Record

Unique IDCWGC/8/1/4/1/2/343
File NumberCCM88874
TitlePaymaster Lieut-Commander WILLIAM JAMES DAVISON - BILBAO BRITISH CEMETERY - Royal Navy
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DescriptionFile of correspondence concerning the grave of Paymaster Lieutenant-Commander William James Davison in Bilbao British Cemetery, Spain. Main topics include: correspondence regarding the erection of a Commission headstone over the isolated grave of Paymaster Lieutenant-Commander Davison; correspondence regarding the proposed transfer of Paymaster Lieutenant-Commander Davison’s grave to a cemetery in Bilbao.
Content NoteIncludes: letter from Miss K. Milne, IWGC, to Brigadier C.S. Vale enquiring when the Commission headstone was to be erected on the isolated grave of Paymaster Lieutenant-Commander Davison, dated 12 September 1953; letter from Brigadier C.S. Vale to Miss K. Milne confirming that a headstone was erected on Paymaster Lieutenant-Commander Davison’s grave on 1 February 1954, dated 25 February 1954; letter from W. Wynne Mason, Assistant Secretary, External Relations, to the Regional Director, French Region, regarding the proposed transfer of Paymaster Lieutenant-Commander Davison’s remains to a proper cemetery in Bilbao, dated 5 June 1957.
Date30/12/1953 - 5/6/1957
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryEfiles
Cemetery_NameBILBAO BRITISH CEMETERY
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