Leicester and Leicestershire During WW1

Title

Leicester and Leicestershire During WW1

Subject

World War I

University of Leicester
5th Northern General Hospital

Description

This collection contains items from Special Collections and the East Midlands Oral History Archive relating to Leicester and Leicestershire during World War I. Material includes photographs and documents from the University Archives concerning the Fifth Northern General Hospital, Leicester, a selection of photographs from the Leicester Mercury Archive, and edited oral history compilations.

Relation

http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16445coll9

Collection Items

Exterior of the Royal opera House
A photo of the exterior of the Royal Opera House, Silver Street.

Web pages listing the names of men and women known to have served with the 5th Northern General Hospital during World War I.

The Doctor
"The doctor": left painting of two. Wounded and sick men gathered outside a hospital. Signed and dated lower left "Cayley Robinson, 1920"

The Arch of Remembrance
Illustration of Edwin Lutyens's memorial arch by L. P. Jenkins, from The Form and Order of the Unveiling Ceremony of the Arch of Remembrance (Leicester, 1925).
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