| Content Note | Includes: correspondence with the firm of solicitors acting on behalf of the next-of-kin clarifying whether the Commission might assume responsibility for the upkeep of the grave and the private memorial erected by the family; obtaining their approval for the Commission to replace this with a standard headstone inviting them to complete and return the relevant form from which it was apparent they did not wish for any age or personal inscription to be included; addressing the logistics of erecting the Commission headstone and communicating to the family when this was done; taking up with the Foreign Office the matter of the grave, one of two of the first world war in Messina British Cemetery, having been removed to Messina Town Cemetery, and later clarification of the associated records amendments. |