Asquith Dalton papers

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 Liddle Collection CO 023
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1971
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 1 file; photographs with some negatives, manuscript, postcards, and printed material (mainly photocopy)

Scope and Content

15 photographs, with six negatives (Mar. 1918, n.d.); Photocopied book The No-Conscription Fellowship: A souvenir of its work during the years 1914-1919 (n.d.); Photocopy of transfer certificate (4 May 1917); Photocopy of humorous conscientious objection postcards (n.d.); Photocopied manuscript note confirming employment in the work centre at Wakefield (May 1917); Photocopy of No-Conscription Fellowship membership card (n.d.); Photocopied discharge certificate (31 Mar. 1920); Photocopied signed undertaking to serve the Committee for the Employment of Conscientious Objectors (n.d.); Photocopied letters of reference for A. A. Dalton, by Harold Mathers and Willie Shaw (n.d., 16 April 1917); Photocopy of 5th Reserve Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment, charge sheet and summary of evidence against A. A. Dalton (20-26 Feb. 1917); Photocopied letter to A. A. Dalton from the Central Tribunal (26 Apr. 1917); Letter to Peter Liddle, regarding photographs (28 Oct. 1971).

Administrative / Biographical History

Asquith Archie Dalton, a conscientious objector and member of the No-Conscription Fellowship, was imprisoned at Wakefield Prison.

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Note

In English

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