Collection search - Records of Directorate of Ceremonial [textual record]

The records in this accession were created by the Directorate of Ceremonial, National Defence Headquarters. These records document the appointment of honorary colonels; aides de camp to the Governor General and to the provincial and territorial Lieutenant Governors; casualties, deaths and funerals; letters of bereavement and condolences; burial arrangements at home and abroad, state funerals (including Vincent Massey, Lester B. Pearson and Jules Leger); the purchase of wreaths, the return of the remains of members and dependents from overseas, funerals of distinguished persons, the half-masting of flags, autopsies; and headstones and gravemarkers.