Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- Created 1914-1917 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
3 volumes
Context area
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.
Content and structure area
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.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
3 volumes
Conditions of access and use area
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).
Finding aids
Summary guide available on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Publication note
Decorations: MC
Notes area
Note
Decorations: MC
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Subject access points
- State security » Armed forces
- Documents
- Information sources
- International conflicts
- International relations
- Literary forms and genres
- Literature
- Organizations
- Visual materials » Photographs
- Documents » Primary documents
- Literary forms and genres » Prose
- State security
- Visual materials
- International conflicts » War
Place access points
Name access points
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English