GALLIPOLI WAR GRAVES
KING IMPRESSED BY BEAUTY.
(United Press Assn.— Telegraph Copyright.) London, September 16. Major the Hon. A. H. L. Hardinge, Equerry and Assistant Private Secretary to the King, sent a letter to Sir William Ware, chairman of the Imperial War Graves Commission, on behalf of the King, stating: "The King wishes members of tne Imperial War Graves Commission to know how deeply his Majesty was impressed by the beauty of the cemeteries on Gallipoli Peninsula and the care with which the war graves on the battlefields on Helles, Anzac and Suvla are tended. His Majesty was glad to have had the opportunity of seeing another example of the fine work of the War Graves Commission, representing all peoples of the British Empire united in a common task. The King trusts that the knowledge of . this work may bring comfort to all in this country and also in New Zealand, Australia and India who mourn the dead of the Dardanelles campaign.”
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Southland Times, Issue 22998, 18 September 1936, Page 7
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