Record

Unique IDCWGC/8/1/4/1/2/479
File NumberCCM101532
TitlePrivate LEONARD CORNES - VIGNEMONT FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY - Royal Army Service Corps
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DescriptionFile of correspondence concerning the grave of Private Leonard Cornes in Vignemont French National Cemetery, France. Main topics include: correspondence from next of kin regarding enquiry about the location of Vignemont French National Cemetery; correspondence from next of kin regarding request for information about the location of the grave of Private Cornes.
Content NoteIncludes: Handwritten letter from E. Cornes, relative of the casualty, to the IWGC requesting information about the location of Vignemont French National Cemetery, dated 21 January 1954; letter from G. Cornes, son of the casualty, to the IWGC requesting further information to trace the location of Private Cornes’s grave, as he had been unable to find it during a recent visit to Vignemont French National Cemetery, dated 30 July 1954; letter from F. Tyrrell, IWGC Secretary, to G. Cornes explaining that Private Cornes’s grave was located up the centre alley close to the path on the left, with two photographs of Vignemont French National Cemetery, one showing Private Cornes’s headstone, the other showing French graves, dated 16 August 1954.
Date21/1/1954 - 24/8/1954
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryEfiles
Cemetery_NameVIGNEMONT FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY
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