Margaret Braithwaite papers

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 Liddle Collection DF 019
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1914-1938
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 1 file; photographs, manuscript, and printed material

Scope and Content

Photograph (n.d.); 2 autographed sketchbooks, with selected pages photocopied (May 1915-Feb. 1919); 3 photographs relating to 2nd Lieutenant J. L. Braithwaite, RFA (Royal Field Artillery) (brother), killed in action on the Western Front, 22 July 1916, and buried in Becordel (n.d.); 7 Red Cross certificates and one relating to her mention in despatches (14 Sep. 1914-1 Mar. 1919, 7 Mar. 1938, n.d.).

Administrative / Biographical History

Margaret Gwladys Braithwaite, a Nurse in the VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment), was attached to No. 32 Stationary Hospital and was mentioned in despatches, 8 Nov. 1918

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

The papers were placed in the Collection by Judge Bernard Braithwaite. 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