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Unique IDCWGC/8/1/4/1/2/86
File NumberCCM25613
TitlePrivate G. R. SUTHERLAND - ORCHARD DUMP CEMETERY, ARLEUX-EN-GOHELLE - Canadian Infantry
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DescriptionFile of correspondence concerning the grave of Private George Robert Sutherland in Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arleux-en-Gohelle, France. Main topics include: correspondence with next of kin regarding the transfer of Private Sutherland’s grave to Orchard Dump Cemetery; correspondence from next of kin requesting confirmation of Private Sutherland’s grave’s location prior to visit; correspondence regarding the loss of Private Sutherland’s grave during transfer to Orchard Dump Cemetery and subsequent commemoration on a Special Memorial; correspondence with next kin confirming the location of Private Sutherland’s grave with explanation as to how the grave was erroneously marked.
Content NoteIncludes: Copy letter from R.C. Engelbach, IWGC Principal Assistant Secretary, to Mrs. J.D. Sutherland, mother of the casualty, regarding the transfer of Private Sutherland’s grave from Thelus to Orchard Dump Cemetery, dated 26 November 1920; letter from C.B. Fuller, Secretary-General, IWGC Canadian Agency, to the IWGC Secretary requesting confirmation that Private Sutherland was buried in Orchard Dump Cemetery, as J.A. Sutherland, brother of the casualty, planned to visit the grave, dated 22 January 1922; letter from the IWGC Assistant Secretary informing C.B. Fuller that the grave of Private Sutherland was lost whilst being transferred to Orchard Dump Cemetery and was therefore commemorated on Special Memorial Number 17 in the 2nd Canadian Divisional Cemetery section, dated 30 January 1930; letter from C.B. Fuller, on behalf of J.R. Sutherland, to the IWGC Secretary enquiring how the grave of Private Sutherland could have been lost, and why his family was given a photograph of the grave and temporary cross in Orchard Dump Cemetery, Plot 9, Row B, Grave 22, taken after the date of removal, dated 12 February 1957; internal note from the IWGC Registrar explaining that the 700th Labour Company incorrectly allotted names to unidentified bodies during their exhumation work, but it was now confirmed that Private Sutherland was buried in Orchard Dump Cemetery, undated.
Date26/11/1920 - 4/3/1957
Extent1 file
CollectionArchive
CategoryEfiles
Cemetery_NameORCHARD DUMP CEMETERY, ARLEUX-EN-GOHELLE
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