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Collections - Letters & Airgraphs

19th Century

bulletLetters of Captain Jasper Hall, 1850s-Crimean War
bulletLetters from Sergeant Samuel Jackson, number 1245, 4th, or King's Own Regiment, from Kamptee Barracks, India, 1847.
bulletMajor James Paton's Crimean War Letters and recollections

First World War

bulletLetter of Private William Brash, 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own, 1914
bulletCircular letter from the Ministry of Food 29 May 1917. Re reduction of consumption of bread.
bulletLetters & archive of 2nd Lieutenant Richard Leslie Brown, Albert Medal/George Cross
bulletLetters home from Private Stephen Cook, 1st/5th King's Own, First World War.
bulletLetters about and to Private John Albert Crossley, 1st/5th King's Own, First World War.
bulletLetters & archive of Lieutenant Colonel Alfred McNair Dykes, 1885-1914.
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Letters of Private Alfred Hodgson, number 22131, 6th Battalion King’s Own, First World War.

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Letter to Private George Jackson, number 2136, 5th Battalion, King's Own, September 1914.

bulletMrs Owtram's Letters from soldiers and their relatives, First World War.
bulletLetters relating to Private William Parr MM, number 3534 and 241256 of the 2nd/5th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.
bulletAlbum of letters relating to the Williams Boys of Lancaster, First World War.

During the Second World War Airgraphs were used to communicate from overseas theatres of war.

Only a proportion of our collections are on display at anyone time.  Certain items are on loan for display in other institutions.  An appointment is required to consult any of our collections which are held in store.

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