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Unique IDCWGC/8/1/4/1/2/451
File NumberCCM101418
TitleLieutenant Colonel WILLIAM HUGH WELCH MERCER - SIMLA OLD CEMETERY - 86th Carnatic Infantry
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DescriptionFile of correspondence concerning the grave of Lieutenant Colonel William Hugh Welch Mercer in Simla Old Cemetery, India. Main topics include: correspondence from next of kin regarding request for information about Lieutenant Colonel Mercer’s grave; further enquiries from next of kin about the condition of the grave; correspondence regarding the Commission’s decision to commemorate the war dead in Simla Old Cemetery on the Kirkee 1914-1918 Memorial.
Content NoteIncludes: Letter from Mrs. Margot Weaver-Adams, daughter of the casualty, Admiral Martin Dunbar-Nasmith, IWGC Vice-Chairman, requesting information about Lieutenant Colonel Mercer’s grave, dated 24 November 1949; letter from the IWGC Secretary to Mrs. M. Weaver-Adams stating that Lieutenant Colonel Mercer’s grave was last inspected on 7 June 1948 and found in good condition, dated 4 January 1950; handwritten letter from Mrs. Patricia Driscoll, granddaughter of the casualty, to the IWGC requesting an update on the condition of Lieutenant Colonel Mercer’s grave, dated 6 May 1958; letter from the IWGC Secretary to Mrs. P. Driscoll reporting that Lieutenant Colonel Mercer’s grave was in good condition and that in 1954 the Commission decided that soldiers buried in Simla Old Cemetery would be commemorated on the memorial in Kirkee War Cemetery owing to the poor standard of maintenance, dated 18 June 1958.
Date15/11/1949 - 8/8/1958
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryEfiles
Cemetery_NameSIMLA OLD CEMETERY
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