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Liddle Collection, Royal Navy/Merchant Navy
Catalogue reference: RNMN
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This record is about the Liddle Collection, Royal Navy/Merchant Navy dating from 1900-1940s.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RNMN
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Title (The name of the record)
- Liddle Collection, Royal Navy/Merchant Navy
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1900-1940s
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Description (What the record is about)
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Comprising personal papers of men who served in the Royal Navy, Royal Fleet Reserve, Royal Naval Reserve, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Royal Marines and Merchant Navy
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Leeds University Library, Special Collections
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <corpname>Leeds University Library, Liddle Collection</corpname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 237 boxes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The material in the Liddle Collection includes the personal papers of well over four thousand men and women who lived through the First World War, and of approximately five hundred who experienced the Second World War. These have been grouped by geographical area in which a man or a woman served, or by the nature of his or her military service.
The collection also holds collections of papers, categorised by subject, relating to particular aspects of naval service during the First World War
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/b0b343c2-f00d-4759-bd1c-a55b1d8494ca/
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Liddle Collection, Royal Navy/Merchant Navy