Scrapbook pages including telegrams, press cuttings, official letters, photographs and postcards (1916-1919).
Richard Milward papers
This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 206 Liddle Collection POW 046
- Dates of Creation
- 1916-1919
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 file; manuscript, photographs, postcards, press cuttings, and printed material
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Richard Milward (b. 1890), a 2nd Lieutenant, 4th Battalion, attached to 10th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, served on the Western Front. He was captured at St Eloi, 14 Feb. 1916, and held as a POW (Prisoner of War) at Crefeld, Schwarmstedt, and Holzminden.
Access Information
Access is unrestricted
Acquisition Information
The papers were placed in the Collection by Mr Milward (son). See Research Correspondence File.
Note
In English
Other Finding Aids
POW catalogue (hard copy) http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/liddle/index.htm
Alternative Form Available
Microfilmed