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Unique IDCWGC/8/1/4/1/2/372
File NumberCCM92995
TitleBrigadier General NORMAN REGINALD McMAHON - PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL - General Staff
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DescriptionFile of correspondence regarding Brigadier General Norman Reginald McMahon who is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium. Main topics include: correspondence regarding enquiries about the burial location of Brigadier General McMahon; correspondence concerning the commemoration of Brigadier General McMahon on the Ploegsteert Memorial instead of the Menin Gate Memorial.
Content NoteIncludes: Enquiry from the Second Army Mobile Graves Registration Unit to the Director of Graves Registration and Enquiries (DGRE) regarding the burial location of Brigadier General McMahon, dated 29 June 1917; handwritten letter from Brian G. Shiweff-Hilton to the IWGC Secretary requesting information about the burial location of Brigadier General McMahon, dated 19 September 1926; extract from Brigadier Prower’s letter and enquiry from General Hill as to why the name of Brigadier General McMahon appeared on the Memorial Berks Cemetery Extension at Ploegsteert as he was killed in front of Hooge, dated 12 April 1939; letter from the IWGC to the Secretary, Royal Fusiliers’ Association, stating that Brigadier General McMahon was mistakenly commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial instead of the Menin Gate Memorial, dated 15 April 1939.
Date24/6/1917 - 15/4/1939
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryEfiles
Cemetery_NamePLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL
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