ca. 100 typescript, manuscript and transcript letters from R. F. G. Burrows, mainly to his mother (1914-1918); 2 parole cards (Oct. 1918, n.d.): 2 sheets of typescript and manuscript poetry (n.d.); Edition of the Eastern Morning News and Hull Advertiser (18 Nov. 1918); Press cuttings (23 Jan. 1915-21 Feb. 1918); Mounted photographs (1915-1916, n.d.); 14 photographs (ca. 1916-ca. 1926); 125 photographs (1916-1917, n.d.); Negatives (n.d.); Photocopied press cutting (19 Sep. 1914); Photocopied obituary from The White Horse and Fleur de Lys, Vol. VII, No. 2 (1971-1972).
R. F. G. Burrows papers
This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 206 Liddle Collection POW 010
- Dates of Creation
- 1914-1972
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English German
- Physical Description
- 1 box; manuscript, typescript, photographs, press cuttings, and printed material Includes 2 parole cards
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
R. F. G. Burrows (d. 1971) was educated at Eton and Sandhurst. As a Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment, serving on the Western Front, he was wounded and captured, 26 Aug. 1914, held as a POW (Prisoner of War) at Mainz and Neisse, and later transferred to Holland. After the War, he served in Ireland, the Channel Islands, India, Burma, and the Sudan.
Access Information
Access is unrestricted
Acquisition Information
The papers were placed in the Collection by Mrs P. Bagenal (daughter).
Note
In English and German
Other Finding Aids
POW catalogue (hard copy). There is also a handlist of the letters, kept with the material. http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/liddle/index.htm
Alternative Form Available
Microfilmed