Record

Unique IDCWGC/8/1/4/1/2/598
File NumberCCM102043
TitleLieutenant GEORGE BEAVER CROUCHER - GRIMSBY (SCARTHO ROAD) CEMETERY - Royal Naval Reserve
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DescriptionFile of correspondence concerning the grave of Lieutenant George Beaver Croucher in Grimsby (Scartho Road) Cemetery, UK. Main topics include: correspondence from next of kin requesting the addition of a personal inscription commemorating Lieutenant Croucher’s wife and amendment of the particulars recorded on the Commission headstone; correspondence with the Admiralty confirming Lieutenant Croucher’s rank; correspondence confirming Lieutenant Croucher’s particulars as recorded on the headstone; correspondence regarding the addition of the additional inscription on the headstone.
Content NoteIncludes: Copy letter from Mrs. Bessie Walsham, daughter of the casualty, to P.T. Thomson, CWGC Superintendent, Central Area, requesting that Lieutenant Croucher’s rank and name of the ship on which he served be corrected, and that the name of his wife, who was recently buried in the grave, be added to the inscription, dated 27 September 1962; letter from A.R.C. Prentis, for the CWGC Director-General, to Mrs. Bessie Walsham explaining that Lieutenant Croucher’s rank at the time of his death was Temporary Lieutenant, as confirmed by the Admiralty, and that the Commission would arrange for the addition of an inscription in memory of Mary Ann Croucher, wife of the casualty, dated 13 December 1962; letter from A.R.C. Prentis to Mrs. Bessie Walsham explaining that the correct ship, HMS President, was recorded on Lieutenant Croucher’s headstone, dated 7 February 1963; letter from A.R.C. Prentis to Mrs. Bessie Walsham reporting that the additional inscription had been engraved on the headstone, dated 25 October 1963.
Date27/9/1962 - 28/10/1963
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryEfiles
Cemetery_NameGRIMSBY (SCARTHO ROAD) CEMETERY
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