Ernest Sorrell papers

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 Liddle Collection SAL 062
  • Dates of Creation
    • ca. 1918
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 1 file; manuscript, typescript, and printed material. Includes a wallet.

Scope and Content

Discharge certificate (12 February 1918); Character certificate (12 February 1918); War Badge certificate (20 February 1918); Field Message Book, with typed transcript (nd); Wallet (nd); Biographical note from donor (nd).

Administrative / Biographical History

Ernest Robert Sorrell was born at Chelmsford, Essex in 1897. As a Lance Corporal, 5th and 13th Battalions, London Regiment, 1915-1918, he served at Salonika. He was invalided out of the Army with malaria in 1918 and worked with the Ministry of Munitions in London.

Access Information

Access is unrestricted.

Note

In English.

Other Finding Aids

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

Alternative Form Available

Microfilmed.

Personal Names

Sorrell Ernest Robert