AINSLEY, ALAN COLPITTS

Description

Additional material added in 2003: Photocopies of papers related to service from Public Records Office 1916-1921 (PRO permission granted). See Research Correspondence File.

Biography or history

Ainsley, Alan Colpitts (1890-1960). Born in Hartlepool and educated at Aysgarth School, Malvern College and Caius College, Cambridge. Captain in the RAMC (Royal Army Medical Corps) from Jan 1916, attached to the South Nottinghamshire Hussars and serving in Salonika and Egypt/Palestine. Awarded the MC (Military Cross) and returned to the medical profession after the War.

Provenance

The papers were placed in the collection by Dr Roberta Ainsley (widow). The framed caricature in the Museum Section was placed in the Collection by Joyce Mitchell. See under Mitchell in Research Correspondence File. Additional material added by Ms J.C.E. Mitchell in Apr 2003 (LC 03/09). Victory Medal; Photograph Album.

Access and usage

Reproduction

Access

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Related material

See Museum Section: AW 114 for framed caricature.