| Content Note | Includes: Letter from A.F. Walton, Secretary, IWGC Canadian Agency, to the IWGC Secretary enquiring on behalf of Alfred Huggett, father of the casualty, enquiring when a Commission headstone was to be erected over the grave of Company Sergeant Major Huggett, dated 4 March 1926; letter from A.E.H.S. for the IWGC Principal Assistant Secretary to the Secretary, IWGC Canadian Agency, explaining that Company Sergeant Major Huggett’s grave was marked by a private memorial, but if the next of kin desired a Commission headstone it was possible to it erected on the grave as well, dated 29 March 1926; letter from Colonel H.C. Osborne, Secretary, IWGC Canadian Agency, to the IWGC Secretary stating that Alfred Huggett consented to the removal of the private memorial marking Company Sergeant Major Huggett’s grave and erection of a Commission headstone, dated 15 June 1926; handwritten letter from Alfred Huggett to the Prince of Wales requesting that the grave of Company Sergeant Major Huggett be cared for and maintained in perpetuity, dated 1 February 1928; handwritten letter from Alfred Huggett to the IWGC requesting that Company Sergeant Major Huggett’s grave moved to another location in the cemetery and the private memorial re-erected or to have the remains cremated and sent to Canada because the grave had not been maintained and was in poor condition, dated 26 September 1938; photograph showing Company Sergeant Major Huggett’s grave, dated 1938; copy letter from F. Hilda Huggett, sister of the casualty, to J. Henry Gough, Ripon Town Clerk, requesting that the Caretaker of Ripon Cemetery receive the enclosed payment for the cost of a wreath laid on Company Sergeant Major Huggett’s grave, dated 11 November 1938; letter from A. Dix, IWGC Inspector, Western District, to the IWGC Director of Works reporting on the condition of Company Sergeant Major Huggett’s grave and providing recommendations for improvements with a sketch drawing of the original private memorial, and request for payment from for photographs of the grave taken by the Cemetery Superintendent, dated 22 November 1938; copy letter from A. Huggett to the IWGC Canadian Agency requesting a photograph of the grave, dated 12 January 1939; internal note from the IWGC Director of Works confirming that the private memorial previously marking Company Sergeant Major Huggett’s grave was broken up and removed from the cemetery, dated 26 June 1939; copy letter from A. Huggett to A. Lewis Watson, Assistant Secretary General, IWGC Canadian Agency, expressing his displeasure with the condition of Company Sergeant Major Huggett’s grave as seen in the photographs provided by the Commission, dated 12 August 1940. |