Reginald Gough papers

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 Liddle Collection POW 029
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1914-1990
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 1 file; typescript, press cuttings, and printed material (all photocopy)

Scope and Content

Photocopied army papers (3 Aug. 1916-5 May 1919); Photocopied typescript recollections (n.d.); Photocopied obituaries and press cuttings (n.d., 20 Mar. 1963).

Administrative / Biographical History

Reginald George Henry Gough was born in Oxford. As a Private, later 2nd Lieutenant, 1st/4th and 2nd/4th Battalion, Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, he served on the Western Front from Sep. 1914. He was captured, Mar. 1918, and held as a POW (Prisoner of War) at Holzminden. A teacher of deaf and blind children, he later served with the Royal Observer Corps in the Second World War.

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Note

In English

Other Finding Aids

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

Alternative Form Available

Microfilmed