Allison Wilson papers

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 206 Liddle Collection POW 069
  • Dates of Creation
      1917-1981
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
      English
  • Physical Description
      1 file; manuscript, typescript, postcards, photographs, and printed material Includes a portable chess board

Scope and Content

Soldier's Pay Book (11 July 1917); Diary [31 July-2 Oct. 1918]; Portable chess board (n.d.); 8 letters and one postcard to his mother and Eric (11 Aug.-16 Nov. 1918); 2 photographs (n.d.); Loose notes and sketches (1918); Identity certificate (24 Mar. 1919); Demobilization instructions (Jan. 1919); Money order (7 Jan. 1919); Field Service Postcard and Released Prisoners of War Postcard (n.d., 30 Nov 1918); Typescript recollections (24 Jan. 1981).

Administrative / Biographical History

Allison Douglas Wilson (1898-1984) was born in Durham. A Private, 12th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment, he was wounded and captured on the Western Front and held as a POW (Prisoner of War) at Stendal.

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

The papers were placed in the Collection by Miss M. Wilson.

Note

In English

Other Finding Aids

Alternative Form Available

Microfilmed

Related Material

See Museum Section: German (for two Field Service Caps).