Military training
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Fonds
Frank Webster Furniss collection, 1917 - 1921
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/FUR
Scope and Contents
Colour copies of photographs, College postcards and (27) letters to and from Clarice Preston, during his time as a student at Downing College. Includes: postcard (2 Nov 1917) soon after Frank's matriculation, saying he had collected his OTC uniform and done his first parade the day before; (22 Jun 1918) description of OTC Camp at Mildenhall; (July 1918) describing helping to unload an ambulance train of wounded soldiers after the Red Cross asked for volunteers - 'We had to prepare over 100...
Dates:
1917 - 1921
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Some records series are subject to confidentiality restrictions with the following closure periods:
30 years from date of creation for general administration files, legal records and financial files;
50 years from date of creation for governmental records, including papers of the College Governing Body and College Council, and constituent committees;
100 years from date of creation for personal and personnel records, including tutorial files, staff and fellows files and appointment records, personal finance and pension records. In addition sensitive correspondence and papers concerning College affairs such as disputes and disciplinary matters are closed for 100 years.
Restrictions apply on some personal and private papers.
File
Letters of [Clarence] Terry Dawson relating to his time as an RAF Cadet at Downing College, 1941-09 - 1943-05
File
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/DAW
Scope and Contents
Copies of original letters from Terry to his "very, very dearest" Cynthia, which are often incredibly romantic but contain much information and details about life as an RAF cadet in Cambridge and (social) life more generally at Downing College during the Second World War. His first letters from Downing in November 1942 describe a dance with girls from Homerton College, rowing with the Downing College Boat Club, military training and exams (on a Sunday as the 'Varsity sports' were on the...
Dates:
1941-09 - 1943-05
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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