2 medals (1813, 1914-1918); Training manual (1915); 5 photographs (1916-ca. 1918); Sketch in pen and ink of aerial view (nd); Press cutting relating to his release from internment during the Second World War (3 March 1941); Manuscript recollections (June 1979); Typed transcript of an interview recorded with Peter Liddle (April 1980).
Willy Oelsner papers
This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 206 Liddle Collection GE 22
- Dates of Creation
- 1813-1980
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 box; manuscript, typescript, photographs, a press cutting, and printed material. Includes 2 medals.
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Willy G. Oelsner, born at Lodz, Poland in 1897, was a Sergeant, Mounted Light Infantry and later 51st and 274th Field Artillery Regiment. He later became a Reverend Doctor, settled in England, and was briefly interned during the Second World War.
Access Information
Access is unrestricted.
Acquisition Information
The papers were placed in the Collection by the Reverend Dr W.G. Oelsner.
Note
In English.
Other Finding Aids
German catalogue (hard copy) http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/liddle/index.htm
Alternative Form Available
Microfilmed.