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Unique ID	CWGC/8/1/4/1/2/390
File Number	CCM96128
Title	Lieutenant FREDERICK GEORGE BURNS - KIRECHKOI-HORTAKOI MILITARY CEMETERY - Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
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Description	File of correspondence concerning the grave of Lieutenant F. G. Burns originally buried in Volos Municipal Cemetery, Greece. Main topics include: invitation to the casualty's next-of-kin to complete and return a form confirming details for inclusion in the register; report on the condition of the grave and the private memorial with which it was marked enquiring if the Commission was prepared to defray the cost of repairing the brick kerbing and tile coping; advice that this should instead be removed and the grave levelled (which was actioned in 1937); suggestion that the grave should be moved to Thessaloniki or Bralo addressing some of the logistics involved in doing so; response to a report that a civilian burial had been made over the grave in 1977 clarifying the extent of the Commission's responsibility for a privately-owned grave and memorial.
Content Note	Includes: Copy of letter inviting the casualty's widow to complete and return a form confirming details for inclusion in the register; internal correspondence in response to report received from Area on the condition of the grave and the private memorial with which it was marked addressing whether the Commission would be prepared to defray the cost of repairing the brick kerbing and tile coping; advice from Head Office that this should instead be removed and the grave levelled, which Area Superintendent confirmed had been actioned in 1937; further internal correspondence in response to a suggestion that the grave should be moved to Thessaloniki or Bralo addressing some of the logistics involved in doing so; Director of Information Services' response to Area Director having reported that a civilian burial had been made over the grave in 1977 clarifying the extent of the Commission's responsibility for a privately-owned grave and memorial.
Date	15/6/1928 - 22/4/1977
Extent	1 file
Collection	Archive
Category	Efiles
Cemetery_Name	KIRECHKOI-HORTAKOI MILITARY CEMETERY