| Content Note | Includes: Handwritten letter from Richard Tidswell, father of the casualty, to the Directorate of Graves Registration and Enquiries (DGRE) enquiring about the purchase of the grave site to ensure that his son’s remains were not moved to another site, dated 23 February 1919; memorandum regarding enquiry from Richard Tidswell as to whether the Commission was willing to permanently maintain the grave of Captain Tidswell, dated 23 July 1926; letter from the IWGC Principal Assistant Secretary informing Miss A.C. Tidswell, sister of the casualty, that the Commission were unable to maintain the grave of Captain Tidswell due to reductions in staff and because the grave was located outside of a properly recognised cemetery, dated 5 August 1926; letter from Arthur Browne, IWGC Principal Assistant Secretary, to the IWGC Chief Administrative Officer regarding application to maintain on repayment of charge the private memorials on the graves of Captain Tidswell and Captain E.J. Brodie, dated 21 August 1929; letter from the IWGC Legal Branch to Mrs. R.H. Tidswell, mother of the casualty, outlining the conditions on which the Commission would be willing to maintain the grave of Captain Tidswell, dated 28 January 1930; letter from the IWGC Legal Branch to Assistant Secretary, Finance, regarding Mrs. R.H. Tidswell’s decision to accept the Commission’s offer to maintain the grave of Captain Tidswell on an annual basis, dated 1 February 1930; handwritten letter from Mrs. R.H. Tidswell requesting that the rose bush planted near the grave be removed and replaced with a polyanthia plant, and that the lettering on the headstone to be re-engraved, dated 3 February 1930; handwritten letter on behalf of Mrs. R.H. Tidswell requesting three photographs of the grave, dated 24 June 1934; sketch drawing of the private memorial marking the grave of Captain Tidswell, drawn by the Horticultural Officer, No. 3 Area, dated 11 September 1929; letter from R.H. Gardner, nephew of Captain Tidswell, to the CWGC requesting information on the history of the grave, dated 27 July 1983; letter from Anthony Rose to R.H. Gardner providing a brief history of Captain Tidswell’s grave, dated 10 November 1983. |
| Cemetery_Name | ISOLATED GRAVE NEAR ETRICOURT |