First World War Diaries of Edward Victor Hugo
TitleFirst World War Diaries of Edward Victor Hugo
ReferenceMS0057
Level of descriptionfonds
Date1915-1918
Admin./ biographical historyEdward Victor Hugo was a Surgeon, Lieutenant Colonel, and a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1906). He was present at the Dardanelles landing in 1915 as senior medical officer on the hospital ship, Gascon. In 1916, he was posted to the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force as a consulting surgeon, was mentioned in dispatches, and was created C.M.G. in 1917.
For more information on Hugo's life and career, please visit his profile on Plarr's Lives of the Fellows via https://livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk/client/en_GB/lives/search/results?qu=edward+hugo&te=ASSET.
For more information on Hugo's life and career, please visit his profile on Plarr's Lives of the Fellows via https://livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk/client/en_GB/lives/search/results?qu=edward+hugo&te=ASSET.
Scope and ContentThis collection contains 4 diaries belonging to Edward Victor Hugo for the dates 1915-1918. The diaries contain entries on subjects such as the weather, movements of the ship, conditions, and patients attended. There are inserted letters and photographs occasionally throughout the diaries.
Extent4 volumes
LanguageEnglish
System of arrangementThe diaries are in chronological order.
Conditions governing reproductionNo photocopying permitted
