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Liddle Collection, Women
Catalogue reference: WO
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This record is about the Liddle Collection, Women dating from 1914-1918.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WO
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Title (The name of the record)
- Liddle Collection, Women
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1914-1918
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Description (What the record is about)
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Comprising personal papers of women who served overseas, mainly as nurses, with the Voluntary Aid Detachment, Women's Army Auxiliary Corps or Women's Royal Naval Service
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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)
- 182 boxes
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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.
This collection also holds a general aspects sub-section which holds collections of papers, categorised by subject, relating to particular aspects of women's service overseas during the First World War
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/f9801d1a-338c-4951-8dbd-e968fb9f8b08/
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Liddle Collection, Women