| Alt Ref No | MR4/17/361 |
| Acc No | 3422 |
| Title | Papers of No. 3525123 Private Frederick Edward Gold, 1st Battalion, The Manchester Regiment |
| Description | 1 Certificate of Service dated 23 Apr 1938; 1 Certificate of Service dated 20 Jul 1945; 1 Record of Service card dated 25 July 1945; 1 2nd Class Army Certificate of Education in the subjects of English, Army and Empire, map reading and mathematics; 1 National Health and Pensions Insurance Card; 1 Army Form B.243 Form of Will; 1 Disabled Persons (Employment) certificate of registration dated 7 Nov 1947; 1 Newspaper cutting inscribed 'Treasured memories of our dearly loved Mother, who died Feb 18, 1967; also sister-in-law Emma who died Feb 21, 1967'; 1 photograph album consisting of personal and holiday photographs c.1946-1948; 1 photograph album documenting comrades and service in Egypt, Jamaica, Palestine with some personal portraits. |
| Date | c1931-1947 |
| Extent | 10 items |
| AdminHistory | Born in 1912, Private Frederick Edward Gold enlisted in the Manchester Regiment on 10 Apr 1931 and served for 7 years with the regiment in the Sudan, West Indies and Egypt. After being placed on the Army reserve in Apr 1938, he was transferred to the Cheshire Regiment on 15 Aug 1939 and sent to France with the British Expeditionary Force in Jan 1940. In May 1940 he was captured and held as a prisoner of war in Germany until Mar 1945 when he returned home. |
| Format | Printed document |
| Ref No | GB131.MR/17/362 |
