Henry Cassidy papers

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 Liddle Collection SAL 013
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1915-1965
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 1 file; manuscript, typescript, photographs, press cuttings, and printed material.

Scope and Content

ca. 30 concert party programmes (ca. 1915-1919); Autographed 'The Dixies' concert party certificate [1919]; Soldier's Small Book (1915); Typescript service record (nd); Manuscript lyric sheets (nd); Manuscript dinner menus (1915, nd); Certificate of Employment During the War [1919]; Extract from The Graphic with map of Salonika and the Vadar Valley (11 December 1915); Miscellaneous press cuttings (nd); 9 Salonika Reunion Association annual luncheon menus, some autographed (3 October 1954-3 October 1965); 19 photographs (1915-ca. 1919); Scrapbook (1915-1921); Notebook diary (17 October 1915-28 January 1916); Booklet Salonika and Macedonia by Arthur W. Blaxall (nd); Booklet Salonika Again! by Billy Reeves and Ernest Willis (known as BREW) (November 1952).

Administrative / Biographical History

Henry (Harry) Edward Cassidy was born at Bow, East London. As a Lance Corporal, 1st/2nd London Sanitary Company, attached to 78th Sanitary Section, RAMC (Royal Army Medical Corps), he served at Salonika, November 1915-May 1919.

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Note

In English.

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Microfilmed.

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