Dr William Delano Walker personal diaries

CONTAINS RESTRICTED MATERIAL

A loose leaf diary detailing WD Walker's daily life including study, medical duties, travel and personal routine. This item covers locations around Catterick (United Kingdom) and environs.

Photographs include:

  • AC Robinson 9 September 1936

  • Guy Fawkes bonfire Catterick 5 November 1936

  • male case of Dhobies itch at Catterick 8 December 1936

  • McCluckie at Catterick 21 December 1936

  • WD Walker sitting room Catterick 29 December 1936



Individuals, subject matter and locations noted include:

  • S/Ldr Brown 1 September 1936

  • baby Bellairs, Mrs Bellairs, Derbyshire, flying lesson, poison gas 2 September 1936. This item is restricted.

  • F/Sgt Bailes 4 September 1936. This item is restricted.

  • Dr Woodsend, Harry Woodsend 6 September 1936

  • Masterman, Cheatle, S/Ldr Brown, poison gas, AC Robinson, Mr Williams, Mustard Gas, James Alexanmder, Osmond Alexander, Violet Alexander, Terenie Milne 7 September 1936. This item is restricted.

  • Dilys Williams, Green, Mr Blight 8 September 1936. This item is restricted.

  • Mrs Blight, Commander Croxford, flying lesson, 9 September 1936. This item is restricted.

  • George Valentine, F/Sgt Fenton 10 September 1936. This item is restricted.

  • Alan Vickers, Port Hedland, Aerial Medical Service (AMS), Max Page, Cpl Lee, Mollie, 11 September 1936

  • Bellairs 12 September 1936

  • Dr Woodsend, Major Tayleur, S/Ldr Bown, 13 September 1936. This item is restricted.

  • Mr Blight, Mrs Blight, F/Sgt Brown 14 September 1936. This item is restricted.

  • rafSpence, baby Frost, S/Ldr Brown, Babs Field, Charles Field 15 September 1936. This item is restricted.

  • Royal Corps of Signals gymkana, Olympia 16 september 1926

  • Alan Vickers See also slide marked "Dr A Vickers. TW Cameron slide specialists", AMS, Osmond Alexander, James Alexander, Violet Alexander, Martha Bailey, Miss Bnoucant 18 September 1936

  • Mr Slater, Major Tayleur, Hugh Woodsend, joy flights, Spratt, near miss for crash 19 September 1936

  • Campbell Black air crash victim, Liverpool 20 September 1936

  • Cpl Lee, S/Ldr Brown, Dr Woodsend 21 September 1936

  • LAC Duddle, Wells, Cpl Pape, S/Ldr Brown 22 September 1936

  • Mrs Harrison, Mrs Batten, S/Ldr Brown, Mr Williams, Sgt Smith, Cpl Lee, Mr Blight 24 September 1936. This item is restricted.

  • Port Hedland, AMS, George Valentine, PO Barker, Ambridge, Mollie, Women's Institute (WI) 25 September 1936

  • Greenhalgh, LAC Fryer married 26 September 1936. This item is restricted.

  • S/Ldr Brown, Mrs Cuthbert, Elizabeth Cuthbert, Dr Woodsend, Dr Lawson Crabbe 29 September 1936

  • Maud Chisholm 30 September 1936. This item is restricted.

  • Wing Commander Aherne, Mrs (WO) Williams, Mrs (F/Sgt) Fenton, Dr Woodsend, S/Ldr Brown 1 October 1936

  • Cpl Lee, Offen, Keates, S/Ldr Brown, Hey Groves 2 October 1936

  • Cpl Fort, Cpl Lee 3 October 1936. This item is restricted.

  • Rev. Traeger 4 October 1936

  • S/Ldr Brown, Mr Blight, P/O Roberts, flying lesson 6 October 1936. This item is restricted.

  • Mr Blight, Mr Linegan, Bleriot, S/Ldr Thomas 8 October 1936. This item is restricted.

  • Mrs Morgan, Wing Commander Aherne 9 October 1936

  • roneoed No 26 (AC) Squadron Catterick Bombing programme (incorporating a list of pilots taking part) for 6 October 1936 with S/Ldr Brown's flights underlined in red pencil

  • W/O Blight, P/O Derbyshire, P/O Linegar 10 October 1936

  • Mr Freedman, beagle dogs photographs for Christmas cards 11 October 1936

  • S/Ldr Brown 12 October 1936

  • Col Finny, Cpl Dewar, Dr Woodsend 14 October 1936. This item is restricted.

  • Cpl Dewar, Col Finny, post mortem, Group Captain Duck 15 October 1936. This item is restricted.

  • Dr McFarlane, Dr Eames, Captain South, Dr Jebb, Mrs Buchanan, Daily Express 17 October 1936. . This item is restricted.

  • Vladimier Bleriot 18 October 1936. This item is restricted.

  • Cpl Frost, Fairless, P/O Linegar, S/Ldr Brown, Group Captain Duck 20 October 1936

  • roneoed programme for inspection of Catterick by Air Officer Commanding 21 October 1936

  • Air Commodore Sutton, S/Ldr Ellwood, S/Ldr Ellen 21 October 1936

  • Mrs Frost, Fairless, Air Commodore Sutton, S/Ldr Brown, S/Ldr Ellwood, S/Ldr Ellen, P/O Linegar, S/Ldr Brown 21 October 1936

  • Baker, P/O Linegar, Dr Woodsend, Joe Barker, Group Captain Duck, Group Captain Glynn, Group Captain Aherne 22 October 1936. This item is restricted.

  • Col Drage, Teddy Beare, Win Alexander, Group Captain Aherne 25 October 1936. This item is restricted.

  • Chiang Kai Sheck, Jimmy Mollison, Lord Nuffield, Cunliffe Lister 29 October 1936

  • Mollie, Auntie Lizzie, Mrs Streich, McNeill Love, Jacksons and Taylors, Woolworths, Stanly Lumpins, 'Honeymoon' 30 October 1936

  • Sunday Pictorial, AMS cuttings 1 November 1936

  • Gudgeon 2 November 1936

  • Mollie, Sydney Alexander, Stella Deaton, Martha Bailey, Mrs South, Castle Irwell, Denis Browne, BMJ 3 November 1936

  • Bubs Bebee, Group Captain Duck, Mr Bradley 8 November 1936

  • Howard Dodd, Syd Lance Swift, Eric Padman, Ray Pellew, Howard Carr, Bruce Coulter, Mrs Kirby, Abbotsford Hotel, Arthur hall, Miss Black, Miss Skeldon, Mrs Silk 11 November 1936

  • final RCS examination papers (fourth try), Bangor University, Mollie, 12 November 1936

  • Webb Johnson, Dr Pannett, Owen Nare, Fay Compton, 'Call it a Day' Hey Grooves 13 November 1936

  • 'Thank you Jeeves,' New Gallery, 'Yours for the Asking," Dominion Theater 14 November 1936

  • Langham Place Church, Queen's Hall Orchestra 'Moisiewich,' Sir Henry Wood, Dominion Theater, 'China Clipper,' 15 November 1936

  • Prof. Starkie, Abbotsford Hotel, Lewis Medical Bookstore 16 November 1936

  • Pierce Goulding, Rock Carling, Delano de Lammoy, 'The Amazing Dr Clitterhouse,' Haymarket Theater 17 November 1936

  • Dr Pannett, Rock Carling, Hey Grooves, Sir Frederick Treves, Group Captain Duck, Mrs Broadwith 18 November 1936

  • Fairless, Mr Bonny, Sgt Harris, Major Bonavia, P/O Linegar 19 November 1936. This item is restricted.

  • Smith 20 November 1936. This item is restricted.

  • Mrs Woodsend 21 November 1936

  • Dr Woodward, poison gas, spSpain, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Jack Woodsend 22 November 1936

  • Mollie, Group Captain Duck 23 November 1936

  • S/Ldr Brown, Mrs Cuthbert, Wing Commander Aherne 24 November 1936. This item is restricted.

  • Mollie, Middleton Fyas Women's Institute, The Associated Country Women of the World (ACWW), Dr Pannett 25 November 1936

  • Ball, Mrs Morgan 26 November 1936. This item is restricted.

  • S/Ldr Brown, Mr Nelson 27 November 1936

  • RCS, Edinburgh,The Adelaide Centenary Advertiser 29 November 1936

  • Donald Walker, flying lesson, Mrs Edgehill, Mr Bonny, Gwen 30 November 1936. This item is restricted.

  • Sgt Robinson, S/Ldr Brown, Dr Benson, Esmond West, Bill Roy, Arthur Moore, Vern Boxall, Bert Hussey 1 December 1936

  • Auntie Lizzie, Auntie Nell, James Alexander, Kath, Win and Syd, Mrs Streich 2 December 1936

  • Sgt Robinson, lectured on venereal disease, Aerial Medical Service (AMS) lecture, Bleriot, Mrs Brown, 3 December 1936

  • Mrs Simpson and the King 4 December 1936

  • Nora Pilbean, Cedric Hardwincke, 'Tudor Rose,' Lady Jane Gray, S/Ldr Brown, 5 December 1936

  • Mrs Simpson and the King 6 December 1936

  • Ireland 7 December 1936. This item is restricted.

  • Rev. Bradley, Mollie 9 December 1936

  • Mrs Simpson and the King 10 December 1936

  • Country Women's Association (CWA), Brecon, Barry Fenton, Daily Express, Daily Telegraph, Mrs Simpson and the King 11 December 1936. This item is restricted.

  • Sgt Fenton, S/Ldr Brown, Sgt Smith, Betty Smith, Dilys Williams, King George VI proclaimed, 12 December 1936. This item is restricted.

  • news clipping uncited, undated headline "Edward's Farewell." Reverse headline "Empire swears al… to King George VI. Nazi warship salutes"

  • P/O Bellairs, Baron Friedreichs, Mrs Drage, Joan Learmouth 14 December 1936

  • Mrs Morgan 15 December 1936

  • Mrs Fenton, Barry Fenton 16 December 1936. This item is restricted.

  • CG Gray, Aeroplane, AMS 18 December 1936

  • Captain South, Major Eames, Dr Bonavia, Dr Jebb, CG Gray 19 December 1936

  • Dr Woodsend, Peter Dawson, Tschiffeley 20 December 1936

  • Fairless 21 December 1936

  • S/Ldr Brown 22 December 1936

  • AC Young, S/Ldr Brown, ukDarlington 23 December 1936. This item is restricted.

  • S/Ldr Brown, Mrs Cuthbert, Ireland, Bain, Charlton, Fairless, Cpl Lee, Gildart, Donaldson, LAC Fryer, Quinn, AC Young Mrs Ostte, Mr Horton 24 December 1936. This item is restricted.

  • Dr Woodsend, James Stewart, Major Tayleur, Brian Beamist, Barbara Swain, Col Burke 25 December 1936

  • Major Tayleur, Rev. Bradley, Mrs Richards, Miss Skunagh 26 December 1936

  • Killerby, Mrs Mowbray, Rev. Bradley 27 December 1936

  • spSpain, Rev. Bradley 28 December 1936

  • Mr Ingledew 29 December 1936

  • Robert Legg 30 December 1936

  • F/Sgt Alberry, Mrs Morgan 31 December 1936

  • Mrs Bellair, Bleriot, Mrs Alberry 1 January 1937. This item is restricted.

CreatorDr William Delano Walker
ControlAA 357/4/19/4
Date Range01 September, 1936  -  01 January, 1937
Quantity 1cm,     Photographs, 80x80mm slides
FormatsNewspaper Clippings, Diaries, Indexes
Series AA357/04