Papers of and re Arthur Martin Leake, V.C.

Date:: 1902-1914

Reference:: RAMC/1088

Part of:: Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection

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Papers of and re Arthur Martin Leake, V.C. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Comprises:

RAMC/1088/1: Invitation to Victoria Cross presentation ceremony at St. James's Palace, 1902.

RAMC/1088/2: Cutting from the Daily Telegraph, 18 Oct 1912, reporting announcement by Sir Frederick Treves re Red Cross medical units for Montenegro during the Balkan War.

RAMC/1088/3: Typescript copy of Martin Leake's diary, Nov 1912, re establishment of British Red Cross Society Hospital in Pentari, Montenegro (Yugoslavia) during the Balkan War.

RAMC/1088/4: Typescript copies of Martin Leake's letters to his mother, Aug-Oct 1914, re his journey from India to Britain to join the RAMC, and early days on the Western Front with No. 5 Field Ambulance.

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1902-1914

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1 file

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Piece-level data moved to item record and piece records flagged for deletion in Sep 2025 by GO

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