Papers of Alfred Thomas Logan, medical graduate, University of Glasgow, Scotland
- Reference:GB 248 ACCN 1295
- Dates of Creation:1915
- Name of Creator:
- Language of Material:English
- Physical Description:0.2 linear metres
Scope and Content
- Framed graduation parchment of A T Logan awarding MB, ChB, Apr 1915
- Framed commission paper of A T Logan into Royal Army Medical Corps as Lieutenant, Apr 1915
Administrative / Biographical History
Alfred Thomas Logan was 22 years old in 1910 when he first attended the University of Glasgow to study medicine. He was son of Thomas Logan, a bookkeeper, and Mary Bisset Logan, of 10, Regent Park Terrace, Strathbungo, Glasgow.
Alfred graduated in MBChB in 1915 and in the same year entered the Royal Army Medical Corps and served as Lieutenant then Captain in the Special Reserve - 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards. He was killed in action on 16 September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial in Somme, France. The Thiepval Memorial, the Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, bears the names of more than 72,000 officers and men of the United Kingdom and South African forces who died in the Somme sector before 20 March 1918 and have no known grave. Over 90% of those commemorated died between July and November 1916.
Arrangement
Items are generally listed in their original order
Access Information
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Acquisition Information
Deposit: D. Logan: Jul 1994: ACCN 1295
Other Finding Aids
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Alternative Form Available
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Conditions Governing Use
Reproduction subject to usual conditions: educational use and condition of documents. Applications for permission to quote should be sent to Archives and Special Collections, please email: library-asc@glasgow.ac.uk
Custodial History
Not known
Related Material
GB 248 CH4/4/2/3/1092, press clipping in records of the University of Glasgow Chaplaincy
GB 248 CH4/4/2/2/131, photograph in records of the University of Glasgow Chaplaincy
GB 248 R, Records of Registry, University of Glasgow
GB 248 MED, Records of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Glasgow
Location of Originals
This material is original
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Personal Names
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