Robert Ascroft papers

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 Liddle Collection EP 002
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1911-1915
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 1 file; manuscript, photographs, press cuttings, and printed material (all photocopy).

Scope and Content

5 photocopied letters to 'My darling Wally' (6 February 1915, nd); 2 photocopied letters to Mrs Ascroft, from Thomas K.B. Levinson and an unknown correspondent, both regarding the death of R.G.L. Ascroft (4 September 1915, 3 July 1915); 2 photocopied press cuttings (15 June 1915); 5 photocopied photographs (1914, nd); Photocopy of Charterhouse Cadet Corps (Officers' Training Corps) Regulations (January 1911); Photocopied letter and papers relating to commission (31 July 1914).

Administrative / Biographical History

Robert Geoffrey Lees Ascroft, educated at Charterhouse, as 2nd Lieutenant, 10th (Oldham) Battalion, Manchester Regiment, served in Egypt/Palestine, 1914-1915, and was killed at Gallipoli on 4 June 1915.

Access Information

Access is unrestricted.

Acquisition Information

The papers were placed in the Collection by J. Medrington (great-niece).

Note

In English.

Other Finding Aids

Egypt/Palestine catalogue (hard copy) http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/liddle/index.htm

Alternative Form Available

Microfilmed.

Geographical Names