Ada Green papers

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

Reference
- GB 206 Liddle Collection DF 057
Dates of Creation
- 1914-1954
Name of Creator
- Green, Ada
Language of Material
- English
Physical Description
- 1 file; manuscript, a postcard, photographs, and printed material; Includes a wallet and a soldier's service and pay book

Scope and Content

Wallet containing certificate of employment and anti-gas instructions (n.d.); Postcard from F. Green (son), a POW (Prisoner of War) at Dlmen in Germany (6 Jan. 1918); Soldier's Service and Pay Book (6 Oct. 1939); 9 photographs (1914-1919, n.d.); Termination of employment and reference from the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich (3 Mar. 1919); Certificate relating to work necessitating contact with mercury (13 July 1917); WAAC (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps) enrolment acknowledgement slip (24 July 1919); 2 programmes relating to a Women and the Loan demonstration (28 June 1919); Discharge certificate (2 Mar. 1920); WAAC (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps) discharge certificate (2 Mar. 1920); Journal Old Comrades' Association Gazette, Vol. 3, No. 4 (Oct. 1922); WAAC (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps) orders (27 Dec. 1919); Army Council information leaflet (20 Nov. 1943); Photostat of letter from "Laurie", 14 Jan. 1944 (n.d.); Manuscript letter from Delia Peel, Lady-in-Waiting to the Queen (24 Jan. 1941); WRAC (Women's Royal Army Corps) invitation (10 Aug. 1950); Ration book (1953-1954); Cartoon (n.d.); ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service) and VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment) Release Book (Aug. 1945); Large group photograph (n.d.); 4 photographs (1919, n.d.); ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service) good luck card (n.d.); Travel passes and ration vouchers (Apr. 1941-Sep. 1945); Scrapbook of press cuttings (1918-1953); ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service) identification certificate (6 Oct. 1939); 22 issues of journal QMAAC (Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps)&ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service) Comrades Association Gazette, later incorporated into The Lioness, Vol. XXI, Nos. 10, 12, 14 and 16-19, Vol. XXII, No. 2, Vol. XXIII, Nos. 3, 5-6 and 11, Vol. XXIV, Nos. 4-5, Vol. XXV, Nos. 1 and 3, Vol. XXVI, Nos. 1 and 4, Vol. XXVII, Nos. 1-3 (Jan. 1946-Aug. 1954).

Administrative / Biographical History

Ada Green (b. 1898 at Holborn, London) engaged in munitions work, 1914-1918, and served with the WAAC (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps), 1919-1920. She also served with the ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service) during the Second World War.