Record

Unique IDCWGC/8/1/4/1/2/443
File NumberCCM101308
TitleAble Seaman JOSEPH HAWKEY - FORD PARK CEMETERY (FORMERLY PLYMOUTH OLD CEMETERY) - Royal Navy
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DescriptionFile of correspondence concerning the grave of Able Seaman Joseph Hawkey in Ford Park Cemetery (Formerly Plymouth Old Cemetery), UK. Main topics include: correspondence from next of regarding request to replace the private memorial marking Able Seaman Hawkey’s grave with a Commission headstone, and addition of a personal inscription; correspondence regarding the erection of the headstone.
Content NoteIncludes: Handwritten letter from F.J. Hawkey, brother of the casualty, to the IWGC requesting the erection of a Commission headstone to replace the private memorial previously marking Able Seaman Hawkey’s grave, dated 4 July 1957; handwritten letter from F.J. Hawkey to the IWGC requesting the addition of a personal inscription commemorating the parents of Able Seaman Hawkey, dated 18 July 1957; handwritten letters from F.J. Hawkey to the IWGC enquiring about the delayed erection of a headstone over the grave of Able Seaman Hawkey, dated 31 January 1958 and 2 July 1958; letter from A.R.C. Prentis to F.J. Hawkey reporting that a headstone had been erected on the grave of Able Seaman Hawkey, dated 11 November 1958.
Date4/7/1957 - 12/11/1958
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryEfiles
Cemetery_NameFORD PARK CEMETERY (FORMERLY PLYMOUTH OLD CEMETERY
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