GB 0099 KCLMA Slingsby H L - SLINGSBY, Capt Henry Laurence (1893-1917)

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GB 0099 KCLMA Slingsby H L

Title

SLINGSBY, Capt Henry Laurence (1893-1917)

Date(s)

  • Created 1914-1917 (Creation)

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3 volumes

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Name of creator

Biographical history

Born in 1893; served with King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry and Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, France and Belgium, 1914-1917; killed in action in 1917.

Archival history

GB 0099 KCLMA Slingsby H L Created 1914-1917 Collection (fonds) 3 volumes

Born in 1893; served with King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry and Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, France and Belgium, 1914-1917; killed in action in 1917.

Placed in the Centre by the family in 1996.

Bound copies of illustrated French military magazine Le Miroir nos 75-108, 1915. Transcripts of diary entries and letters describing his service in France and Belgium, 1914-1917, notably the Battle of Le Cateau, Aug 1914, first Battle of the Marne, Sep 1914, first Battle of the Aisne, Sep 1914, and first battle of Ypres, Oct-Nov 1914, with related photographs, newspaper cuttings and correspondence, 1914-1920.

3 volumes

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be provided for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.
English

Summary guide available on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm

The Centre also holds the papers of Slingsby's brother, William Ecroyd Slingsby (Ref: GB99 KCLMA Slingsby W E) and of his nephew, Lt Col William Laurence Slingsby (Ref: GB99 KCLMA Slingsby W L).

Decorations: MC
Feb 1997 Wars (events) Aisne Armed forces Belgium British Army Diaries Documents Europe France Information sources International conflicts International relations Le Cateau Literary forms and genres Literature Marne, river Military organizations Nonfiction Organizations Photographs Primary documents Prose Slingsby , Henry Laurence , 1893-1917 , Captain State security Visual materials War Western Europe World War One (1914-1918) World wars (events) Ypres

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Placed in the Centre by the family in 1996.

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Scope and content

Bound copies of illustrated French military magazine Le Miroir nos 75-108, 1915. Transcripts of diary entries and letters describing his service in France and Belgium, 1914-1917, notably the Battle of Le Cateau, Aug 1914, first Battle of the Marne, Sep 1914, first Battle of the Aisne, Sep 1914, and first battle of Ypres, Oct-Nov 1914, with related photographs, newspaper cuttings and correspondence, 1914-1920.

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Accruals

System of arrangement

3 volumes

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Conditions governing access

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be provided for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

The Centre also holds the papers of Slingsby's brother, William Ecroyd Slingsby (Ref: GB99 KCLMA Slingsby W E) and of his nephew, Lt Col William Laurence Slingsby (Ref: GB99 KCLMA Slingsby W L).

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Summary guide available on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm

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Decorations: MC

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Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London

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  • English

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