of Private Watts.
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