Book of photographed maps (n.d.); Hand-illustrated Christmas card from Lieutenant T. R. Kirkpatrick (Dec. 1917); POW (Prisoner of War) Camp currency and French money [1917-1918]; Manuscript map (n.d.); 17 photographs (ca. 12 Dec. 1918, n.d.); Photocopied issue of The Occasional Review No. 1 (28 Aug. 1918); 2 photocopied theatre programmes "Home John" and "Parcels" (27 July 1918, 5 Nov. 1918); Photocopied photographs, letters, currency and miscellaneous papers (1917-1918); Government Committee on the Treatment by the Enemy of British Prisoners of War questionnaire (n.d.); Typescript list of POW (Prisoner of War) souvenirs (n.d.); Typescript recollections (ca. 1972); Typed transcript of an interview recorded with Peter Liddle (Mar. 1977).
Norman Birks papers
This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 206 Liddle Collection POW 003
- Dates of Creation
- 1917-1977
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 file; manuscript, typescript, photographs, maps, and printed material (including photocopy) Includes POW Camp currency and souvenirs, and French money
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Norman A. Birks (b. 1892 near Sheffield, Yorkshire), Lieutenant, 9th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment, seconded to the Motor Machine Gun Service, served on the Western Front, 1914-1916. He was transferred to the RFC (Royal Flying Corps) in 1916 and served with No. 29 Squadron on the Western Front. He was shot down on 5 Apr 1917 and held as a POW (Prisoner of War) at Holzminden, 1917-1918. He escaped, but was recaptured.
Access Information
Access is unrestricted
Acquisition Information
The papers were placed in the Collection by N. A. Birks.
Note
In English
Other Finding Aids
POW catalogue (hard copy) http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/liddle/index.htm
Alternative Form Available
Microfilmed