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Unique IDCWGC/8/1/4/1/2/534
File NumberCCM101763
TitlePrivate J. HOWARD - MANCHESTER SOUTHERN CEMETERY - Canadian Infantry
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DescriptionFile of correspondence concerning the grave of Private J. Howard in Manchester Southern Cemetery, UK. Main topics include: correspondence regarding request from next of kin to erect a private memorial and position the Commission headstone originally marking Private Howard’s grave in a recumbent position; correspondence regarding the removal of the Commission headstone and erection of a private memorial.
Content NoteIncludes: Letter from J. Nuttall, Co-operative Wholesale Society, Ltd., Funeral Furnishing and Monumental Masonry Department, to the IWGC enquiring whether Mrs. Edmunds, sister of the casualty, was permitted to erect a private memorial over Private Howard’s grave and lay the Commission headstone flat within a kerb, with attached sketch showing the proposed design, dated 26 March 1959; letter from A.R.C. Prentis, for the IWGC Secretary, to Mrs. Edmunds denying the request to lay the Commission headstone in a recumbent position, and requesting that Private Howard’s name and service particulars be included on the private memorial, dated 3 April 1959; letter from J. Nuttall to the IWGC reporting that the Commission headstone originally marking Private Howard’s grave had been removed and stored with the Cemetery Authorities for collection, dated 30 June 1959.
Date26/3/1959 - 8/7/1959
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryEfiles
Cemetery_NameMANCHESTER SOUTHERN CEMETERY
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