Ada Green papers

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 206 Liddle Collection DF 057
  • Dates of Creation
      1914-1954
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
      English
  • Physical Description
      1 file; manuscript, a postcard, photographs, and printed material; Includes a wallet and a soldier's service and pay book

Scope and Content

Wallet containing certificate of employment and anti-gas instructions (n.d.); Postcard from F. Green (son), a POW (Prisoner of War) at Dlmen in Germany (6 Jan. 1918); Soldier's Service and Pay Book (6 Oct. 1939); 9 photographs (1914-1919, n.d.); Termination of employment and reference from the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich (3 Mar. 1919); Certificate relating to work necessitating contact with mercury (13 July 1917); WAAC (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps) enrolment acknowledgement slip (24 July 1919); 2 programmes relating to a Women and the Loan demonstration (28 June 1919); Discharge certificate (2 Mar. 1920); WAAC (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps) discharge certificate (2 Mar. 1920); Journal Old Comrades' Association Gazette, Vol. 3, No. 4 (Oct. 1922); WAAC (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps) orders (27 Dec. 1919); Army Council information leaflet (20 Nov. 1943); Photostat of letter from "Laurie", 14 Jan. 1944 (n.d.); Manuscript letter from Delia Peel, Lady-in-Waiting to the Queen (24 Jan. 1941); WRAC (Women's Royal Army Corps) invitation (10 Aug. 1950); Ration book (1953-1954); Cartoon (n.d.); ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service) and VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment) Release Book (Aug. 1945); Large group photograph (n.d.); 4 photographs (1919, n.d.); ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service) good luck card (n.d.); Travel passes and ration vouchers (Apr. 1941-Sep. 1945); Scrapbook of press cuttings (1918-1953); ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service) identification certificate (6 Oct. 1939); 22 issues of journal QMAAC (Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps)&ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service) Comrades Association Gazette, later incorporated into The Lioness, Vol. XXI, Nos. 10, 12, 14 and 16-19, Vol. XXII, No. 2, Vol. XXIII, Nos. 3, 5-6 and 11, Vol. XXIV, Nos. 4-5, Vol. XXV, Nos. 1 and 3, Vol. XXVI, Nos. 1 and 4, Vol. XXVII, Nos. 1-3 (Jan. 1946-Aug. 1954).

Administrative / Biographical History

Ada Green (b. 1898 at Holborn, London) engaged in munitions work, 1914-1918, and served with the WAAC (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps), 1919-1920. She also served with the ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service) during the Second World War.

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

The papers were placed in the Collection by Mrs D. Clarke

Note

In English

Other Finding Aids

Domestic Front catalogue (hard copy) http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/liddle/index.htm

Alternative Form Available

Microfilmed

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