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Unique IDCWGC/8/1/4/1/2/401
File NumberCCM98554
TitlePrivate WILLIAM JAMES NEVILLE - LEEDS (LAWNS WOOD) CEMETERY - 1st (Royal) Dragoons
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DescriptionFile of correspondence concerning the grave of Private William James Neville in Leeds (Lawns Wood) Cemetery, UK. Main topics include: correspondence from next of kin regarding enquiries about the erection of a Commission headstone on Private Neville’s grave in Leeds General Cemetery; correspondence concerning the erection of the headstone; correspondence regarding the proposed closure of Leeds General Cemetery and commemoration of Private Neville on a Screen Wall memorial; request from next of kin to transfer Private Neville’s headstone to Leeds (Lawns Wood) Cemetery.
Content NoteIncludes: Handwritten letter from Mrs. Mabel Annie Neville, widow of the casualty, to the IWGC enquiring whether Private Neville was entitled to a Commission headstone, dated 6 May 1930; letter from P.L., for the IWGC Principal Assistant Secretary, stating that the Commission would erect a headstone over the grave of Private Neville, dated 12 May 1930; handwritten letter from Mrs. M.A. Neville to the IWGC enquiring when the Commission planned to erect a headstone over Private Neville’s grave, dated 7 March 1931; handwritten letter from Mrs. M.A. Neville to the IWGC regarding further enquiry about when a headstone would be erected over Private Neville’s grave, dated 29 January 1932; letter from B.S.C.G., IWGC Secretary, to Mrs. M.A. Neville reporting that the headstone was despatched to the cemetery authorities who would arrange for its erection, dated 3 February 1932; letter from N. Dean, IWGC Secretary, to Mrs. M.A. Neville regarding the proposed closure of Leeds General Cemetery by the University of Leeds and decision to commemorate Private Neville and other soldiers buried in the cemetery on a Screen Wall within the war graves plot, dated 30 April 1959; handwritten letter from Mrs. M.A. Neville to the IWGC requesting that Private Neville’s headstone be moved to the Garden of Rest in Leeds (Lawns Wood) Cemetery, dated 8 May 1959.
Date6/5/1930 - 11/5/1959
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryEfiles
Cemetery_NameLEEDS (LAWNS WOOD) CEMETERY
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