Sir Hugh Boustead papers

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 Liddle Collection RUS 05
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1919
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 1 file; manuscript, typescript, and maps (including photocopy)

Scope and Content

4 manuscript, typescript and photocopied letters to his Mother from Russia (29 July-7 Oct. 1919); 2 copies of typescript report "Diary of visit to the front of the 2nd Corps, Don Army, with the 1st Don Plastun Brigade", with covering memorandum (8 Nov. 1919); 2 maps relating to the operation against Sorokin, 3-14 July 1918, and the Steppe battle, 20 Dec. 1918-6 Jan. 1919 (n.d.); Typescript verses, "A Cossack Cradle Song", with photocopy (n.d.); Typescript recollections, possibly for autobiography, "Wind of the Morning" (n.d.)

Administrative / Biographical History

Sir Hugh Boustead, Captain, South African Scottish Regiment, served on the Western Front and in South Russia, 1919, and later became Colonel.

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Note

In English

Other Finding Aids

Alternative Form Available

Microfilmed

Related Material

Tape 361: interview recorded with Peter Liddle. See also GS 0165: Boustead, H. See also Book Section: "Wind of the Morning", the autobiography of Sir Hugh Boustead.