Peter Kennedy papers

Held at: GB 0206 Leeds University Library
Reference: GB 0206 Liddle Collection DU 05
Title: Peter Kennedy papers
Dates of creation: 1917-1919
Name of Creator: Kennedy, Peter Gilbert
Extent: 1 box; manuscript, typescript, and photographs with negatives
Includes 2 medals, a bar, and a bracelet
Level of Description: collection
Language of Material: eng

Administrative/Biographical History

Peter Gilbert Kennedy (b. 1899), 2nd Lieutenant, Machine Gun Corps (Armoured Car Unit), served with the Dunsterforce in Mesopotamia, Persia and Russia from 1917 to 1919, and was awarded the MC (Military Cross) on 9 Oct. 1918.

Scope and Content

7 photographs with negatives (Sept. 1917, n.d.); Field report book (n.d.); 2 "Soldiers' Own" diaries (1918, 1919); Address book with pen and ink silhouette drawings of battleships (n.d.); Officer's Record of Services book (Sep. 1917-May. 1918); Typescript catalogue of letters, May 1918-Jan. 1919 (n.d.); Photocopied bound letters (May 1918-Jan. 1919); Typescript catalogue of diary, Mar.-Dec. 1918 (n.d.); Photocopied bound diary (1918); Typescript and manuscript letters (May 1918-Jan. 1919); Losse leaves of photograph album with manuscript map (n.d.); Memorandum "Order of the Day" (Oct. 1918); 2 medals, bar and bracelet (n.d.);

Administrative Information

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The papers were placed in the Collection by Mrs S. Bacchus (daughter).

Access Conditions

Access is unrestricted

Existence of Copies

Microfilmed

Note

In English

Further Information

Finding Aids

Dunsterforce/Caspian Naval Force catalogue (hard copy) http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/liddle/index.htm