GALLIPOLI WAR GRAVES
BEAUTY OF CEMETERIES THE KING IMPRESSED. Press Association Electric Telecranh—Copyright (Received Thursday, 9.25 a.m.) LONDON, Wednesday. Major A. H. L. Hardinge, Equerry to the King, has sent a letter to Sir Fabian Ware, on behalf of the King, stating that the King wishes members of the Imperial War Graves Commission to know how deeply His Majesty was impressed by the beauty of the cemeteries on the Peninsula, and the care with which the war graves on the battlefields of Holies, Anzae and Suvla are tended. {The letter says:—'“His Majesty was glad to have the opportunity of seeing another example of the fine work of the War Graves Commission, representing all the 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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Wairarapa Daily Times, 17 September 1936, Page 7
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