A. H. Simpson papers

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

Reference
- GB 206 Liddle Collection CO 085
Dates of Creation
- 1907-1976
Name of Creator
- Simpson, A. H.
Language of Material
- English
Physical Description
- 2 boxes; manuscript, typescript, photographs, postcards, press cutting, and printed material Includes medals and badges

Scope and Content

Obituary of C. J. Bond (father-in-law) (23 Nov. 1939); Medals and badges (n.d.); Booklet Metric and English Weights and Measures (1907); Booklet of Friends' Ambulance Unit members and addresses (n.d.); 2 lists of survivors from No. 16 Ambulance Train (Dec. 1974, Dec. 1976); Booklet of recollections The Man Who Would Have Been Blamed and Other Stories, autographed by the author J. P. Fox (n.d.); Typescript letter from J. P. Fox (11 Sep. 1973); Booklet Ypres - Then and Now, 1914-1965 by R. J. Stopford (n.d.); 58 photographs (1915-1919); 8 picture postcards from series "The King at the Front", from Alice Eckersley to her cousin Esther (n.d.); Publication Friends' Ambulance Unit 1914-1959: Register of Names and Addresses (Jan. 1960); "Old Sixteeners" Christmas news-sheets (1966, 1970, 1976); Souvenir issue of The Orderly Review: Special Anniversary Number 1915-1965, a publication by the "Old Sixteeners" celebrating fifty years since No. 16 Ambulance Train was established (1965); 3 photographs of the "Old Sixteeners" (11 Aug. 1965, 21 Sep. 1965); Typescript recollections extracted from Flemish publication and translated by Paul Cocle, with accompanying typescript letter from Paul Cadbury (10 Nov. 1960); Manuscript letter from "Ben Gunn", alias A. Pope-Russell (14 Dec. 1976); No. 16 Ambulance Train Christmas card (1915); Diary (28 Oct.-28 Nov. 1914); Diary (29 Nov. 1914-28 Aug. 1915); Diary (29 Aug.-28 Dec. 1915); Diary, bound in leather case (1916); Diary, bound in leather case (1917); Notebook diary, containing miscellaneous essays (16 Sep.-13 Oct. 1916); Bound booklet of Friends' Ambulance Unit members and addresses, with Friends' Ambulance Unit constitution (Mar. 1919); Photograph album (Sep. 1914-Sep. 1929, n.d.).