Identity area
Reference code
AR942
Title
Correspondence from Austin Bennett serving in France, India and Middle East
Date(s)
- 1916 - 1918 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
11 items
Context area
Name of creator
(c. 1919)
Biographical history
Austin Bennett is listed in the Spring 1919 Absent Voters List.
Repository
Archival history
Custodial:
Transferred by Gloucestershire Archives in March 2008.
Administrative:
Austin Bennett is listed in the Spring 1919 Absent Voters List as 128648 dur., W.Bty, R.H.A., and normally resident at 8 Crown Hill, Croydon. His brother Percy was also an absent voter. (R.H.A = Royal Horse Artillery).
His father Norris Bennett had a Fruiterer and Greengrocer shop at 8 Crown Hill, Croydon (listed in 1919 and 1921 Dirs).
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
11 letters and cards sent by Austin Bennett to friends and family in Croydon. Letters sent from France, India and Middle East.