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CWGC - Records of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
8 - Casualty and Commemoration Records
1 - Casualty Archive
4 - Efiles
1 - First World War Efiles
2 - CCM Efiles
Unique ID
CWGC/8/1/4/1/2/375
File Number
CCM93376
Title
Private F HENDERSON - WALLSEND (CHURCH BANK) CEMETERY - Royal Marine Light Infantry
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Description
File of correspondence concerning the grave of Private F. Henderson in Wallsend (Church Bank) Cemetery, UK. Main topics include: correspondence with the next-of-kin in which they gave their approval for a Commission headstone to be erected on the grave inviting them to choose a personal inscription to be engraved on it; clarification of the maintenance of a privately-owned grave in which other members of the family are already interred; confirmation that the Commission would be willing to undertake its future maintenance.
Content Note
Includes: Copy of the Commission's letterseeking the next-of-kin's approval for a Commission headstone to be erected on the grave inviting them to choose a personal inscription to be engraved on it; reply from Mrs A P Ridealgh the casulaty's sister giving approval seeking clarification of the maintenance of a privately-owned grave in which other members of the family are already interred; further letter from her confirming the family's wish for the Commission to undertake its future maintenance and for no personal inscription to be added to the headstone.
Date
12/8/1958 - 6/10/1958
Extent
1 file
Collection
Archive
Category
Efiles
Cemetery_Name
WALLSEND (CHURCH BANK) CEMETERY
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