E.D. Wolton papers

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 Liddle Collection EP 095
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1917-1972
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 1 box; manuscript (photocopy), typescript, postcards, a press cutting, and printed material. Includes 3 Christmas cards.

Scope and Content

2 bound volumes of photocopied manuscript letters, extracts, verse and recollections (nd); Souvenir booklet "A Short History of the Suffolk Regiment" (nd); 2 Field Service postcards (nd); 2 East Anglian Division Christmas cards (1917); 54th Division Christmas card (1918); Press cutting 'Gallipoli Today' (nd); Typed transcript of an interview recorded with Peter Liddle (March 1972).

Administrative / Biographical History

E.D. Wolton was a 2nd Lieutenant, later Captain, 1st/5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, 54th Division, serving at Gallipoli in 1915 and in Egypt/Palestine from 1916.

Access Information

Access is unrestricted.

Acquisition Information

The papers were placed in the Collection by E.D. Wolton.

Note

In English.

Other Finding Aids

Gallipoli and Egypt/Palestine Catalogues (hard copies) http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/liddle/index.htm

Alternative Form Available

Microfilmed.

Related Material

See GALL 114: Wolton, ED. Tapes 166 and 105: interview recorded with Peter Liddle in March 1972.