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Unique IDCWGC/8/1/4/1/2/485
File NumberCCM101552
TitlePrivate HERBERT GEORGE ORSLER - AULNOYE COMMUNAL CEMETERY - Royal Army Medical Corps
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DescriptionFile of correspondence concerning the grave of Private Herbert George Orsler in Aulnoye Communal Cemetery, France. Main topics include: correspondence from next of kin regarding request for information about the location of Private Orsler’s grave; enquiry from next of kin regarding discrepancy about the number of Private Orsler’s grave; correspondence regarding the repositioning of graves in the cemetery and proposed amendment of the engraved number on the end headstone.
Content NoteIncludes: Handwritten letter from R.J. Orsler, brother of the casualty, to the IWGC requesting information about the burial location of Private Orsler, and enquiring whether the Commission arranged pilgrimages to war cemeteries, dated 19 July 1954; handwritten letter from R.J. Orsler to F. Tyrrell, IWGC Secretary, enquiring whether the listed position of Private Orsler’s grave was correct, as the Commission stated the located was Row A, Grave No. 11, but appeared to be in Grave No. 5, dated 23 September 1954; note from F. Tyrrell to Mr. Maybury, IWGC, explaining that graves 1 to 6 had been removed and reburied in Grave Nos. 44 to 49 at the end of the row due to realignment of the road, but the graves had not been renumbered, and that arrangements should be made to inscribe the end headstone to read A.7 and not A.1, dated 27 September 1954; sketch plan of Aulnoye Communal Cemetery showing the correct numbering of the graves and location of the repositioned graves, dated 29 November 1954.
Date19/7/1954 - 29/11/1954
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryEfiles
Cemetery_NameAULNOYE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
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