3 large group photographs of VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment) staff, two at Langstone Towers Relief Hospital, Hampshire, and one unidentified but with copy photograph (Feb. 1919); Red Cross brooches and badges (n.d.); Boxed medallion, presented by Winifrede Marsden, the Matron at Colliton Hospital, Dorchester (n.d.); Typescript letter to members of the British Red Cross Society (July 1916); 3 copy photographs, one of a wing at Langstone Towers Relief Hospital, one of a press cutting relating to Langstone Towers Relief Hospital and one of a letter to members of the British Red Cross Society, July 1916 (n.d.); Cadbury's chocolate wrapper with Christmas greeting to wounded soldiers and sailors (1916); Whist card in aid of Portsmouth Corporation "Our Wounded Heroes Fund" (22 Feb. 1917); British Red Cross Society postcard with invitation (n.d.); 6th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own), Christmas card (1916).
Ada Clarke papers
This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 206 Liddle Collection DF 028
- Dates of Creation
- 1916-1919
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 box (outsize); photographs, typescript, a press cutting, and a postcard; Includes Red Cross brooches and badges, a medallion, a chocolate wrapper, a whist card, and a Christmas card
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Clarke, Ada Marjorie, Nurse, VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment), at Langstone Towers Relief Hospital, Hampshire, during the First World War
Access Information
Access is unrestricted
Acquisition Information
The papers were placed in the Collection by M. S. Clarke (nephew). See Research Correspondence File.
Note
In English
Other Finding Aids
Domestic Front catalogue (hard copy) http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/liddle/index.htm
Alternative Form Available
Microfilmed