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Letters from Sir Arthur Mayo Robson, sent whilst serving in the Army Medical Service during the First World War

Archive File: LUA MED/37/6

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Type of record: Archive

Title: Letters from Sir Arthur Mayo Robson, sent whilst serving in the Army Medical Service during the First World War

Level: File

Classmark: LUA MED/37/6

Creator(s): Mayo-Robson, Sir Arthur William (1853-1933)

Date(s): 27 Jun 1915-13 Jul 1915

Size and medium: 7 letters

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/634356

Collection group(s): University Archive | Medical Collections

Description

Typescript copies of letters from Arthur Mayo Robson, written during his time serving in the Army Medical Service in the First World War. Mainly consists of letters written whilst on board various hospital ships, and stationed in the Dardanelles in 1915. The letters detail his experience of the war and treating the wounded. They are also referred to as a "diary".


Additional details for each letter as follows:


1. Dated 27 Jun 1915, 6am. On board The Cecilian [a hospital ship]

2. Dated 28 Jun 1915, 12am. Dardanelles.

3. Dated 29 Jun 1915, 10pm. H.M.S. Hosp. Ship Cecilian

4. Dated 29 Jun 1915, 2am. [On board The Cecilian]

5. Dated 7 Jul 1915. British India Steam Nav. Co. Ltd, T.S.S. "Neuralgia" [a hospital ship]

6. Dated 19 Jul 1915. Head Quarters, Dardanelles.

7. Dated 23 Jul 1915, 11am. Grantully Castle.


Accompanied by a letter relating to borrowing the letters, 19 Aug 1964.

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