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 and London (United Kingdom) and environs.

Photographs include:

  • Valencia Instructional aircraft, Cranwell, 11 June 1937

  • 48 photographs Hendon air show taken with 2B Reflex and telephoto lens 26 June 1937

  • 24 photographs of group walking Hallam Fell 9 July 1937

  • Dr Woodsend and family at Jervaula Abbey 2 August 1937

  • 12 bone fracture and plaster photographs and operating theatre Bristol 18 to 20 August 1937

  • Catterick station buildings and staff including Cpl Lee, Askew, Miller, AC Bridges, the ambulance driver and WD Walker 31 August 1937



Individuals, subject matter and locations noted include:

  • Dr Woodsend, Sgt Harris, S/Ldr Adams, Mrs Bellairs, S/Ldr Brown, Mrs Cuthbert 1 June 1937

  • Eric Lloyd 2 June 1937

  • Wing Commander Hebbert 3 June 1937

  • P/O Press, Humphry Rollestone 4 June 1927. This item is restricted.

  • Commander Croxford, Mollie, Leeming, George Arliss, "His Lordship," 5 June 1937

  • air crash Penines 6 June 1937

  • Wing Commander Leahy 7 June 1937

  • Mrs Alberry, cDuguid, S/Ldr Brown, Smith and Nephew, Mr Cochrane, Mr Lewis, Station Hotel, Hull, "With Hay," Dr Maitland, Dr Blackburn, Mr Medhurst, 'elastoplast technique,' Dickson Wright, Albert Dock, police dogs, 8 June 1937. This item is restricted.

  • Mr Medhurst, Mr Powell, Mr Colston, Mr Fulham, flying lesson, S/Ldr Brown 9 June 1937

  • Mrs Morgan, Sgt Bennions, McCleary, F/Sgt Taylor, P/O Roulston, Mr Medhurst, Mr Liversidge, Mr Adamson 10 June 1937

  • P/O Fairs, P/O Bowler 11 June 1937

  • Elizabeth Eddison, Dr Eddison, Bedale, Dr Fison, Harrogate, Sir Charles Gordon Watson, Sir Fredrick Treves 13 June 1937

  • Mr Liveridge, Mr Adamson, Dr Durand 14 June 1937

  • Cpl Fryer, Quinn, Askew, Cpl Lee, Fairless, Offen, Keales, David, Cpl Miller, S/O Cook, Stanion, West, S/Ldr Brown 15 June 1937

  • S/Ldr Buckle, Mrs Maxwell, S/Ldr Brown, Jean Harlow, "Suzie," Franchot Tone, Cary Grant, Lewis Stone 17 June 1937

  • Sir William Goodenough lecture on Lord Fisher BBC 20 June 1937

  • McQueen, cDuguid, Smith 19 June 1937. This item is restricted.

  • Dr Woodsend, Dr Durand 20 June 1937

  • Mollie, Elizabeth Woodsend, Mrs Brown, Mrs Maxwell, fire at Catterick 21 June 1937

  • Mrs Alberry, Major Swete Evans, S/Ldr Brown, Will Hays 22 June 1937. This item is restricted.

  • S/Ldr Brown. 23 June 1937. This item is restricted.

  • Sgt Macey, Peter Macey. Mrs Macey 24 June 1937. This item is restricted.

  • Regent Palace, James Alexander, Jack Peicey 25 June 1937. This item is restricted.

  • RAF display Hendon, Dr Corlette, camera, list of aircraft types on display, S/Ldr 'Fatty' Gray, Mrs Blackall, the Comedy theater, "The Busman's Honeymoon," Denis Arundel 26 June 1937

  • the Chinese Resteraunt, description of food, Kew Gardens 27 June 1937

  • P/O Maxwelll, air crash, P/O Emerson air crash, John Barker, Pakenham, West 28 June 1937

  • Dr Wrightson, Dr Woodsend, Mollie, Margaret Moubray, Killerby 29 June 1937

  • Mr Williams, Mr Catton, Mr Aggett, Group Captain Duck, F/Lt Adam, Col Mario Pezzi 1 July 1937

  • S/Ldr Brown 2 July 1937. This item is restricted.

  • camera releases, Budge, Van Cramm, Mako, Miss Marble, Dr Finlayson, 'Red Centre,' 3 July 1937

  • Air Vice Marshal Sir Alfred W Irdell, Group Captain Duck, Captain Dugdale 4 July 1937

  • Lawrence Abel 5 July 1937

  • Major Jebb 7 July 1937

  • Baby Gosbee 8 July 1937. This item is restricted.

  • Barbara Swain, Lola, Elizabeth Woodsend, Dr Woodsend, Ullswater, Mrs Ruttledge, Morris 8 9 July 1937

  • Mr Williams 10 July 1937

  • Richmond, Gordon Watson 11 July 1937

  • Mr Wilson, P/O Maxwell, S/Ldr Brown 13 July 1937

  • Lawrence Abel, McNiell Love 14 July 1937

  • F/Lt MacDonald, Japan, Adolf Hitler, Benito Musolini, S/O Cook, Mollie, S/Ldr Brown 16 July 1937

  • Baby Gosbee, White City 17 July 1937. This item is restricted.

  • Baby Gosbee, Prof. Whittle, Mollie, Richmond, Cape York, Gifli, Joan Gardner, 'Forget Me Not' 19 July 1937. This item is restricted.

  • S/Ldr Brown, Dr Woodsend 20 July 1937

  • Baby Gosbee, Captain Dugdale, Honer 22 July 1937. This item is restricted.

  • P/O Wardell, Tony Weldon, Otterburn, Kieran, Mr Rodber, Marconi, Airlie, Fleming, Mr Salter 23 July 1937

  • Kieran, Ormesby, P/O Wardell, James Alexander 24 July 1937. This item is restricted.

  • Captain Durand, James Alexander, Dr Woodsend 25 July 1937

  • "The Great Ziegfeld," William Powell, Louise Rayner 26 July 1937

  • F/Sgt Alberry, Mollie, James Alexander, S/Ldr Brown, Mrs Cuthbert, Toscannini 27 July 1937. This item is restricted.

  • F/Sgt Alberry, Kieran, Anderson, Richmond, Grey Friars' café, Bristol, Miss Worth 28 July 1937. This item is restricted.

  • Percy Barber, Group Captain Duck, Captain Dugdale, Lt Col Leahy, James Alexander 29 July 1937

  • Richmond, "Smiling Through," "Strolling Players," S/Ldr Brown, S/Ldr Hebbert 30 July 1937

  • Mrs Broadwith, Mrs Maxwell, Prof. Whitby 31 July 1937

  • Killerby, Mrs Mowbray, Ellen Mowbray, Margaret Mowbray, Janet Weyman, Group Captain Duck, Lt Col Leahy, Joan Broadwith, Bernard Gisel 1 August 1937

  • Dr Woodsend, Jervaula Abbey, Newton le Willows, Mrs Topham, East Witton, Mrs Spence, Coverdale 2 August 1937

  • S/Ldr Brown, S/Ldr Hebbert, James Alexander, Ripon 3 August 1937

  • F/Sgt Alberry 4 August 1937. This item is restricted.

  • S/Ldr Brown, Dr Woodsend, Dr Wrightson, Ellen Mowbray, Trevor Berrill 5 August 1937

  • Dr Fothergill, James Alexander, ukDarlington 6 August 1937. This item is restricted.

  • James Alexander, Leeming, Mollie, Mr Baretto, flying, Mollie, Newton House, Percy Barber 7 August 1937

  • Dr Woodsend, Boroughbridge, Aldborough Hall, ntDarwins, Yorkshire Post 8 August 1937

  • Mr Rodber, London Medical Protection Society, Percy Barber 9 August 1937

  • F/Sgt Taylor, Woolworths, Mrs Maxwell 10 August 1937. This item is restricted.

  • P/O Derbyshire, Captain Durand, Mollie, electric iron, Daily Express 11 August 1937

  • Baby Gosbee, Stewart, Dr Woodsend, Mrs Alberry 13 August 1937. This item is restricted.

  • Leeds, Hawthorns Hotel, Prof. Perry 14 August 1937

  • Bristol zoo, Mr Shepherd, Hey Grooves 15 August 1937

  • Prof. Pridie, Prof. Willway, Hey Grooves, Tom King, vicMelbourne 16 August 1937

  • Prof. Pridie, Leica, Bell and Howell cinecamera, Tom King 17 August 1937

  • Prof. Pridie, Prof. Willway, Mollie, 18 August 1937

  • Bobbie Bailey, Prof. Willway, Prof. Pridie, Dr Nicholson, Morton in Marsh, Dr Jameson 19 August 1937

  • Hey Grooves, Prof. Pridie 20 August 1937

  • Hey Grooves, Hotel Metropole, Leeds 21 August 1937

  • Marrick, Dr Woodsend, Mrs Cook, Barbara Swain, Lola von Katzow, Mr Bainbridge 22 August 1937

  • Mr Ince, Mrs Brown, Dr Stabler,ukNewcastle, baby Gosbee, Dr Woodsend 23 August 1937. This item is restricted.

  • Mollie, flying, Leeming, Lilibet Brown, Dr Woodsend 25 August 1937. This item is restricted.

  • F/Sgt Alberry 26 August 1937

  • carbon dioxide posioning, F/Sgt Alberry, S/Ldr Brown, Dr Fegen 27 August 1937. This item is restricted.

  • Peter Woods 28 August 1937. This item is restricted.

  • Teddy Beare, Win Alexander, Dr Fegen, S/Ldr Brown, Mrs Cuthbert, Mrs Brown snr, Mrs Bradley, Susan Bradley, Dr Woodsend 29 August 1937

  • Mollie, Richmond, AC Bridge, Dr Fegen 30 August 1937. This item is restricted.

  • Mrs Alberry, Mollie, lecture, Bolton on Swale, Women's Institute (WI) 31 August 1937

  • Ben Robin, S/Ldr Brown, Dr Stabler, Julian Huxley 1 September 1937. This item is restricted.

  • Hey Grooves 2 September 1937

  • Violet Alexander, James Alexander, Osmond Alexander, Hedleys Works, Manchester, Mr Kay, Richmond, Mrs Annand 3 September 1937

  • Sunday Pictorial, Japan, China, Dr Fegen, Dr Durand, S/Ldr Barber 5 September 1937

  • Benito Mussolini, China, Japan 6 September 1937

  • Miles Majister, Leeming 8 September 1937

  • Joan Broadwith, Bernard Gisel married, Rev. Bradley, Dr Woodsend 9 September 1937

  • Fergusson's proportion calculator 10 September 1937

  • Violet Alexander, Hedleys Works, Osmond Alexander, Dr Woodsend, Major Swyar, Major Senior, Col McCallum, WD Walker 11 September 1937

  • Col McCallum, Richmond 13 September 1937

  • Col McCallum, Richmond, Dr Woodsend, ukDarlington, Dr Wrightson, Dr Jameson, Dr Nicholson, Morton in Marsh, Dr Pomfre, Dr Kilner, Freda Coates, Anthony Eden, Lord Baden Powell 14 September 1937

  • Richmond, S/Ldr Brown, County Hotel 15 September 1937

  • Dr Woodsend, Jack Woodsend, John Tayleur, East India Company gold coins, Repton, Hugh Woodsend, Quetta, Mrs Tayleur, Pam Tayleur, Joan Tayleur, James Simpson 20 September 1937

  • Abbotsford Hotel, Arthur hall, Mrs Kirby, Miss Black, Mrs Hozmoff, Mrs de Giers, Mr Ernest Hall, 22 September 1937

  • Edward, Snow's Chop café, George Finch, James Alexander, Windmill Theater, Edna Wood, Pablo, Ken Ross, Jean Ross 23 September 1937

  • electric iron, Gary Cooper, "Souls at Sea," James Alexander, George Finch, Mollie, Mrs Blackall, Miss Udle, Overseas Club 24 September 1937. This item is restricted.

  • Ken Ross, Mrs Williams, Tilbury, RMS Orontes, RMS Orcades, RMS Ormonde, Gus Mengler, Isa Jaentsch, Woolworths, Mollie, 25 September 1937. This item is restricted.

  • George Finch, Prof. llway 26 September 1937

  • Prof. Willway, EK Martin, Mr Rew, Arthur hall, Mrs Kirby 27 September 1937. This item is restricted.

  • Royal Photographic Society (RPS), Dr Luboshez, Temperance Hospital, Dr Ragging, Dr Boggon, Dr Coyte, Dr Muir, McNeill Love, Dr Atkins 28 September 1937

  • Dr Bankart, Dr Hindenach29 September 1937

  • Mr Rew, Mr Andrews, Royal College of Surgeons (RCS), Jacky Gardner, Dr Clements, Prof. Henderson, Dr Hindenach, Dr Hoffmann, Dr Jefferson, Dr Pannett, Temperance Hospital 30 September 1937

  • Rodney Maingot, Dr Shattock 1 October 1937

  • Mr Tann, Rodney Maingot, Southend General Hospital, Alan Morey, Dr James 2 October 1937

CreatorDr William Delano Walker
ControlAA 357/4/20/4
Date Range01 June, 1937  -  01 October, 1937
Quantity 1cm,    
FormatsNewspaper Clippings, Diaries
Series AA357/04