4 diaries (24 February 1916-4 February 1919); Photocopied discharge certificate (14 March 1919); 14 photographs (nd); Typescript essay 'The Meaning of a Draft' (1916); Photocopied Gaiety Theatre souvenir programme "Robinson Crusoe" (1917-1918); Typescript recollections 'Life with the British Salonika Forces, 1917-1919' (ca. 1974); Typed transcript of an interview recorded with Peter Liddle (February 1976).
William Mather papers
This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 206 Liddle Collection SAL 039
- Dates of Creation
- 1916-1976
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 box; manuscript, typescript, photographs, and printed material (partly photocopy).
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
William Denton Mather was born in Sheffield in 1896 and educated at Sheffield University. As a Corporal, 8th (Pioneer) Battalion, Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, he served in Salonika and Macedonia from February 1917.
Access Information
Access is unrestricted.
Acquisition Information
The papers were placed in the Collection by W.D. Mather.
Note
In English.
Other Finding Aids
Salonika catalogue (hard copy) http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/liddle/index.htm
Alternative Form Available
Microfilmed.