Margaret Bidlake papers

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 Liddle Collection DF 012
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1902-1919
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 1 box; manuscript, photographs, a press cutting, and printed material

Scope and Content

Press cutting from the Daily Mail of map showing Zeppelin and aeroplane bombs dropped in London (31 Jan. 1919); 3 photographs (n.d.); 2 letters to her brother, Guy Bidlake, 2nd Lieutenant, 17th Corps Signal Company, Royal Engineers (20 Sep. 1916); Book, awarded as Reigate High School prize for Scripture, Footprints of the Son of Man by Herbert Mortimer Luckock (1902); Manuscript cookery book, compiled by her mother (1907).

Administrative / Biographical History

Margaret Bidlake was educated at Reigate High School. One of her brothers, H. C. K. Bidlake, 2nd Lieutenant and Acting Captain, 9th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, was killed in action in Mesopotamia, 1917.

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

The papers were placed in the Collection by Miss Elizabeth A. Forbes (niece). See Research Correspondence File.

Note

In English

Other Finding Aids

Domestic Front catalogue (hard copy) http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/liddle/index.htm

Alternative Form Available

Microfilmed

Related Material

See MES 009: Bidlake, HCK (brother).