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Add MS 48368
- Record Id:
- 040-001957975
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001957959
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000725.0x000060
- LARK:
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- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 48368
- Title:
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HUNTER-WESTON PAPERS. Private War Diary. Vol. XIV. 8th Army Corps [VIII Corps]. After Armistice. 11 Nov.-April 1919.
- Scope & Content:
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Vol. XIV (ff. 891). 11 Nov.-April 1919.
includes:
- ff. 19, 32, 34 Henri Aimé Duhem, of Douai; painter: Correspondence with Lt.-Gen. Sir A. Hunter-Weston: 1918.: Engl. and Fr.
- f. 35 Speeches: R. Bigo, Mayor of Marchiennes: 1918.: Fr.
- f. 35 René Bigo, Mayor of Marchiennes, France: Speech by: 1918.: Fr.: Autogr.
Diary entries, handwritten and typewritten, giving a personal account of Hunter-Weston’s daily life after the armistice until the end of his military career and assumption of duties as a Member of Parliament. Includes summary of contents of all 6 volumes, giving details of Hunter-Weston’s movements and activities throughout the War. Glued into the diary are many letters, drawings, photographs, newspaper cuttings and other mementos including bank notes issued during the German occupation of Belgium, coupons for bread, sugar and luxury tax exemption for military personnel, Christmas card drawing by Gilbert Holiday and an embroidered badge of the 8th Army Corps. A significant proportion of the material relates to the armistice and to liberation ceremonies and official visits to liberated towns attended by Hunter-Weston both before and after Armistice Day.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
Europeana Collections 1914-1918 - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001957959
036-001957969
040-001957975 - Is part of:
- Add MS 48355-48368 : HUNTER-WESTON PAPERS. Diaries, etc., of Lieutenant-General Sir Aylmer Gould Hunter-Weston, K.C.B. (b. 1864, d. 1940);…
Add MS 48363-48368 : HUNTER-WESTON PAPERS. Vols. IX-XIV. Private war diaries; 1915-1919. Six volumes.
Add MS 48368 : HUNTER-WESTON PAPERS. Private War Diary. Vol. XIV. 8th Army Corps [VIII Corps]. After Armistice. 11 Nov.-April 1919. - Hierarchy:
- 032-001957959[0002]/036-001957969[0006]/040-001957975
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 48355-48368
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_48368 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1919
- End Date:
- 1919
- Date Range:
- 1919
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Exhibitions:
- World War One, (online), 29 January 2014-
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)