Walter Lawrence papers

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 Liddle Collection POW 040
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1900-1925
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 1 file; typescript, postcards, a photograph, and printed material Includes various certificates, medals, a wound stripe, a book of musical scores, and hospital cards

Scope and Content

Identification certificate (26 Mar. 1919); 6 embroidered postcards (2 Jan. 1918, n.d.); Leaflet advertising Walter Lawrence and his orchestra (n.d.); 1st Battalion, Queen's Westminster Rifles, "B" Company reunion dinner menu (8 Mar. 1920); 1st Battalion, Queen's Westminster Rifles, "C" Company reunion dinner menu (13 Mar. 1920); National Registration card (28 Mar. 1919); POW (Prisoner of War) identification card (1918); Discharge certificate (25 Mar. 1919); Pension certificate (19 Aug. 1919-21 July 1920); War badge certificate (12 May 1919); Hospital cards (25 Mar. 1919); Press cutting relating to Walter Lawrence and his orchestra (20 Mar. 1925); Photograph (n.d.); Medals, wound stripe and identification dog tag (1900-1902, n.d.); Book of musical scores (1918-1919); Typescript recollections with trench plan (n.d.).

Administrative / Biographical History

Walter Harold David Lawrence (b. 1898), a Private, 16th Battalion, London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles), was captured, Mar. 1918, and held as a POW (Prisoner of War) at Solta.

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

The papers were placed in the Collection by P. D. Lawrence (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