Record

Unique IDCWGC/8/1/4/1/2/597
File NumberCCM102041
TitleSeaman JAMES HARPER SUTHERLAND - MID CLYTH BURIAL GROUND - Royal Naval Reserve
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DescriptionFile of correspondence concerning the grave of Seaman James Harper Sutherland in Mid Clyth Burial Ground, UK. Main topics include: correspondence regarding the transfer of the rights in Seaman Sutherland’s grave from the next of kin to the Commission; correspondence concerning the amendment of the Burial Ground Committee’s records and enquiries relating to the maintenance of the grave.
Content NoteIncludes: Letter from A.R.C. Prentis, for the CWGC Director-General, to Donald Sutherland, son of the casualty, enquiring whether the rights in Seaman Sutherland’s grave could be assigned to the Commission to ensure the future maintenance of the grave, which had been left in a neglected condition, dated 20 September 1962; handwritten letter from Donald Sutherland to the CWGC agreeing to assign the rights of the grave to the Commission, dated 14 October 1962; photocopy of letter from A. Sinclair, Secretary, Mid Clyth Burial Ground Committee, to the CWGC stating that the Burial Ground Book was amended to indicate that the Commission was the owner of the grave, and that arrangements for the cutting of grass had not yet been completed owing to the hospitalisation of the Caretaker, dated 15 January 1963.
Date14/9/1962 - 24/7/1963
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryEfiles
Cemetery_NameMID CLYTH BURIAL GROUND
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