Reference NumberCW/2/7
TitleLetter from Sir Almroth Wright to Leonard Colebrook
Date8 June 1917
Creator NameWright, Sir Almroth Edward, 1861-1947
Colebrook, Leonard, 1883-1967
DescriptionManuscript letter from Wright to Colebrook written from Boulogne, discussing the lack of work for himself and the other medical officers, as the hospitals were empty or the men were 'staffs for hospitals not yet built'. Wright mentions how his letter on women's suffrage was printed by the Morning Post, but that his paper for the Lancet has been held up. Wright insist that Colebrook can have his cottage 'until the very end of the war'.

A typescript copy of the letter made by Leonard Colebrook is included
Extent4 pages
TermWomen
Suffrage
Military Medicine
First World War (1914-1918)
Letter
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/2070Wright; Sir; Almroth Edward (1861-1947); bacteriologist and immunologist1861-1947
DS/UK/2071Colebrook; Leonard (1883-1967); physicians and bacteriologist1883-1967
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