GB 0120 MSS.8025-8026 - Littlewood, Capt. Martin Wentworth (fl.1917-1919): war diary

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GB 0120 MSS.8025-8026

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Littlewood, Capt. Martin Wentworth (fl.1917-1919): war diary

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  • 1917-1919 (Creation)

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2 volumes

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GB 0120 MSS.8025-8026 1917-1919 Collection (fonds) 2 volumes Littlewood , Martin Wentworth , fl 1917-1919 , Captain

Presented by Dr. Mark Littlewood, August 1997.

Diary of Captain Martin W Littlewood, Royal Army Medical Corps, from embarkation to join the B.E.F. in France in January 1917, through the battles of Arras and 3rd Ypres, the German offensive of Spring 1918 and the final advance leading to the Armistice, and on to his demobilisation in March 1919.

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The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

English

Described in Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts.

See also MS.5415, Littlewood's 1970 memoir of his service during World War I .

Copied from the Wellcome Library catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Jan 2009 Littlewood , Martin Wentworth , fl 1917-1919 , Captain Information sources Documents Primary documents Diaries Medical sciences Military medicine Wars (events) World wars (events) World War One (1914-1918) Royal Army Medical Corps British Expeditionary Force France Western Europe Europe

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Presented by Dr. Mark Littlewood, August 1997.

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Diary of Captain Martin W Littlewood, Royal Army Medical Corps, from embarkation to join the B.E.F. in France in January 1917, through the battles of Arras and 3rd Ypres, the German offensive of Spring 1918 and the final advance leading to the Armistice, and on to his demobilisation in March 1919.

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By volume

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Conditions governing access

The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Conditions governing reproduction

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

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  • English

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  • Latin

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English

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See also MS.5415, Littlewood's 1970 memoir of his service during World War I .

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Described in Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts.

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Wellcome Library

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In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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  • English

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