2nd/1st London Field Ambulance shoulder flash (n.d.); Identity discs (n.d.); POW (Prisoner of War) camp coin (1916); 13 photographs (Feb. 1917, n.d.); Parchim camp pass (n.d.); 5 postcards and two letters to his mother and one postcard to his father (28 Apr. 1918, 9 Oct. 1918); Fragment of envelope (1918); 2 Parchim camp identity forms (1918); Letter from George V (1918); Red Cross postcard (4 Oct. 1918); Manuscript note (8 Nov. 1918); Leaflet relating to Bronze Stars (n.d.); Soldier's Demobilization Account (3 Mar. 1919).
Frank Watson papers
This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 206 Liddle Collection POW 067
- Dates of Creation
- 1916-1919
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 file; manuscript, postcards, photographs, and printed material Includes ambulance identity discs and shoulder flash
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Frank William Watson (b 1895), a Private, 2nd/1st London Field Ambulance, RAMC (Royal Army Medical Corps), served on the Western Front and was held as a POW (Prisoner of War) at Parchim.
Access Information
Access is unrestricted
Acquisition Information
The papers were placed in the Collection by B. W. and F. Watson. See Research Correspondence File.
Note
In English
Other Finding Aids
POW catalogue (hard copy) http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/liddle/index.htm
Alternative Form Available
Microfilmed