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- [1906-1910] (Creation)
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1 vol.
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Biographical history
Born 15 Oct. 1888 in Edgbaston. Attended Leighton Park School, and was admitted to Trinity College on 25 June 1907 as a pensioner. He received his B.A. in 1910. He served as Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery, ‘C’ Battery, 78th Brigade, and was awarded the Military Cross. He was killed in action Aug 4 1916 and is buried in Dartmoor Cemetery, Bécordel-Bécourt, Somme, France.
Archival history
Purchased by the River & Rowing Museum from Phillips Auctioneers, 16 July 1998, entry number 611.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Transferred from the River & Rowing Museum in Henley following its closure, July 2026.
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Scope and content
Photograph album containing 18 photographs of boat races at Cambridge and Henley, dinner parties, and the costumed cast of an unidentified play, and accompanied by six loose photographs.
The cover features the initials A.S.L. in gilt letters and was provided by Messrs. Stearn who also took nearly all of the photographs. None of the mounted photographs are captioned, but three of the loose photographs carry information on their versos.
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Related units of description
See BOAT/A/6/2/1908 for a photographic postcard of the 1st Trinity 4th boat in 1908.
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- Messrs. Stearn, Cambridge (Subject)
- First Trinity Boat Club (Subject)