Madam, it is my painful duty to inform you…

Letter Informing Next of Kin

As part of my research for Lady Grace, I needed to know how families were notified of the death of their loved ones. The next of kin of officers often received telegrams, while the families of non-officers received a letter. The link to the article below talks more of the sad process during World War One and contains examples of correspondence.

From looking at the demise of my distant cousins in the war, I discovered that their bodies were never returned to their...