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33 postcard photographs, some taken from official photographs, World War One, 1916 (c)-1918. Photographs 1998-06-181
Lovell percussion musket, 1836; designed in 1831 by George Lovell with enclosed back lock; this specimen was number 16 in a series of 20 manufactured in 1836 for troop trials and issued to Infantry regiments. Firearms 1976-03-48
Cigarette lighter, silver plate, with nickel insert, made from a pocket watch case, unmarked, 1918 (c); regimental badge of the East Yorkshire Regiment on one face, once belonging to Pte W C E Seymour, 1918 (c); the badge is based on, or is a silver-coated cap badge 1898-1939 (c); the back plate of the watch opens and the lighter is attached on the inside. Silver 1997-10-57
Beagling horn, 1965 (c); copper and brass; 2nd Bn East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of York's Own). Musical Instruments 1998-08-61
Group photograph (named) of 18 Pln, D Company, 7th East Yorkshire Regiment, Saunderstead, Surrey, May 1944; ten modern prints of photographs shot near Hanbury, 1945-1946, by Pte A Brackenbury 7th Somerset Light Infantry; postcard photograph of the Military Cemetery of Soltau, 1946-1947. Photographs 1998-10-334
Three sound cassette tapes: oral history interview with Mr Austin Brackenbury; he recalls his service as a Private in the East Yorkshire, South Staffordshire and North Staffordshire Regiments, and the Somerset Light Infantry, 1943-1947; in England, Normandy and the advance across Europe to Germany. Interview conducted on 24 November 1997. Sound Recordings 1998-10-335
First World War Tribute Medal 1914-19: Marsden Colliery, County Durham; commemorative medal celebrating the return of the Marsden Miners in World War One; awarded to Pte Frederick Bulmer, of either the East Yorkshire Regiment or the Durham Light Infantry; manufactured by Fattorini and Sons, Bradford, Yorkshire 1919 (c). Medals 1999-03-36
Items from the Siege of Peking, Boxer Rebellion, 1900-1901: veldt hat worn by Colonel Poole, associated with the East Yorkshire and Middlesex Regiments; tiger headdress of a Chinese Manchu soldier. Equipment, general 1963-11-67
Copy of group photograph including: seated, 2262 Pte Robert Brown, 1/4th East Yorkshire Regiment during his period as a prisoner of war in Germany; he was reported missing, 23 Apr 1917 and returned home during 1919. Photographs 1996-12-10
Papers relating to Maj T G Harvey, 1st Bn East Yorkshire Regiment and Royal Army Educational Corps, 1943-1946. Archives 1995-02-60
Certificate of employment during the war for Pte W C E Seymour, 7th battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, 1919 (c). Archives 1997-10-65
Papers relating to Gen Sir Herny Hastings A Wood and his son Col Hastings St Leger Wood, 1877-1933. Archives 1997-12-23
Photographs relating to the careers of Gen Sir Henry Hastings A Wood and his son Col Hastings St Leger Wood, 1880 (c)-1930. Photographs 1997-12-24
Glass saddle flask and leather case, 1914 (c); flask is uncoloured glass, tapering at the top to thespout; underside is cut with a sunray pattern; spout is bound with a silver plated collar and the cap ishinged to fold down and lined with cork to seal; case is shaped to fit the flask; bottom piercedcentrally with a ventilation and drainage hole; at the bottom a buckling strap passes around thecase, and a piece of leather, with straight sides and a square end, projects out from the seam; owned by Lt Col A J Richardson, 10th (Service) Bn, (1st Hull) East Yorkshire Regiment. Equipment, general 1983-03-22
Two items used by Lt A Box, 12th (Service) Bn (3rd Hull) East Yorkshire Regiment: kitbag made of sackcloth printed with the user's name; bucket made from canvas with a rope handle. Equipment, general 1987-03-4
10 letters and 2 cards illustrated by pen, ink and watercolour sketches, from Lt A S Begbie, East Yorkshire Regiment, India, 1887 and Aden, 1888. Archives 1993-12-31
108 files of manuscript notes, newspaper and magazine cuttings and ephemera relating to the British Army. Archives 1992-07-94
Letter, with envelope, from Bandsman William Beech, 2nd Bn East Yorkshire Regiment, sent from South Africa, 29 Apr 1900; he describes his arrival in South Africa and his first taste of action; Beech did not have a proper envelope so he stitched a folded piece of paper together to create one. Archives 2000-03-149
Photograph, 1902 (c); head and shoulders portrait of Bandsman William Beech of the 2nd Bn East Yorkshire Regiment, 1902 (c). Photographs 2000-03-150
1882 & 1888 Valise Equipment, 1893-1900 (c). Watercolour by Mike Chappell, 1998 (c); the three full-length figures shown are: Private, 2nd Bn East Yorkshire Regiment, 1893 (c); Private, 1st Bn King's Own Regiment, Malta, 1896; Private, 1st Bn King's Royal Rifle Corps, South Africa, 1900; the original for the illustration of plate F in 'British Infantry Equipments (1) 1808-1908' Osprey (revised edition) Nov 1999, by Mike Chappell, 1998 (c). Drawings and Watercolours 2000-04-91
1939 Pattern Leather Equipment & 1942 Battle Jerkin, 1942-1944. Watercolour by Mike Chappell, 2000 (c); the one full-length and two half-length figures shown are: Company Sergeant Major, 31st Bn, Royal Ulster Rifles, Northern Ireland, 1942; Corporal, No 2 Commando, Yugoslavia, 1944; Corporal, 2nd Bn, East Yorkshire Regiment, 2nd Division, Normandy, 6 June 1944; the original for the illustration of plate E in 'British Infantry Equipments (2) 1908-2000' Osprey (revised edition), by Mike Chappell, 2000 (c). Drawings and Watercolours 2000-04-98
Five copy photographs relating to Claude George Headley, East Lancashire Regiment, 1920-1929. Photographs 2000-09-144
Album of copy photographs with typescript annual lists, students, Staff College, 1876-1905. (Album dimensions: 31 x 27 x 4 cm). Photographs 1982-04-411
Tin whistle, formerly the property of Pte C P Holness. From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Equipment, general 2000-12-393
Album of 72 photographs presented to Sergeant Major Alfred William Lloyd, 2nd Bn West Yorkshire Regiment 1906-1912; photographs include portraits of senior officers; themes include groups including officers; colours, parades, a church parade, Trooping the Colour, distribution of India General Service Medals, sporting trophies and staff at the school of cookery; units also include the Queen's 1st Brigade, 7th (Service) Bn The Buffs Regiment, No.7 Young Officers Company; Locations include Moore Park, Ireland, Aldershot and Laffin's Plain, Hampshire and Colchester, Essex. Photographs 1996-07-10
Collection of 1701 photographs taken by Gale and Polden, Aldershot, showing British regiments and corps, including uniform, kit layouts, mascots, tattoos, portraits of monarchs and soldiers and ceremonial photographs, including the 1937 and 1953 Coronations. Photographs 1992-10-143
Leather compass case, 1916; belonged to J H Norton, possibly of East Yorkshire Regiment; associated with World War One (1914-1918). Scientific Instruments 2001-09-151
Photocopy typed letter from the Ministry of Defence to Miss C Fox, 1 Dec 1989; sets out the military career and brief biographical details of Sgt William Henry Fox, 3rd Bn The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), 1924; Sgt Fox also served in 5th Bn The Kings Regiment, 1931-1939, Green Howards 1940-1942 and 30th Bn Sherwood Foresters, 1942-1943. From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Archives 2001-09-319
Collection of military band music from around the world, collected by the late Mr Harold Leonard Sidney Plunkett, nd. Sound Recordings 2001-12-44
Medal group awarded to Capt (later Lt-Col) L I B Hulke, 1st (later 2nd) Bn The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Associated with World War One (1914-1918). From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Medals 2002-02-860
File: Further Evidence. One of eight files of papers; consisting mostly of sworn statements, sent to the Government Committee on the Treatment by the Germans of British Prisoners of War, by courts of enquiry held at The Hague, Holland, March-June 1918. Archives 2001-07-703-5
Button, large, officer, East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of York's Own), nd; sealed 11 Dec 1945. Badges 2002-04-744
Button, small, officer, East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of York's Own), nd; sealed 11/12/1945 Badges 2002-04-745
22 Postcard photographs collected by Frederick Brown, probably Postmaster at Dringhouses, Yorkshire, 1902-1917 (c); the pictures show: portraits; formal and informal groups; troops formed up for inspection. Photographs 1987-03-7
Medal group awarded to 4545954 Acting Sgt Ernest Clegg, 2nd Bn East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of York's Own); Military Medal; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star 1944-45; Defence Medal 1939-45; British War Medal 1939-45; the five medals are mounted together on a brooch fitting; associated with World War Two, North West Europe and Normandy (1944-1945). Medals 2002-05-50
Microfilmed book titled 'Soldiers Who Died in the Great War 1914-1919 Vols 9 to 20.'; published by His Majesty's Stationary Office, 1921. Archives 1986-11-26
Four sound cassettes: oral history interview with WO2 G B Payne who joined the East Yorkshire Regiment in 1930 and went out to India in the winter of 1932; Payne remained in the Army until 1963, serving in Germany, Egypt, Libya and the Far East before returning to RMCS Shrivenham where he continued to work as a civilain clerk after discharge. Interview conducted on 30 January 1990. Sound Recordings 1990-01-48
Badge collection, various regiments, 1880 (c)-1900 (c). Badges 1964-04-88
Two sound cassettes: oral history interview with Maj William G F R Stewart, Poona Horse 1940-1949; interviewed by Peter Boyden, 17 July 1991. Sound Recordings 1991-08-22
Fifteen chromolithographs after G D Giles and F Feller from the series 'Her Majesty's Army', 1890 (c). Prints 1963-11-3
Cap badge, East Yorkshire Regiment, nd; sealed pattern, sealed 1898. Badges 2002-11-541
Correspondence and papers of Gen Sir William John Codrington (1804-1884), Commander in Chief during the Crimean War (1854-1856), 1855-1856. Archives 1968-07-376-1
Letters from the War Department addressed to Gen Sir William John Codrington or the Military Secretary, signed by the staff of the Secretary at War. The letters cover the period November 1855-May 1856, and relate chiefly to claims by officers, NCOs, and men for compensation for the loss of horses, baggage, necessaries, etc during the campaign in the Crimea. A small proportion refer to other financial matters such as pay, and the effects of deceased officers. From the papers of Gen Sir William John Codrington (1804-1884), Commander in Chief during the Crimean War (1854-1856), 1855-1856. Archives 1968-07-378-1
A collection of files relating to Victoria Cross recipients between 1855 and 1967 compiled by the Rev Canon William Murrell Lummis MC, Rural Dean of Hingham, Norfolk, retired Captain, Suffolk Regiment; the majority of files contain biographical information and photographs of the recipients together with details of citations and war graves and where known the present ownership of individual medals. Archives 1974-07-83
Plunkett collection of approx 1,540 78 rpm microgroove acoustic and electrical phonodiscs, including several albums, and some 45 rpm, 33 rpm, 12 inch, 10 inch, 8 inch 7 inch discs; containing military and popular music performed by army, air-force, marine and civilian bands of Great Britain, Germany, France, Denmark and Holland, 1905 (c)- 1945. Sound Recordings 1981-10-34
Folio of badges, II, Infantry Regiments, nd. Badges 1956-02-93
Two gorgets, 3rd (The East Kent) Regiment of Foot (The Buffs), Unidentified Militia, 1792 (c)-1795 (c). Badges 1982-06-47
Album of 12 photographs relating to the 2nd Bn, East Yorkshire Regiment, 1930 (c) and the Malplaquet Barracks, Aldershot; photographed by Gale and Polden Limited, probably for recruiting purposes; associated with World War One (1914-1918). (Album dimensions: 22 x 26.5 cm). Photographs 1974-07-82
Collar badge, The East Yorkshire Regiment; and two buttons, Canadian Army, 1918 (c). Badges 1966-02-71
Order: 'A Plan of a Review for the Garrison of Colchester on Laxton [sic] Common; the Garrison consists of Six Battalions, Two Troops of Light', August 1803; associated with 1st and 3rd Bns West York Militia, East York Militia, East and West Norfolk Militia, West Suffolk Militia, 18th Light Dragoons and Royal Artillery. Archives 1988-01-16
Letters written by Lt H Lee Ellis to 'Peggy', his wife or girlfriend, 6 Feb 1916 to 11 Nov 1918; associated with 11th Bn Yorkshire Regiment and 16th Bn Sherwood Foresters, World War One, Western Front, POW's and Peace (1914-1918). Archives 1985-07-69
Memoirs by Lt Col J C Slingsby 1911-1918, 22 Aug 1981; associated with the 5th Bn East Yorkshire Regiment, World War One, Western Front and Home Front (1914-1918). Archives 1985-11-44
Papers collated by the Public Relations Department, War Office relating to British Army activities during World War Two, with a few dating from the Korean War. Archives 1989-03-23
Thirty nine copy photographs, 1864 (c)-1902 (c); associated with Indian Army; groups and portraits. Photographs 1984-05-179
Photograph album of 100 photographs, with captions, compiled by Pte J Finch, 1899-1904; associated with the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), Boer War (1899-1902). (Album dimensions: 20.75 x 26.5 x 3.25 cm). Photographs 1988-03-84
'Great British Regiments', Set No 0241 of 3000, a set of 52 cap badges and 52 sterling silver medals produced by the Birmingham Mint to commemorate 52 extinct or amalgamated British Regiments, 1975; contained in mahogany presentation case. Badges 1993-02-61
'Great British Regiments', Set No 0241 of 3000, a set of 52 cap badges and 52 sterling silver medals produced by the Birmingham Mint to commemorate 52 extinct or amalgamated British Regiments, 1975; contained in mahogany presentation case. Medals 1993-02-61
Photograph album of 32 photographs; inscribed '1st Bn the East Yorkshire Regiment, Lucknow, 1933'; includes one printed page giving the history of the regiment; showing portraits, groups, the bn on parade, colours and silver. (Album dimensions: 24 x 31 cm). Photographs 1974-07-81
Photograph album of 97 photographs compiled by Lt Col H B Holt, Royal Munster Fusiliers, 1909-1922; associated with RMA Woolwich and East Yorkshire Regiment; associated with World War One, Egypt (1914-1918), 1917. Photographs 1976-03-52
Photograph album of 377 photographs including press cuttings compiled by Lt Col Arthur Johnstone Richardson (DSO), East Yorkshire Regiment and taken by A J Richardson, Col G C Satorius and Lt C L Estridge 1875 (c)-1940; showing India, NCOs 2nd Bn, Bn formed up, Burma, church service, Baluch Regiment in the jungle, native types, Aden, cricket team, Egypt, polo team, topographical and archaeological views, Egyptian types, South Africa, camps, breaking horses, family portraits, 10th (Service) Bn East Yorkshire Regiment and aircraft; associated with 3rd Burma War (1885-1887) the Boer War (1899-1902) and World War One (1914-1918). (Album dimensions: 31 x 50 x 7.5 cm). Photographs 1978-03-54-1
Contents of a collection of files relating to the service and experience of Yorkshire based British Expeditionary Force and Dunkirk veterans of 1940. Includes files relating to individual soldiers, index of veterans participating in 50th anniversary project, photographs and an oral history interview.Collection compiled by the Museum of Army Transport for a 'Dunkirk and After' project in 1990; associated with the Evacuation of Dunkirk, World War Two, North West Europe (1939-1943). [CLOSED] Archives 2005-01-39
Binoculars, 1916; made by Hull and Scarboro, 1916; associated with 13th Bn, East Yorkshire Regiment, World War One (1914-1918). Scientific Instruments 1983-03-3
Seven photographs relating to Pte Norman Jacques, 1st Bn East Yorkshire Regiment, believed to have been taken in Ireland at Longford, 1920 (c)-1922 (c); according to anecdotal evidence Jacques may have been a prisoner of the IRA, 1921 (c); associated with Ireland (1916-1922). Photographs 2005-03-36
Collection of badges associated with 15th (The Yorkshire East Riding) Regiment of Foot. From the collection of Maj H G Parkyn. Badges 1970-12-48-1
A collection of 159 badges, mainly shoulder titles; associated with Territorials. Badges 1970-04-48
Typescript account, edited by Peter N Farrar, from the diary of 10/1281 Pte James Tait, 10th Service Bn East Yorkshire Regiment, covering the period 24 Nov 1915 to 30 Jun 1916; associated with World War One Egypt and Palestine (1914-1918) and World War One, Western Front (1914-1918). Archives 2005-06-688
Dinner plate of The East Yorkshire Regiment, 1935 (c); earthenware (marketed as vitreous ware), made for Phillips of Mount St, London, by Royal Worcester, 1935 (c); white earthenware with blue border, regimental badge on rim. Ceramics 2005-06-728
General Service Medal 1918-62, with clasp: Malaya awarded to Pte F Tomes, East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of York's Own); associated with Malaya (1948-1960). Medals 1985-03-10
Nine other ranks cap badges, 1942 (c) - 1945 (c); associated with Scots Guards; Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment); Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment); Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment); King's Regiment (Liverpool); East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of York's Own); Royal Army Medical Corps; Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and Pioneer Corps. Badges 1984-01-10
Thirteen officers buttons, twelve for the forage cap and one for the tunic; associated with Corps of Royal Engineers 1936-1952; Royal Army Service Corps, 1936-1952; Royal Army Medical Corps, 1902-1952; Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 1960 (c); Corps of Military Police, 1939 (c); Royal Flying Corps, 1916 (c); Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps, 1950 (c); East Yorkshire Regiment, 1898-1936; Suffolk Regiment, 1955 (c); East Lancashire Regiment, 1898-1959 and Honourable Artillery Company of London, 1901-1911. Badges 1984-12-24
Nineteen regimental sweetheart brooches and badges, World War One (1914-1918), 1915-1918. Crafts 1997-08-59
One of two photograph albums of one hundred and eleven photographs, compiled by Lt Col Francis Ambrose d'Oyly Goddard, Royal Munster Fusiliers, 1891-1957; contents relate to India in the 1890s, South Africa in 1902-1903 while Goddard was in intelligence and escorted delegates to Vereeniging, Ireland 1903-1907, World War One 1914-1918 when Goddard was a Railway Transport Officer and Goddard's presidency of the Army Officers' Art Society in the 1950s. Photographs 1996-09-66-2
Typescript autobiography of Lt Colonel Arthur Johnstone Richardson DSO, from his childhood to April 1930; associated with the Boer War (1899-1902) and World War One, Western Front (1914-1918). Archives 1977-12-3
Cyclostyled ts intelligence summary No 4, 2nd Bn East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of York's Own), 23 Jan 1963.From the collection of the former Middlesex Regiment Museum. Archives 1994-02-71
Twelve buttons, officers' and six rank badges, East Yorkshire Regiment, 1914 (c)-1918. Badges 1994-09-47
Large and small officer's button, East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of York's Own), nd; working pattern, sealed pattern, 1945. Badges 1992-11-235
Forage cap badge, officer, East Yorkshire, 1899 (c). Badges 1995-09-61
Regimental arm badge, East Yorkshire Regiment, 1945 (c); associated with World War Two (1939-1945); from the collection of Miss J I Cave. Badges 1995-11-56
Thirty four postcard photographs relating to portraits and groups, 1914 (c)-1918. Photographs 1976-10-3
Shoulder title, East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of York's Own), 1955-1960 (c), sealed pattern, 1955. Badges 1989-06-59
37 British Official photographs, 1944-1945; mounted on card with original associated typescript captions; covering aspects of the preparations for and liberation of North West Europe, 1944-1945, including D-Day, 1944, and the Rhine Crossings, 1945. Photographs 2006-12-103
Button, officers', East Yorkshire Regiment, 1881-1958. Badges 1992-05-206
Tunic, 9th (Reserve) Bn, East Yorkshire Regiment, worn by Capt E H L M Thomas, 1918-1920. Uniforms 1958-12-37
Tunic and breeches, 5th (Cyclist Bn) Territorial, The East Yorkshire Regiment, worn by Capt S R Woodger, 1915 (c). Uniforms 1971-07-25
Tunic and pair of shoulder cords, East Yorkshire Regiment, worn by McD J Haskard, 1922 (c). Uniforms 1986-12-29
Documents relating to Maj Gen Sir Charles John Melliss VC (1862-1936); includes his record of service, commissions, press cuttings, regimental orders, letters and diaries. Associated with the 5th Ashanti War (1900-1901); the Boer War (1899-1901); Somaliland (1901-1904), the Battles of Shaiba, Nasiriyah and Ctesiphon (1915), the Siege of Kut (1915-1916), and Prisoners of War; World War One, Mesopotamia (1914-1918). Archives 1967-02-91
Fifty military bookplates, 1807-1914. Archives 1968-03-15
Photograph of East Yorkshire Regiment, 250th anniversary parade with the Duke of York (later King George VI), Col-in-Chief escorted by Lt Col C R Smallwood MC, 1935. Photographs 1963-09-8
Three photographs of Aldershot and Tidworth Tattooes, taken by Gale and Polden Limited, 1935-1938. Photographs 1964-08-337
Four commissions to members of the Young family, 1872-1889. Archives 1968-07-385
Programme: Trooping the Colour, East Yorkshire Regiment, 250th Anniversary, 10 Jul 1935; Programme: Order of Service, Unveiling of Memorial to 2nd Division, Aldershot, 1 Dec 1923. Archives 1963-08-24
Correspondence of the Army and Navy Co-operative Society Limited relating to uniform, 1905-1912. Archives 1963-09-45
Forage cap, field service and brassard, East Yorkshire Regiment, 2nd Division, worn by Lt Col J B Holt and Col H P C Holt, 1922 (c). Uniforms 1963-08-13
Small collection of documents relating to Surgeon Henry Elmsley Busteed, Indian Medical Service. Covering dates of the collection 1883-1937. Archives 1964-04-40
Forage cap, field service, other ranks', East Yorkshire Regiment, 1910 (c). Uniforms 1972-09-48
Forage cap, field service, East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of York's Own), 1941 (c). Uniforms 1974-03-50
Medals awarded to Pte B Dyer 2nd Vol Bn East Yorkshire Regiment: Queen's South Africa Medal, 1899-1902, clasps: Cape Colony, Transvaal, Witteberger and silver and gilt Boer War Tribute Medal 1900-1901; associated with the Boer War (1899-1902). Medals 1997-11-43
Eight silk prints, depicting military badges, nd. Crafts 1990-04-131
Crests and Badges of the British Army II. Twenty eight silk prints published by BDV Cigarettes, 1914. Crafts 1990-04-154
The Great War Victoria Cross Heroes. 103 cigarette cards, 1915; associated with World War One (1914-1918). Prints 1984-04-30