Record

Unique IDCWGC/8/1/4/1/2/65
File NumberCCM22273
TitleLieutenant FREDERICK GORDON BAYLEY - CEMENT HOUSE CEMETERY - Royal Air Force
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CWGC_8_1_4_1_2_65 (CCM22273).pdf

DescriptionFile of correspondence concerning the grave of Lieutenant Frederick Gordon Bayley, DFC, in Cement House Cemetery, Belgium. Main topics include: correspondence with the CWGC South African Agency requesting the burial location of Lieutenant Bayley; correspondence regarding the proposed transfer of Lieutenant Bayley’s grave from Meerendre Churchyard to Cement House Cemetery; correspondence concerning the visit of Lieutenant Bayley’s relative to Meerendre Churchyard and postponed transfer of the grave to Cement House Cemetery; correspondence regarding the transfer of Lieutenant Bayley’s grave to Cement House Cemetery.
Content NoteIncludes: Letter from the Secretary, South African Agency, CWGC, to the CWGC Director-General requesting the burial location of Lieutenant Bayley, dated 6 March 1963; letter from the CWGC Director-General to the Secretary, South African Agency, CWGC, regarding the proposed removal of four war graves, including Lieutenant Bayley, from Meerendre Churchyard, which had been disaffected, to Cement House Cemetery, dated 2 April 1963; letter from the Secretary, South African Agency, CWGC, to the CWGC Director-General enquiring when the proposed removal of war graves in Meerendre Churchyard was scheduled to take place as a relative of Lieutenant Bayley planned to visit the grave during the B.C.E.S.L. Pilgrimage beginning 19 April 1963, dated 16 April 1963; letter from P.H. McCarthy informing the Area Superintendent, Belgium Area, that no war graves were to be removed from Meerendre Churchyard before the end of June, dated 24 April 1963; extract from letter from Major K.V. Vaughan, Chairman of Pilgrimage Committee of South African Legion, enquiring whether Lieutenant Bayley’s grave was removed from Meerendre Churchyard, and for the current location of the grave, dated 29 May 1963; letter from the CWGC Director-General informing Major Vaughan that arrangements to remove the graves were postponed until the end of June to ensure the relatives were able to visit the grave, dated 4 June 1963; letter from the CWGC Director-General to the Secretary, South African Agency, CWGC, regarding the transfer of Lieutenant Bayley’s grave from Meerendre Churchyard to Cement House Cemetery, dated 1 August 1963.
Date6/3/1962 - 19/8/1963
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryEfiles
Cemetery_NameCEMENT HOUSE CEMETERY
ArchNoteLieutenant Bayley's grave was transferred from Meerendre Churchyard, which had been diasaffected, to Cement House Cemetery on 19 July 1963. Repackaged by Michael Davis (Trainee Archivist) on 14/10/2019.
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