Robert Forrester papers

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

Reference
- GB 206 Liddle Collection CO 033
Dates of Creation
- 1916-1919
Name of Creator
- Forrester, Robert William
Language of Material
- English
Physical Description
- 1 file; manuscript, typescript. press cuttings, and printed material

Scope and Content

2 East London College diary notebooks, 1916, with photocopied typed transcript (n.d.); Manuscript notes (n.d.); Manuscript copy of statement to Middlesex Appeal Tribunal, 30 Mar. 1916 (n.d.); 2 letters to his parents (10 May 1916, 12 May 1916); 2 letters in shorthand (9 Oct. 1916, 8 July 1917); Manuscript notes explaining cipher in letters (20 Aug. 1917); Manuscript notes explaining rules for local prisons (1 Oct. 1916); Sketch plan of Wormwood Scrubs (n.d.); Diary, 7 July-29 Aug. 1919 (n.d.); Typescript letter to Major H. J. C. Gibson [June 1916]; Discharge certificate (31 July 1919); Copy of application to Teddington Local Tribunal (25 Feb. 1916); 8 issues of The Friend, Vol. LVI, Nos. 5-7, 17 and 25-28 (4-18 Feb. 1916, 28 Apr. 1916, 23 June-14 July 1916); 3 issues of The C.O.'s Hansard, Nos. 9, 22 and 30 (2 Nov. 1916, 17 Mar. 1917, 24 May 1917); 4 issues of The Tribunal, Nos. 8, 140, 157 and 167 (11 May 1916, 9 Jan. 1918, 22 May 1919, 24 July 1919); Press cuttings (8 Mar. 1916, 12 Apr. 1916); Pamphlet Why I Am A Conscientious Objector by Walter Ayles (n.d.).