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).
Allison Wilson papers
This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections
- 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
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
POW catalogue (hard copy) http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/liddle/index.htm
Alternative Form Available
Microfilmed