Metadata : Private Papers of J Colinsky
Collection
- Country:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Holding institution:
- Imperial War Museum
- Holding institution (official language):
- Imperial War Museum
- Postal address:
- Lambeth Road London Greater London United Kingdom SE1 6HZ
- Email:
- Email: contact@iwm.org.uk
- Country:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Holding institution:
- Imperial War Museum
- Holding institution (official language):
- Imperial War Museum
- Postal address:
- Lambeth Road London Greater London United Kingdom SE1 6HZ
- Email:
- Email: contact@iwm.org.uk
- Reference number:
- Documents.5
- Title:
- Private Papers of J Colinsky
- Title (official language):
- Private Papers of J Colinsky
- Creator/accumulator:
- Colinsky, Jacob
- Date(s):
- 1917/1942
- Language:
- English
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Scope and content:
- Pocket diary with brief entries, February 1917 - May 1918 (he was killed in action on 23 May 1918) kept while serving in the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) as a wireless operator, in England, February 1917, and in France, March 1917 - May 1918, with No 42 Squadron RFC attached to 52nd Heavy Artillery Group, RGA, March 1917 - January 1918, and with No 52 Squadron attached to 165th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA), January - May 1918 and including descriptions of suffering gas and shell attacks during the Battle of Messines, June 1917, the Third Battle of Ypres, September - October 1917, the German March 1918 Offensive, and the Somme Battle, April 1918, together with copies of the First World War Prayer Book for Jewish Sailors and Soldiers, and the Jewish Book of Psalms, three Second World War Orders of Service for Jewish Prayer and Intercessation in connection with Britain's Fight for Freedom, March 1941 - September 1942, photographs of him in uniform and of his grave and a photocopy of the article which appeared in the DAILY SKETCH recording his death.
- Access points: persons/families:
- Colinsky, J
- Subject terms:
- Jewish soldiers
- Prayer books
- World War I
- Access, restrictions:
- Visit IWM website for Research Room access provisions see https://www.iwm.org.uk/research/research-facilities
- Finding aids:
- Online catalogue see: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1030000569
- Reference number:
- Documents.5
- Title:
- Private Papers of J Colinsky
- Title (official language):
- Private Papers of J Colinsky
- Creator/accumulator:
- Colinsky, Jacob
- Date(s):
- 1917/1942
- Language:
- English
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Scope and content:
- Pocket diary with brief entries, February 1917 - May 1918 (he was killed in action on 23 May 1918) kept while serving in the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) as a wireless operator, in England, February 1917, and in France, March 1917 - May 1918, with No 42 Squadron RFC attached to 52nd Heavy Artillery Group, RGA, March 1917 - January 1918, and with No 52 Squadron attached to 165th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA), January - May 1918 and including descriptions of suffering gas and shell attacks during the Battle of Messines, June 1917, the Third Battle of Ypres, September - October 1917, the German March 1918 Offensive, and the Somme Battle, April 1918, together with copies of the First World War Prayer Book for Jewish Sailors and Soldiers, and the Jewish Book of Psalms, three Second World War Orders of Service for Jewish Prayer and Intercessation in connection with Britain's Fight for Freedom, March 1941 - September 1942, photographs of him in uniform and of his grave and a photocopy of the article which appeared in the DAILY SKETCH recording his death.
- Access points: persons/families:
- Colinsky, J
- Subject terms:
- Jewish soldiers
- Prayer books
- World War I
- Access, restrictions:
- Visit IWM website for Research Room access provisions see https://www.iwm.org.uk/research/research-facilities
- Finding aids:
- Online catalogue see: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1030000569
