Record

Unique IDCWGC/8/1/4/1/2/576
File NumberCCM101959
TitleChief Stoker HENRY KNIGHT - ROMSEY CEMETERY - Royal Navy
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DescriptionFile of correspondence concerning the grave of Chief Stoker Henry Knight in Romsey Cemetery, UK. Main topics include: correspondence regarding the burial of Chief Stoker Knight’s wife in the grave, and request by next of kin to erect a footstone in her memory; correspondence regarding the addition of an inscription to Chief Stoker Knight’s wife on the reverse side of the Commission headstone marking the grave.
Content NoteIncludes: Copy letter from F.W. Knight, son of the casualty, to Mr. Watson, CWGC Area Superintendent, regarding the burial of his mother in Chief Stoker Knight’s grave, and enquiring whether it was permitted to erect a footstone on the grave, dated 16 February 1961; letter from A.R.C. Prentis, for the CWGC Director-General, to F.W. Knight proposing the addition of an inscription to Chief Stoker Knight’s wife on the reverse side of the Commission headstone marking the grave, dated 21 September 1961; handwritten letter from F.W. Knight to A.R.C. Prentis agreeing to the proposed addition of an inscription commemorating Chief Stoker Knight’s wife, dated 28 September 1961.
Date16/2/1961 - 28/9/1961
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryEfiles
Cemetery_NameROMSEY CEMETERY
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