Record

Unique IDCWGC/8/1/4/1/2/423
File NumberCCM100755
TitlePrivate JAMES W. RACINE and Private LESLIE G. REDMAN - VIMY MEMORIAL - Canadian Infantry
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DescriptionFile of correspondence regarding Private James W. Racine and Private Leslie G. Redman who are both commemorated on the Vimy Memorial, France. Main topics include: correspondence regarding enquiry from the Canadian Department of National Defence about the unrecorded death and location of both men's graves; correspondence regarding the addition of their names to the Vimy Memorial.
Content NoteIncludes: Letter from Major W.E.L. Coleman, Officer in Charge of Records, Department of National Defence, Militia Service, Canada, to the IWGC Secretary regarding the unrecorded deaths of Private Redman and Private James W. Racine and request for information about the location of their graves, dated 24 November 1934; letter from the IWGC Secretary to the Adjutant-General, Department of National Defence, Militia Service, Canada, reporting that there was no trace of Private Racine or Private Redman in the Commission’s records and that their names were added to the Register of the Vimy Memorial, dated 4 December 1934; letter from E.M. Haskins, Director for External Relations and Records, to the Regional Director, Northern Region, stating that Private Racine and Private Redman’s names were accepted for commemoration on the Vimy Memorial in December 1934, and explaining that the Canadian Department of National Defence was responsible for the addition of the names to the memorial, dated 15 April 1970.
Date24/11/1934 - 15/4/1970
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryEfiles
Cemetery_NameVIMY MEMORIAL
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