- Framed graduation parchment of A T Logan awarding MB, ChB, Apr 1915
- Framed commission paper of A T Logan into Royal Army Medical Corps as Lieutenant, Apr 1915
Papers of Alfred Thomas Logan, medical graduate, University of Glasgow, Scotland
This material is held atUniversity of Glasgow Archive Services
- Reference
- GB 248 ACCN 1295
- Dates of Creation
- 1915
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 0.2 linear metres
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Alfred Thomas Logan was 22 years old in 1910 when he first attended the University of Glasgow to study medicine. He was son of Thomas Logan, a bookkeeper, and Mary Bisset Logan, of 10, Regent Park Terrace, Strathbungo, Glasgow.
Alfred graduated in MBChB in 1915 and in the same year entered the Royal Army Medical Corps and served as Lieutenant then Captain in the Special Reserve - 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards. He was killed in action on 16 September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial in Somme, France. The Thiepval Memorial, the Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, bears the names of more than 72,000 officers and men of the United Kingdom and South African forces who died in the Somme sector before 20 March 1918 and have no known grave. Over 90% of those commemorated died between July and November 1916.
Arrangement
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Acquisition Information
Deposit: D. Logan: Jul 1994: ACCN 1295
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Custodial History
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Location of Originals
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