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| Description | Object Type | NAM Accession Number |
|---|---|---|
| Indian cavalry officer's sword, 1850 (c); brass guard inscribed with East India Company lion in cartouche; brass scabbard with two suspension rings. | Edged Weapons | 1984-11-234 |
| Pattern 1821 Cavalry trooper's sword, 1830 (c); blade stamped with maker's name, Deakin; three bar guard; steel scabbard with one suspension ring, stamped with maker's name, Deakin. | Edged Weapons | 1984-11-233 |
| Indian Army officer's sword, 1845 (c); Sind Irregular Horse; belonged to Malcolm Scrimshaw Green, third son of Rear Admiral Andrew Pellat Green; scabbard. | Edged Weapons | 1982-09-20 |
| Infantry officer's sword, pattern 1895; two service scabbards; used by Lt Col Claude Bayfield Stokes who served in The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) (?) and 3rd Skinner's Horse. | Edged Weapons | 1993-03-216 |
| Infantry officer's sword, pattern 1822, 1830 (c); steel scabbard; 77th (East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot. | Edged Weapons | 1992-09-235 |
| Infantry officer's sword, pattern 1822, 1840 (c); East India Company; pipe backed blade; black leather scabbard; made by John Prosser. | Edged Weapons | 1992-08-146 |
| Thirteen drums, 1799 (c)-1945 (c); associated with the Middlesex Regiment. | Musical Instruments | 1993-06-12 |
| Drum major's staff finial, 1816-1836; silver plated; surmounted by the Prince of Wales Plume with four battle honours: Seringapatam, Ciudad Rodriguez, Badajoz and the Peninsular War; associated with the Middlesex Regiment. | Musical Instruments | 1993-02-198 |
| Tambourine, 1796-1814; used by the East India Dock Volunteers; wooden loop frame painted green outside and yellow inside, with orange and white border; five cymbal apertures for symbols, with two cymbals missing; metal bound thumb hole; shell painted with decoration, regimental arms and a motto; flesh hoop and tambourine head whole; six tensioning rods. | Musical Instruments | 1973-08-72 |
| 1st Madras European Regiment dining equipment, 1840 (c). | Silver | 1961-10-28 |
| Bugle, 1855 (c); brass; double loop tube with brass mouthpiece and white metal tonal shank; brass bell with reinforcement binding; bell bears riveted circular cartouche with Imperial Russian Eagle. | Musical Instruments | 1964-08-90 |
| Fife or flute case, 1840 (c); brass; oval section with flat bottom and hinged cap with press stud fastener; four riveted brass loops, two on either side for cords and tassels; front engraved with regimental arms and motto; lid impressed with, '3/6/97', probably a pattern number, two brass rivets on front; used by the East India Company. | Musical Instruments | 1963-08-175 |
| Fife or flute case, 1840 (c); brass; oval section with flat bottom and hinged cap with press stud fastener; brass reinforcement binding on broken lid; four riveted brass loops, two on either side for cords and tassels; front engraved with regimental arms and motto; used by the East India Company. | Musical Instruments | 1963-08-175 |
| Fife or flute case, 1840 (c); brass; used by the East India Company; oval section with flat bottom and hinged cap with press stud fastener; four riveted brass loops, two on either side for cords and tassels. | Musical Instruments | 1963-08-175 |
| West African fur cap and gourd charm, 1873 (c). Acquired by a soldier of the 15th Yorkshire East Riding Regiment during the 2nd Ashanti War (1873-1874). Made of fur of greater cane rat, otherwise known as a Grasscutter the cap was worn by warriors, rather than executioners. | Equipment, general | 1960-02-47 |
| Badge, possibly Royal Masonic Institution for Girls, 1927; associated with 2/Lt Wilfred Garrett West, 2/6 Jats Regiment and East Surrey Regiment, 1917-1945. | Badges | 1999-05-50 |
| Badges associated with 2/Lt Wilfred Garrett West, 1917-1945, 2/6 Jats Regiment and East Surrey Regiment: two pairs of shoulder titles, 2nd Jats; three rank badges; cap badge of the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment). | Badges | 1999-05-51 |
| Medal group awarded to 2/Lt Wilfred Garrett West, 2/6 Jats Regiment and East Surrey Regiment, 1917-1945: British War Medal 1914-20; Allied Victory Medal 1914-19; Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19; Defence Medal 1939-45. Associated with World War One (1914-1918). | Medals | 1999-05-52 |
| 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 |
| Collection of seal matrix holders from the offices of the Honourable East India Company, India House: two ivory engine turned holders, 1850 (c); one ivory holder painted in black, 'REVENUE COMMITTE' [sic]; two ivory holders painted in black, 'COURT ROOM'. | Equipment, general | 1963-12-193 |
| Bag, 1910 (c); white cotton, rectangular and hemmed at the top with two tapes attached at the top for securing the opening; printed on the front in black, 'R.E.K.M.R. 2829'; associated with the Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles. | Equipment, general | 1966-10-44 |
| Bronze 3 pdr gun for the East India Company, 1837. | Artillery | 1993-11-82 |
| Bronze 3 pdr gun, East India Company, 1815. | Artillery | 1993-11-81 |
| Bronze 4.5 in mortar, with iron elevating bed, for the East India Company, 1841-1856. | Artillery | 1993-11-80 |
| Bronze 4.5 in mortar, 1816; with iron elevating bed, for the East India Company, 1856. | Artillery | 1993-11-79 |
| Light brass 3 pounder field gun used by the East India Company, 1768; cast with makers name, R Gilpin, and regimental name on breech ring; Madras Sepoy Battalions, 1st Mysore War. | Artillery | 1991-07-240 |
| Mk I Hales patent No 3 rifle grenade, used during World War One (1914-1918), 1916; segmented steel, cylindrical head, with metal cap painted grey, with vane ring, sleeve, split pin and muzzle clips intact; marked on top of head with initials 'GTL' and date; brass ring is marked with '3 1916', 'No 3-1' and initials BZ; vane ring is painted with FFE (free from explosives); rod painted with 'Inert'. | Ammunition | 1976-08-24 |
| Hales patent No 2 hand grenade, Tonite or Mexican, used during World War One, 1916 (c); cylindrical brass with segmented cast iron ring near head, pin intact, no striker; long cane in two pieces, divided by a brass collar in middle, with single tape streamer; stamped with maker's name, The Cotton Powder Company Limited, London, and on ring painted with 'inert' and broad arrow over 22. | Ammunition | 1976-08-24 |
| Mk I No 19 hand grenade, used during World War One, 1914-1918; pear shaped with segmented cast iron body, similar to Mills Bomb type, with brass striker case at top end; handle screwed with brass nut and ring into grenade, with streamers; striker marked with 'PB4 16', and ring painted with grenade number and 'inert'. | Ammunition | 1976-08-24 |
| Mk I Newton Pippin No 22 rifle grenade, used during World War One, 1916 (c); segmented cast iron body, of conical shape, tapering towards rod, painted grey, with black steel clip on top end; long steel rod with copper gas check on bottom end; marked with initials 'V A S' on body and with '230, FFE (free from explosives), inert' painted on body and rod; made at Hazebrook, France. | Ammunition | 1976-08-24 |
| Anti-tank rifle grenade No 68, used during World War Two, 1940-1945; bell shaped metal body with cylindrical wall, with pin and label; shaped charge cone and top plate kept in position by screwed collar; four finned tail and round disc base plate; marked on body with 'inert', grenade number and ' AT GTL/ 42'. | Ammunition | 1976-08-24 |
| Indian flintlock blunderbuss with Indian copy of East India Company lock, 1840 (c). | Firearms | 1993-03-21 |
| Papers relating to the Army Reform, 1860's to 1870's, and the commands of Northern District, 1881 and Southern District, 1884-1890; collected by Gen Sir George Willis. | Archives | 1996-11-54 |
| Collection of four items owned by Col William Arthur Bampfylde Onslow, 6th Earl of Onslow, Royal Armoured Corps (TA), whilst in India: fly whisk; two swagger sticks; Half Anna piece, coin, dated 1835. | Equipment, general | 1974-03-12 |
| Photocopy of typescript report: Report on the Operations of 22nd (East African) Infantry Brigade between January 23rd and June 21st 1941. | Archives | 1996-11-69 |
| Photocopies of unidentified publications relating to the infantry of East Africa command, 1944 (c). | Archives | 1996-11-71 |
| Photocopy of drill book: An Explanation of the Manual Exercise and of the Exercise of the Officers and the Manner of Saluting Composed for the use of the Militia of the County of Norfolk, 1758; this appears to be the same as Part 1, pp1-26 of the 1759 edition of 'A Plan of Discipline Composed for the use of the Militia of the County of Norfolk'. | Archives | 1996-11-76 |
| 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 |
| Socket bayonet with sword blade and knuckleguard, used by Light Infantry, Honourable East India Company, 1820; socket inscribed, 'THE HonbleEAST INDIA/ COMPY's PATTERN SWORD BAYONET/ FOR SHORT LIGHT INF MUSKET/ E = BAKER - 1820'; back of blade stamped, 'OSBORN'', made by Osborn as a pattern sent to Ezekil Baker, the Company contractor, this bayonet is an important specimen. It is a type that is normally associated with Indian sappers and miners but this example was intended for a light infantry weapon. | Edged Weapons | 1972-10-49 |
| Papers, mainly relating to military uniforms, collected by R G Hollies-Smith. | Archives | 1996-12-21 |
| Photographs relating to uniforms collected by R G Hollies-Smith. | Photographs | 1996-12-24 |
| East India Company socket bayonet, 1840 (c)-1855 (c); with pattern 'F' catch; similar to an English flintlock musket type; blade with inscription, possibly Hindi. | Edged Weapons | 1963-12-224 |
| Jacob's rifle sword bayonet, used by the 1st Regiment Jacob's Rifles, Honourable East India Company, 1800-1900; straight, double edged blade with spear point and double fullers; half basket guard with foliate piercing and scrolled quillon with double aperture for barrels; t-slot and spring catch in handle for sword bar; chequered leather grips; missing scabbard. | Edged Weapons | 1963-10-45 |
| Papers relating to Maj T G Harvey, 1st Bn East Yorkshire Regiment and Royal Army Educational Corps, 1943-1946. | Archives | 1995-02-60 |
| Collection of picture postcards, 1905-1941; pictures include: camps of the Bedford Volunteer Camp, 1905, 3rd Volunteer Bn Hampshire Cyclist, 1907, Territorials, 1910 and 5th Bn Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment, Royal Artillery; portraits of a L/Cpl of The Buffs, a L/Cpl of the Army Service Corps, an unidentified sitter, 3 of Peter Hoare, Royal Artillery; groups; Australian Army soldier, World War One; World War One memorials, including the Cenotaph, 1920; Royal Navy personnel during World War One; Churchill and Naval personnel during World War Two; Field Marshal H H Kitchener. | Photographs | 1999-07-23 |
| Four photographs of members of B Coy, 1/6th East Surrey Regiment in Agra, India, 1918-1919. | Photographs | 1997-02-22 |
| Pattern 1839 socket bayonet, 1846-1847; with East India Company catch pattern, 'F'; captured from the Boers during the Boer War by Colonel O'Brien; triangular blade, stamped with M 4 SARGANT and round armourer's mark with lions head and arabic script. | Edged Weapons | 1956-06-11-2 |
| Pattern 1839 socket bayonet, 1847-1848; with East India Company catch pattern, 'F'; captured from the Boers during the Boer War by Colonel O'Brien; triangular blade, stamped L over 4, round armourer's mark with lions head and maker's name, Salter and Co; socket with large perforated flange; leather scabbard with brass mouthpiece and frog button and chape. | Edged Weapons | 1956-06-11-1 |
| Statement of services of Lance Corporal Alfred Bruce of the East Kent Regiment, 1895-1902. | Archives | 1997-03-35 |
| Photographs relating to L/Cpl Alfred Bruce and his service with the 1st Battalion East Kent Regiment, 1897-1902; including photographs of the Malakand Field Force, 1897-1898. | Photographs | 1997-03-36 |
| Memoirs of Lt John Whitaker's experiences between being called up to join the Leicestershire Regiment in 1939 and his capture at Singapore in 1942 and subsequent years as a prisoner of war. | Archives | 1997-04-55 |
| Brief memoir of service of CQMS G W Anderson of the East Kent Regiment 'The Buffs' 1934-1946, dealing mainly with his experience of actions in Tunisia, 1942-1943. | Archives | 1997-05-6 |
| Typed memoir of service of Pte Harry Porrit of the 2nd battalion The buffs, 1940-1946; he served in Egypt, Iraq and Burma. | Archives | 1997-05-10 |
| Manuscript letter from Laurence Halloran, 1st Madras Fusiliers, to his father in Bemonorey, Bellary 17 Jul 1849; the letter was sent at the soldiers' ld rate from India; Halloran comments on the advantages of being in the Company's service, which is beter then the Queen's. | Archives | 1997-05-101 |
| Smoothbore East India Company Cavalry flintlock pistol. | Firearms | 1960-11-167 |
| Percussion .66in pistol, East India Government, 1869. | Firearms | 1993-04-290 |
| Percussion pistol 1840, 'Old Series Sidelock' for East India Company Cavalry; Bombay. | Firearms | 1996-11-64 |
| Two editions of South East Asia Command newspaper, 'SEAC' for 13 and 16 Jul 1944; also a special souvenir edition, 'SEAC Souvenir', August 1944. | Archives | 1997-06-49 |
| Papers and correspondence of Maj Thomas Peter Harvey (1837-1873) covering his service with the 77th East Middlesex Regiment in the Crimea and India, including papers relating to the purchase of his commission (1854), ms letters to his father and family (1854-1872), and ms letters from his brother, Lt Col Henry James Harvey (1840-1921) covering his own commission into the King's Own Scottish Borderers (1856-1857), and covering trench experiences at Sevastopol, the Battle of the Chernaya (1855), barrack life, troop morale, and the cholera epidemic at Peshawar. | Archives | 1997-07-47 |
| Flintlock jezail, 1810; the barrel is Indian and has Kuftgari curvilinear decoration in silver; lock stamped with East India CompanyLion and dated 1810. | Firearms | 1953-04-23 |
| Papers relating to members of the Edwards and Morton families, particularly Colonel G R Edwards (1810-1894), 2nd Madras Light Cavalry, and Lt Col E R Morton, 1855-1913. | Archives | 1995-07-68 |
| Papers and photographs from Maj M C Holmes' files relating to his military service with the Lincolnshire Regiment, 1913-1920 and the 10/11th Sikh Regiment, 1940-1946. | Archives | 1997-08-48 |
| Flintlock jezail, 1809-1900; supposedly collected by Maj D H Acworth of 55th Coke's Rifles who served in the Mohmund campaign of 1908 (?), barrel 56 in long and bound to stock with ornamental brass bands; the muzzle is flared and the barrel has ornamental panels forged into it; butt of North West Frontier Police with mother of pearl inlay and carving; East India Company lock. | Firearms | 1950-10-30 |
| Flintlock smoothbore jezail, 1800-1900; barrel 44 in long and bound to stock with brass bands; East India Company lock; forestock brass covered; butt highly curved with some pearl inlay intact. | Firearms | 1950-12-18 |
| Martini-Metford/Enfield .45 in breech-loading artillery carbine, 1899-1902 (c).Commercially produced by British Small Arms Company, Birmingham, 1898 (c). Drilled at the chamber to deactivate. It belonged to Capt Lancelot Hamber (1862-1926) who served in the East Lancashire Regiment during the Boer War (1899-1902). Carved inscription on butt. | Firearms | 1965-11-57 |
| Percussion jezail, 1791; converted from a flintlock jezail; fitted with an East India Company lock made by Henshaw; the butt is short and deeply curved having both Northern and Central Indian characteristics; the barrel is attached to stock by ten brass capucines and the muzzle is bound by with brass wire. | Firearms | 1963-11-33 |
| Pattern 1857 East India Company Sappers and Miners .577 in rifled carbine, 1857. | Firearms | 1975-03-13 |
| Programme of Trooping the Colours ceremony in Phoenix Park, Dublin, 1911, to commemorate the centenary of the battle of Albuera; the 1st Bn The Buffs and the 1st Bn Royal Welch Fusiliers participated. | Archives | 1995-08-45 |
| Photocopies of BRIXMIS, British Commanders'-in-Chiefs Mission to Soviet Forces in Germany, identity cards issued by the Soviets to Maj H R Gatehouse of The Buffs, his wife and infant daughter, 1961. | Archives | 1995-11-316 |
| Photograph album, 1939-1945; compiled by Colin Campbell, King's African Rifles. Training in Kenya (1-138); King's African Rifles in Abyssinia, March 1941 (139-208); King's African Rifles in Ceylon (209-303); Burma, 1 June 1944, including 2nd and 4th King's African Rifles in action at Leik Hill, air supply, crossing the Chindwin (304-433); Rest camp in Assam (434-450); General Slim presents awards to the 1st Northern Rhodesian Regiment and the 2nd Nyasaland Bn (451-479); General E C R Mansergh, GOC, 11th East African Division, inspects 4th King's African Rifles (480-505); King's African Rifles (draped in parachute silk) celebrate in tribal fashion (506-517); Cuttings regarding the King's African Rifles in Ceylon (518-522); King's African Rifles in Ceylon (523-533); Cuttings regarding East African troops in Burma (534-546); OCTU Njoro Kenya (547-577); Uncaptioned (575-608); associated with World War Two (1939-1945). | Photographs | 1997-08-57 |
| 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 CSM Henry James Creese, 1804 African Garrison Company, Middle East Force, World War Two, Middle East 1939-1945. | Archives | 1996-02-192 |
| Papers accumulated by Alan Jefferson in the course of writing his book 'Assault on the Guns of Merville', 1980s. Associated with D-Day, Operation OVERLORD, World War Two, North West Europe (1944-1945), 6 Jun 1944.[Partially Closed until 2024] | Archives | 1996-02-262 |
| Sergeant's spontoon, Royal East India Volunteers, (c); with a tassel, possibly a later addition; unit inscribed on langet. | Polearms/Other Weapons | 1987-03-48 |
| Sergeant's spontoon, Royal East India Volunteers, 1800 (c); with a tassel, possibly a later addition; unit inscribed on langet. | Polearms/Other Weapons | 1987-03-48 |
| Partizan, late eighteenth century; the steel head has a raised central ridge and screws into the socket; straight, double edged blade with lower ornamental barbs; steel shoe with two ears and a wooden staff; possible used by the Royal Regiment of East India Volunteers, 7 Coy 3rd Regiment. | Polearms/Other Weapons | 1963-10-167 |
| 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 |
| Photocopies of 7 completed questionnaires returned to Martin Middlebrook for the compilations of his 1978 book 'The Kaiser's Battle'; the respondents explain what happened to them on 20 and 21 March 1918. | Archives | 1997-12-29 |
| Manuscript journal of Norman Dunn, 2nd Bengal European Infantry, 1838-1840, including 1st Afghan War (1838-1842). | Archives | 1997-12-67 |
| Duplicated typescript 'Staff List for Far East Land Forces' amended to 12 Apr 1951. | Archives | 1996-07-19 |
| Commission signed by Viscount Sydney, Lord Lieutenant of Kent, for John George Martin Moore to be a Lieutenant in the East Kent Regiment of Militia, 13 Mar 1867; with envelope. | Archives | 1996-07-78 |
| Papers relating to the career of Lt Georgina Johnstone, Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps and afterwards, 1951-1971; associated with the British Commonwealth Zone Medical Unit and Korea (1950-1953). | Archives | 1996-07-100 |
| Copies of 'The Empire at War' No 259, 20 Sept 1944, published by the Department of Information, Accra and souvenir edition of South East Asia Command newspaper, 'SEAC Souvenir Part Two'; associated with World War Two. | Archives | 1996-07-104 |
| Photocopied typescript 'Notes on the War History of the Somaliland Illalos, 1940'; the Illalos were a force of tribal police under the control of district commissioners; associated with World War Two, Middle East 1939-1945. | Archives | 1996-08-176 |
| Two photocopied letters, with transcripts, by Lieutenant James Butler of the East India Company Engineers, 1765-1766; there is a note on the letters the (originals of which are in the Shropshire Record Office) by G A Parfitt, with related research correspondence; the letters were never published in JSAHR, despite the intention. | Archives | 1996-10-28 |
| 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 |
| Photograph album of General Sir Sam Browne VC, 1859 (c) containing 186 photographs with two loose photographs; including photographs of British officers of the Indian Army, in both uniform and civilian dress, Indian sepoys, European royalty and Indian administrators; a large number are prints of religious subjects and animals. | Photographs | 1999-09-42 |
| Typescript copy of a letter from Pte George Brown, 44th Foot, to his parents from Kabul, 8 Aug 1841; he describes the topography and inhabitants of Afghanistan; associated with 1st Afghan War (1838-1842). | Archives | 1999-09-53 |
| Papers of Major-General Sir George Bell (1794-1877) and others, including Bell's letters from the Crimean War (1854-1856), and others relating to an Addiscombe cadetship for W G Maitland, 1836-1944. | Archives | 1994-01-215 |
| The Return from Inkerman, 1854. Colour photolithograph postcard reproducing the oil painting by Lady Butler, No 4 from a series of six of the 'Military Paintings of Lady Elizabeth Butler', Set No 7, published by The Pompadour Gallery, 1987 (c); depicts weary Guards, soldiers of the 20th Foot, and other remnants of infantry regiments returning at dusk from the battle, Crimean War, 1854-1856. | Prints | 1999-09-64 |
| Collection of printed items relating to the operations in North Russia 1918-1919. | Archives | 1994-02-25 |
| Papers of Gen Sir John Cheape, Indian Army, 1810-1875; the collection consists chiefly of commissions and other official forms. | Archives | 1993-01-154 |
| Papers of Brig M W Biggs, Brigade-Major 22 (East African) Infantry Brigade, and GSO II (I), 12th (African) Division, Abyssinian Campaign, 1941. | Archives | 1993-01-156 |
| Printed booklets and leaflets relating to the British forces in Germany with general information on Germany and Berlin, 1979-92. | Archives | 1993-02-211 |
| Papers relating to the campaign in Burma, World War Two, 1944-1945 (c): calling card, three currency notes, two booklets and three newspapers. | Archives | 1993-02-220 |
| Papers relating mainly to the operations of 81st (West African) Divisional Signals in Burma, 1943-45. | Archives | 1993-02-255 |
| Transcript drafts by Butterworth, Deputy Director Public Relations (West African Expeditionary Force) submitted to South East Asia Command newspaper, 'SEAC', Aug 1945. | Archives | 1993-02-232 |
| 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 |
| Five Acts of Parliament relating to the Militia, 1754-1870. | Archives | 1994-04-221 |