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Disabled war veterans

 Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

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Diary, 1914-06-14 - 1919-07-19

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/ESHR 3/1
Scope and Contents Eleanor Brett kept a typescript entry for most days, ranging in length from a single line to a paragraph, sometimes reproducing extracts from letters, telegrams, and newspaper articles. She appears to have written her diary retrospectively. Interspersed throughout are short anecdotes from soldiers about their military experiences and character profiles of politicians, diplomats, journalists, nurses, artists, and other individuals she meets through her and her husband’s work. ...
Dates: 1914-06-14 - 1919-07-19
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
 Fonds

Personal papers of Sir Lionel Whitby, Regius Professor of Physic at Cambridge University (1945-56) and Master of Downing College, 1916 - 1964

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/WHI
Scope and Contents

Includes original articles, diaries, photographs and other papers, plus copies of originals held by the family of Sir Lionel Whitby. Also includes other items such as his undergraduate gown, medals and awards, copies of published books and secondary material donated by his family.

Dates: 1916 - 1964
Conditions Governing Access: Generally open.
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Scrapbook, 1914-06-28 - 1914-12-31

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/ESHR 3/2
Scope and Contents This scrapbook documents how Eleanor spent the first year of the First World War. It begins as Eleanor recounts hearing about the death of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, from Prince Louis of Battenberg who sat at the next table to her and her family at the Savoy on 28 June 1914. During 1914, Eleanor re-commenced the running of First Aid classes aimed at elite women, which she ran from the Duke of York’s Headquarters in Chelsea, London, with St John’s Ambulance. In September 1914, her...
Dates: 1914-06-28 - 1914-12-31
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.