Commission certificate (17 November 1916); Cartoon, in colour (nd); Officer's service record (20 October 1916-17 February 1920); 2 medals, boxed, with miniature copies (1914-1919); 3 memoranda from Port Office, Tanooma (27 December 1919, 24 February 1920); Typescript letter from War Office (25 October 1920); 57 photographs (1919, nd); Typescript letter from Mrs Joan Tabor (donor) to Peter Liddle (24 February 1990).
Mortimer Kilford papers
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- ReferenceGB 206 Liddle Collection MES 056
- Dates of Creation1916-1990
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description1 file; typescript, photographs, and printed material. Includes a cartoon and 2 medals.
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Mortimer Douglas Kilford, born in 1894, was a Lieutenant, later Captain, Royal Engineers, serving in Mesopotamia as a surveyor for the port of Basra, September 1916-February 1920, and in India.
Access Information
Access is unrestricted.
Acquisition Information
The papers were placed in the Collection by Mrs J. Tabor (daughter). See Research Correspondence File.
Note
In English.
Other Finding Aids
Mesopotamia catalogue (hard copy) http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/liddle/index.htm
Alternative Form Available
Microfilmed.