Harry Howland papers

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 Liddle Collection POW 037
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1908-1978
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 1 box; manuscript, typescript, photographs, press cuttings, and printed material (including photocopy)

Scope and Content

37 photographs (1908-1919, 1935, 1942); Sketch map of Western Front (n.d.); Photocopied POW (Prisoner of War) record (n.d.); Identification ticket (6 Apr. 1919); Press cuttings (28 Aug. 1914-Apr. 1965); Letter from Canadian Public Archives (19 Oct. 1978); Typescript letter relating to the Oxfordshire Prisoners of War Fund (n.d.); Unpublished typescript recollections "March With Me" (Jan. 1972).

Administrative / Biographical History

Harry Howland, a Private, 7th Battalion, 1st British Columbia Regiment, served on the Western Front, was captured on 24 Apr. 1915, and held as a POW (Prisoner of War) at Giessen, Limburg and Soltau.

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

Related Material

See Book Section for The Dauntless Finnegans.

Personal Names

Howland Harry