Bowness Millburn papers

Scope and Content

14 photographs (1918-1919, nd); Biographical note (nd); Typed transcript of Mesopotamian diary, 22 January 1918-9 July 1919 (nd); Photocopied press cutting "Show me the way to go home ... " by John R. Millburn (son) from the Bucks and Berks Countryside, Vol. 19, No. 139 (March 1979); Typescript letter from John R. Millburn (son) to W.G. Gledhill (21 July 1982).

Administrative / Biographical History

Bowness John Millburn (1879-1950) was educated at Berkhamsted School and initially served with the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry from 1917. As a Corporal, 1018 Motor Transport Company, ASC (Army Service Corps), he then served in Mesopotamia, January 1918-April 1919.

Access Information

Access is unrestricted.

Acquisition Information

The papers were placed in the Collection by John R. Millburn (son). See Research Correspondence File.

Note

In English.

Other Finding Aids

Alternative Form Available

Microfilmed.

Related Material

See MES 037: Gledhill, WG.