Cecil Hart papers

Scope and Content

5 photographs (n.d.); 16 picture postcards to his parents and to Miss D. Cope, his future wife (5 Aug. 1912-18 June 1918); Photocopied letter from David Hart, including account of his father's capture (16 Jan. 1994).

Administrative / Biographical History

Cecil Henry Hart, a Private, 1st Battalion, London Scottish Regiment, from 1911, served on the Western Front from Sep. 1914, was wounded and captured, 31 Oct. 1914, and held as a POW (Prisoner of War) at Konstanz, later in Switzerland.

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

The papers were placed in the Collection by David Hart (son) per Mrs S. Nollet. See Research Correspondence File.

Note

In English

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