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Unique ID	CWGC/8/1/4/1/2/369
File Number	CCM92512
Title	Lieut-Commander ERNEST JAMES CUDDY - ROTTERDAM (CROOSWIJK) GENERAL CEMETERY - Royal Navy
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Description	File of correspondence concerning the grave of Lieut. Cmdr. E.J. Cuddy in Rotterdam (Crooswijk) General Cemetery, Netherlands. Main topics include: correspondence with the casualty's widow who had visited the grave and found it in an un-cared for condition; exchanges with the British Consulate in Rotterdam concerning arrangements through which the grave is maintained and the annual cost of this; the widow's observation that the inscription was becoming illegible and the action taken to have this re-cut, the grave re-kerbed and planted.
Content Note	Includes: letter from Mrs M. Cuddy the casualty's widow who had visited the grave and found it in an un-cared for condition; exchanges with the British Consulate in Rotterdam concerning arrangements through which the grave is maintained and the annual cost of this; further letter from the widow observing that the inscription was becoming illegible and the Commission's reply undertaking to have this re-cut, further correspondence advising that this had been done, along with the grave being re-kerbed and planted.
Date	18/6/1926 - 9/3/1960
Extent	1 file
Collection	Archive
Category	Efiles
Cemetery_Name	ROTTERDAM (CROOSWIJK) GENERAL CEMETERY

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