IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/1418
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: POTTERS BAR CEMETERY
Date(s): 1939
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.07 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Unknown.
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The memorial service was held for the airmen of two Zeppelins which were shot down in the Potters Bar area in 1916 - one on 2 September near Cuffley and one on 1 October which came down in Oakmere Park. The latter Zeppelin contained renowned German airship commander Lieutenant Heinrich Mathy. The crews were buried in the local cemetery but were removed to the Cannock Chase German War Grave Cemetery in 1962 by the German War Graves Commission.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Hymn sheet in German, used in a memorial service in March 1939 at Potters Bar Cemetery.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: German.
System of arrangement:
One item.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.
Physical characteristics:
Fit
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Records gifted to the Archive in 1978.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: August to October 2010.