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Papers of Lance Corporal George Biddiscombe, RAMC

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Comprises:
<li>RAMC/2001/1: Account book or pocket ledger, 1896-1902.</li>
<li>RAMC/2001/2: Description card for active service, c.1898.</li>
<li>RAMC/2001/3: Extract from the Report of the Army Medical Department, 1898, re an attack by Turkish protesters on the "Greek Hospital" at Kandia, Crete, in which Private Biddiscombe was wounded, 1898.</li>
<li>RAMC/2001/4: Newspaper cutting (1899) re award of Distinguished Conduct Medal to Biddiscombe, 1899.</li>
<li>RAMC/2001/5: Certificate of character upon discharge, 1903.</li>
<li>RAMC/2001/6: Copy of letter asking for employment at the War Office, 1903.</li>
<li>RAMC/2001/7: Certificate of discharge, 1908.</li>
<li>RAMC/2001/8: Mobilisation orders, 1914.</li>
<li>RAMC/2001/9: Certificate of character upon discharge, 1917.</li>
<li>RAMC/2001/10: Grant of the dignity of a Member of the Civil Division of the Order of the British Empire, 1920.</li>
<li>RAMC/2001/11: The News and Gazette of the Royal Army Medical Corps, the Army Dental Corps and QAIMNS, Jan 1939, containing an obituary of Biddiscombe, 1939.</li>

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Papers of Lance Corporal George Biddiscombe, RAMC

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