Margaret Erskine papers

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

Reference
- GB 206 Liddle Collection DF 051
Dates of Creation
- 1913-1941
Name of Creator
- Erskine, Margaret H.
Language of Material
- English
Physical Description
- 1 file; manuscript, typescript, photographs, a press cutting, and printed material (including photocopy)

Scope and Content

2 photocopied group photographs (n.d.); Manuscript diary extracts and notes (n.d.); Press cutting from The Times (15 Mar. 1915); Press cutting (n.d.); 3 portrait photographs (n.d.); Crayon sketch (n.d.); Manuscript verse (n.d.); Manuscript verse copied from Punch (16 Aug. 1915); Postcard (n.d.); Uniform list and memorandum (n.d.); Poem "Somewhere" by H. D. Dickson (n.d.); Typescript memorandum relating to No. 8 British Red Cross (Baltic & Corn Exchange) Hospital reunion dinner (n.d.); No. 8 British Red Cross (Baltic & Corn Exchange) Hospital reunion dinner menu (15 Jan. 1920); Gillingham War Memorial programme (18 Nov. 1920); Letter from the British Red Cross Society (n.d.); VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment) instruction leaflet (Apr. 1917); French Red Cross memorandum (n.d.); Manuscript letter from Violet Martineau (12 July 1917); Memorandum from Percy Stone to Miss Martineau (12 Apr. 1916); Rationing removals application form (1918); Ration book (1 Apr. 1919); Typescript VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment) letter (28 Feb. 1918); Memorial service programme (14 June 1916); Telegram (2 Aug. 1918); Typescript letter from Victoria League (n.d.); Registration number slip (n.d.); VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment) notice (17 June 1919); 4 VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment) letters (7 Mar. 1918, 20 July 1918, n.d., 7 Mar. 1921); 2 St John Ambulance Association certificates (Dec. 1913, Mar. 1914); 2 British Red Cross Society certificates (7 May 1941, n.d.); Autographed menu (9 June 1922); Manuscript British Red Cross letter (4 July 1919); Church service programme (n.d.); Ticket for Royal visit to St. Nicholas' Church (17 June 1917); VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment) postcard (12 Mar. 1918); Travel tag for SS George (n.d.); Scrapbook "My War Jobs, 1914-1919" (1914-1919).

Administrative / Biographical History

Margaret H. Erskine joined the St John Ambulance Brigade in Mar. 1914 and served as a VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment) parlour maid before serving as a nurse at Caenshill Military Hospital and Brooklands Military Hospital, both in Weybridge, and later at No. 8 British Red Cross (Baltic & Corn Exchange) Hospital in France.