Postcard and 64 mounted photographs of the Dardanelles, Belgium, the Somme and Champagne (1915-1917); Manuscript map 'Panorama et Batteries d'Achi-Baba vus de 236' (20 December 1915); Map of Southern Gallipoli from a captured Turkish map (1915); Correspondence with Gnral Ganeval (March-April 1955, nd); Press cutting 'L'Expdition des Dardanelles' from 'L'Eacutecho des Valles d'Albertville' (9 April 1955); Recollections (March 1973).
Anthelme Sylvestre papers
This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 206 Liddle Collection FR 34
- Dates of Creation
- 1915-1973
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- French
- Physical Description
- 1 file; manuscript, photographs, a postcard, and a press cutting. Includes a Turkish map.
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Anthelme Sylvestre was a Marchal des Logis, 56ime Batterie d'Artillerie, Lourde, serving in the Dardanelles and on the Western Front.
Access Information
Access is unrestricted.
Acquisition Information
The papers were placed in the Collection by A. Sylvestre from 1973 to 1977. See French Veterans Correspondence File.
Note
In French
Other Finding Aids
French catalogue (hard copy) http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/liddle/index.htm
Alternative Form Available
Microfilmed.