Bank clerk’s journal, 1916–1917
Jul 28, 2020
3 minutes
INTERVIEW BY ROSEMARY COLLINS
A retired bank clerk seems an unlikely person for derringdo. Yet when the First World War broke out, the Bank of England summoned Frank White for an important but dangerous mission. Fortunately the bank’s archive holds his diary of his adventures, as assistant archivist Rachael Muir explains.
WHO WAS FRANK WHITE?
When we meet Frank George White at the start of his diary, he is a retired member of Bank of England staff in his late fifties. From our staff records,
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