Record

Unique IDCWGC/8/1/4/1/2/499
File NumberCCM101601
TitleSecond Lieutenant CHARLES FREDERICK REEVE - BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY - Royal Flying Corps
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DescriptionFile of correspondence concerning the grave of Second Lieutenant Charles Frederick Reeve in Bethune Town Cemetery, France. Main topics include: correspondence from next of kin regarding enquiry about the date of death recorded on Second Lieutenant Reeve’s headstone; correspondence regarding amendment to Second Lieutenant Reeve’s date of death.
Content NoteIncludes: Handwritten letter from Mrs. Winifred Bulling, J.P., sister of the casualty, to the IWGC enquiring about the date of death recorded on Second Lieutenant Reeve’s headstone, which was listed as 15 May 1917, while the family had been informed that he died on 13 May 1917, dated 8 August 1955; letter from F. Tyrrell, IWGC Secretary, to Mrs. W. Bulling stating that Second Lieutenant Reeve’s date of death was incorrectly engraved and that the headstone and Register would be amended to record the correct date, 13 May 1917, dated 17 August 1955.
Date8/8/1955 - 24/8/1955
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryEfiles
Cemetery_NameBETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY
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