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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/8/1/4/1/2/419
File Number
CCM100680
Title
Private ALLAN RUSSELL SOMMERVILLE - LANARK CEMETERY - 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion
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Description
File of correspondence concerning the grave of Private A. R. Sommerville in Lanark (St. Kentigern's) Old Churchyard (now Lanark Cemetery), UK. Main topics include: the condition of the existing private memorial which was reported to be badly out of plumb and in danger of falling over; correspondence between local M.P. Lord Dunglass and Sir Fabian Ware concerning the wish of the next-of-kin, together with the family of Private R. Kennon buried in the same cemetery, for Commission headstones to be erected on their graves; clarfication of the families' intention concerning their existing private memorials.
Content Note
Includes: Report that the condition of the existing private memorial marking the grave of Private A. R. Sommerville was reported to be badly out of plumb and in danger of falling over; correspondence between local M.P. Lord Dunglass and Sir Fabian Ware concerning the wish of the next-of-kin, together with the family of Private R. Kennon buried in the same cemetery, for Commission headstones to be erected on their graves; follow-up correspondence seeking clarfication of the families' intention concerning their existing private memorials.
Date
11/5/1934 - 19/3/1935
Extent
1 file
Collection
Archive
Category
Efiles
Cemetery_Name
LANARK CEMETERY
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