Record

Unique IDCWGC/8/1/4/1/2/532
File NumberCCM101750
TitlePrivate JAMES JOHNSTONE - CARSTAIRS PARISH CHURCHYARD - Glasgow Yeomanry (Queen's Own Royal)
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DescriptionFile of correspondence concerning the grave of Private James Johnstone in Carstairs Parish Churchyard, UK. Main topics include: correspondence regarding the proposed replacement of the private memorial marking Private Johnstone’s grave with a Commission headstone.
Content NoteIncludes: Letter from A.R.C. Prentis, for the IWGC Secretary, to John Johnstone, brother of the casualty, enquiring whether the Commission was permitted to replace the private memorial marking Private Johnstone’s grave with a standard headstone, dated 29 January 1959; handwritten letter from John Johnstone to the IWGC agreeing to the erection of a Commission headstone, dated 27 February 1959; handwritten letter from John Johnstone to the IWGC requesting that a cross be engraved on Private Johnstone’s headstone, and providing the desired personal inscription, dated 9 March 1959.
Date29/1/1959 - 12/3/1959
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryEfiles
Cemetery_NameCARSTAIRS PARISH CHURCHYARD
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