Record

Unique IDCWGC/8/1/4/1/2/70
File NumberCCM22438
TitleSecond Lieutenant HOWARD AVENEL BLIGH St. GEORGE - ZILLEBEKE CHURCHYARD - 1st Life Guards
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DescriptionFile of correspondence regarding the grave of Second Lieutenant St. George in Zillebeke Churchyard, Belgium. The correspondence also discusses the possibility of installing maps on the outside walls of war cemeteries to assist visitors to the battlefields.
Content NoteIncludes: Letter from the Reverend Philip 'Tubby' Clayton, founder of Talbot House, Poperinghe, and the Toc H movement, asking for the location of Second Lieutenant St. George's grave, his military details, and date of death, 4 June 1962; letter from Tubby Clayton to the CWGC Director General, suggesting that the larger war cemeteries should have a map of the local area fixed to the outside wall, 12 June 1962, with a map of Ypres and Poperinghe, used by Toc H pilgrims to the Salient, enclosed; reply from the Director General turning down the suggestion of maps at cemeteries, but pointing out that the Commission was having produced a set of Michelin maps of France and Belgium with the locations of cemeteries and memorials superimposed, 20 June 1962; handwritten letter from Colonel St. George, the casualty's brother, containing an account of his brother's last hours and death, and thanking the CWGC for their assistance, 24 June 1962.
Date4/6/1962 - 27/6/1962
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryEfiles
Cemetery_NameZILLEBEKE CHURCHYARD
ArchNoteContains a recent print-out of Second Lieutenant St. George's entry on 'Officers Died in the Great War', but with no identifying information.
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