MARSDEN SMEDLEY, Mrs Agatha H (1895-1985)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0099 KCLMA Marsden Smedley A H
Held at	: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.kingscollections.org/catalogues/lhcma ›
Full title	: MARSDEN SMEDLEY, Mrs Agatha H (1895-1985)
Date(s)	: 1918-1919, 1928, 1932, 1935, 1942-1946, 1967, 1974, 1976
Level of description	: Collection (Fonds)
Extent	: 1 file
Name of creator(s)	: Smedley | Agatha H Marsden | 1895-1985

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born in 1895; served with WRNS, 1918-1919, British Red Cross Society, 1928-1935, and Auxiliary Territorial Service, 1938-1945; died in 1985.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers and photographs relating to the life and career of Agatha H Mardsen Smedley, 1918-1935, notably her work with the WRNS, 1918-1919, British Red Cross Society, 1928-1935, and Auxiliary Territorial Service, 1938-1945, dated 1918-1919, 1928, 1932, 1935, 1942-1946. Papers relating to the celebrations held to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the formation of the WRAF, WRAC and WRNS, 1967. Photocopy of minutes of Greater London Branch of the WRAC Association, Aug 1974, and Marsden Smedley's WRAC Association membership card, 1976.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

1 file

Conditions governing access:

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services

Finding aids:

Detailed catalogue available in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Placed in the Centre by the family in 1986.

Allied Materials

Related material:

LIDDELL HART CENTRE FOR MILITARY ARCHIVES, KING'S COLLEGE LONDON holds the papers of Mrs Marsden Smedley's husband, Cdr John Bertram Aubrey Marsden Smedley (Ref: GB0099 KCLMA Marsden Smedley J B A), her father, Adm Alexander Bethell (Ref: GB0099 KCLMA Bethell A E) and her brothers, Capt Edward Bethell (Ref: GB0099 KCLMA Bethell E W) and Lt Maurice Bethell (Ref: GB0099 KCLMA Bethell M J).

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Date(s) of descriptions:
Feb 1997