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Unique IDCWGC/8/1/4/1/2/357
File NumberCCM91433
TitleSerjeant ALEXANDER NICHOLAS SUTHERLAND - CEMENT HOUSE CEMETERY - 18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars
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DescriptionFile of correspondence concerning the grave of Serjeant Alexander Nicholas Sutherland in Cement House Cemetery, Belgium. Main topics include: correspondence from next of kin regarding enquiry about the location of Serjeant Sutherland’s grave; correspondence regarding the transfer of Serjeant Sutherland’s remains from Thulin New Communal Cemetery to Cement House Cemetery; correspondence regarding request to inscribe the French military decorations awarded to Serjeant Sutherland on his headstone.
Content NoteIncludes: Letter from Reginald W. Herschy, nephew of the casualty, to the IWGC requesting information about the location of Serjeant Sutherland’s grave, dated 4 February 1948; letter from F. Tyrrell, IWGC Secretary, to Reginald W. Herschy stating that Serjeant Sutherland was buried in Grave No. 4 in Thulin New Communal Cemetery, dated 9 February 1948; letter from F. Tyrrell to Reginald Herschy reporting that Serjeant Sutherland’s remains were transferred from Thulin New Communal Cemetery to Cement House Cemetery, dated 10 June 1954; handwritten letter from W.A. Sutherland, brother of the casualty and former IWGC gardener, requesting the particulars of Serjeant Sutherland’s grave and enquiring whether the headstone could record that he was a recipient of the French Medaille Militaire, dated 14 June 1954; letter from F. Tyrell to W.A. Sutherland explaining that the Commission did not usually include decorations that were not British on headstones and that this information was recorded in the cemetery register, dated 16 June 1954.
Date4/2/1948 - 18/6/1954
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryEfiles
Cemetery_NameCEMENT HOUSE CEMETERY
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