Grave relocation
Title
Grave relocation
Description
Advising his wife that Jack's grave has been transferred to a British military cemetery.
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Creator
Date
1948-02-23
Temporal Coverage
Language
Format
One typewritten letter
Publisher
Rights
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Contributor
Identifier
EAirMinCrawfordER480223
Transcription
Tel. No [deleted number] Sloane 3467
Ext . . .
Correspondence on the subject of this letter should be addressed to
THE UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE,
AIR MINISTRY . . .
and should quote the reference
P.430061/45/S. 14.Cas.C.5.
Your Ref . . .
[crest]
AIR MINISTRY
[deleted] LONDON WC2. [/deleted]
2, Seville Street,
Knightsbridge,
London, S.W.1.
13 February, 1948.
Madam,
I am directed to inform you that your husband’s grave has now been removed from Bevergern New Cemetery to Reichswald Forest British Cemetery (R.A.F. Extension) Germany, which is 3 miles south-west of Cleve.
It is the policy of the Graves Registration Service to transfer all the graves of British personnel who lost their lives in Germany into British Military Cemeteries in that country, where they will be maintained, in perpetuity, by the Imperial War Graves Commission.
When the work on the Cemetery has been completed you will be notified of the registered Plot, Row and Grave number.
I am, Madam,
Your obedient Servant,
[signature]
[crest]
Mrs. E.R. Crawford,
26, Folkstone Road,
West Ham,
E.15.
Ext . . .
Correspondence on the subject of this letter should be addressed to
THE UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE,
AIR MINISTRY . . .
and should quote the reference
P.430061/45/S. 14.Cas.C.5.
Your Ref . . .
[crest]
AIR MINISTRY
[deleted] LONDON WC2. [/deleted]
2, Seville Street,
Knightsbridge,
London, S.W.1.
13 February, 1948.
Madam,
I am directed to inform you that your husband’s grave has now been removed from Bevergern New Cemetery to Reichswald Forest British Cemetery (R.A.F. Extension) Germany, which is 3 miles south-west of Cleve.
It is the policy of the Graves Registration Service to transfer all the graves of British personnel who lost their lives in Germany into British Military Cemeteries in that country, where they will be maintained, in perpetuity, by the Imperial War Graves Commission.
When the work on the Cemetery has been completed you will be notified of the registered Plot, Row and Grave number.
I am, Madam,
Your obedient Servant,
[signature]
[crest]
Mrs. E.R. Crawford,
26, Folkstone Road,
West Ham,
E.15.
Collection
Citation
Great Britain. Air Ministry, “Grave relocation,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed October 13, 2026, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/45584.