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Herbert Battcock of Wandsworth: personal papers


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0347 D157

Held at: Wandsworth Heritage Service

Title: Herbert Battcock of Wandsworth: personal papers

Date(s): 1882-1998

Level of description: Collection

Extent: Half a box

Name of creator(s): Please contact the Archive for further information

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Herbert Thomas Charles Battcock was born around 1896. He married Gladys Matthews in Wandsworth in 1921, but was widowed before any children were born. In 1939 he married Aileen O'Callaghan, and a daughter, Celia, was born in 1944.

In a deed of 1922 (D157/3/5) his occupation is given as 'printer', and in 1927 'printers machine manager'. By the time of the Second World War he was working in the Foreign Office, and belonged to the Home Guard. He retired from the Civil Service in 1962.

Herbert Battcock was initiated into the Freemasons Lodge of Affinity in 1927, and was a founder member of the Earlsfield Lodge which was consecrated on 10 October 1938. He received honorary membership of the Earlsfield Lodge in 1979. He died in 1981.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Includes papers relating to the Freemasons, deeds of properties in Wandsworth, and involvement in the Second World War.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

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Conditions governing access:

This material is only available in the Wandsworth Heritage Service search room at Battersea Library. Please contact Heritage Service staff for more information.

Conditions governing reproduction:

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Finding aids:

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Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Donated by Celia Battcock, daughter of Herbert Battcock, via Wandsworth Museum.

Immediate source of acquisition:

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ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note:

Finding aid created by export from CALM v8.0.2.40 Archives Hub EAD2002. Entry amended by Barbara Ball

Rules or conventions: General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: April 2011


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
World War Two (1939-1945) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)
Property

Personal names

Corporate names

Places