J.W. Watts papers

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 Liddle Collection AF 13
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1916-1960
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 1 file; typescript, photographs, press cuttings, and printed material.

Scope and Content

Typescript recollections of Aden, Somaliland and the Western Front; newspaper cuttings (nd); edition of History Today with an article about "The 'Mad' Mullah : hero of Somali Nationalism" by Leo Silberman (1960); 8 sheets of mounted photographs, extracted from a photograph album, of Somaliland [1918-1920].

Administrative / Biographical History

J.W. Watts was a Lieutenant Colonel serving at Guedicourt on the Western Front (1916), Aden (1918) and Somaliland, Africa (1919-1920).

Access Information

Access is unrestricted.

Acquisition Information

No record.

Note

In English.

Other Finding Aids

Africa (Sudan and Somaliland) catalogue http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/liddle/index.htm

Alternative Form Available

Microfilmed.