LARKINS, G I

Description

Brief typescript account of Service (joined the Regiment in France Nov 1916, wounded Oct 1917, returned to UK where remained until the Armistice); Various papers; Badges; Buttons; Photograph; Letter from his father in Manchuria to his brother Douglas; Letter to his brother, Douglas Larkins; Manchurian Daily News (27 Oct 1917); Photograph album; Letter regarding his Second World War experience in the Far East.

Biography or history

Larkins, G I. 2nd Lieutenant, later Lieutenant, serving with the 28th Battalion London Regiment /3rd and 10th Battalions, West Yorkshire Regiment, on the Western Front. Later served in the RAF (Royal Air Force).

Provenance

The papers were placed in the Collection by Peter Larkins (nephew). See Research Correspondence File.

Access and usage

Reproduction

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Physical and technical conditions

Some letters water-damaged.