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Lieutenant Frank Baden-Powell, Scots Guards, Nile Expedition, 1885. Oil on canvas by Frank Smyth Baden-Powell 1885. Attached to Guards Camel Corps. Oil Paintings 1977-04-54
Battle of the Alma showing the decisive charge of the Highland Brigade ....supported by the Guards and Fusiliers. Colour lithograph, by and after William Simpson 1854, published by Lloyd Bros 1854. Prints 1972-10-57
Collection of 70 watercolours by P W Reynolds, 1900 (c). Single figure uniform studies. Drawings and Watercolours 1998-01-168
Family history compiled by Mr Kenneth Butler-Henderson; covers both his father's side of the family (the Andersons) and his mother's (the Masseys, Lords Clarina). Archives 1998-07-6
Photocopied typescript account of the Henderson family, 1742-1998. Archives 1998-10-265
Battle Group Attack - Royal Scots Dragoon Guards in Exercise LIONS ROARS '84. VHS video cassette, 1984; Catalogue Number C0421. Film and Videos 1997-11-157
Exercise BLISSFUL ENDEAVOUR 1 SCOTS GUARDS BG AREA. VHS video cassette, 1989; 12 mins duration. [RESTRICTED] Film and Videos 1997-11-186
Infantry officer's sword, Foot Guards (Scots Guards), pattern 1854, 1910 (c); blade is straight and spear pointed, with engraved decoration including the Regimental badge, owner's initials and the maker's name, Henry Wilkinson; 'Gothic' guard with single spur curve; carried by John Burgh Talbot Leighton, 1910-1936. Edged Weapons 1977-06-57
Infantry Sergeant's sword, Scots Guards, 1855 (c); blade is spear pointed and marked with the maker's name, Hawkes and Company; brass knucklebow guard inset with the Regimental badge; black leather scabbard, with brass mounts. Edged Weapons 1974-03-138
Cavalry Band sword, mid-nineteenth century; blade is straight with a narrow fuller, and engraved with the maker's name; solid brass cross guard, with an eagle's head pommel; wooden grip covered with fish skin and bound with brass wire; labelled '2nd Life Guards band 1821-68', could also have belonged to the 2nd Royal North British Dragoons (Scots Greys), 1821-68; steel scabbard. Edged Weapons 1981-05-36
Infantry officer's sword, pattern 1855, Scots Guards; spear pointed and slightly curved, with engraved decoration, including the maker's name, Cater; plated steel 'Gothic' hilt with Scots Guards badge in cartouche; grip covered with fish skin and three finely twisted building; steel scabbard. Edged Weapons 1963-06-16
Selection of 26 Christmas cards from different units, 1932-1939. Archives 1999-01-121
An Explorer's War. Draft article written by Mr Robin Ashcroft; deals with the use of adventurers in Special Forces during World War Two; includes correspondence of the author with Gen Jim Gavin and Col Andrew Croft. Archives 1999-03-133
Two letters from Captain A R T Willshire, Scots Guards, 1850-1919, to his mother and sister; one written 14 Sep 1882, the other on 4 Oct 1882, in which he describes the Battle of Tel-el-Kebir. Archives 1999-03-145
Band sword, 1820 (c); Scots Guards; single edged, curved blade, engraved with maker's name, Herbert and Co, London; gilt brass crossguard with 'thistle' quillons and regimental badge; mameluke type ivory grip, with rivet for knot; gilt brass (?) scabbard with frog button. Edged Weapons 1972-05-7-7
Webley .455 in Mk VI breechloading service revolver, issued in 1918 to R J Hedderwick, Scots Guards; sold out of service. Associated with World War One (1914-1918). Firearms 1991-08-91
Officer's sword, pattern 1854; Scots Guards, 1910-1936; blade engraved with George V cypher, battle honours, serial number and maker's name, Henry Wilkinson, London; nickle plated scabbard. Edged Weapons 1977-06-58
Clarinet, 1920 (c); believed to have been the property of Alexander James Wales of the 2nd Battalion Scots Guards, 1919-1929; in black leather covered case. Musical Instruments 1992-10-89
Collection of relics associated with the British Army 1914-1960 (c); pane of stained glass window from Ypres Cathedral, collected by Lt Col J M Rogers Tillstone, 1914; two pulley wheels, 1914 (c); fragment of wood from a Handley Page Aeroplane, 1918; 50 papers badges from various regiments, 1920-60 (c); two woollen dolls, one made by a soldier of the Seaforth Highlanders, 1918 (c); steel mess tin handle, 1916 (c); two boot hooks, 1945 (c); three charitable flag-day token flags, 1918 (c); copper charitable flag-day badge, 1918; aluminium washer, 1918; copper halfpenny coin, 1918 (c); white metal model tank, 1919 (c). Associated with World War One, Western Front (1914-1918). Equipment, general 1963-07-36
SA80 cleaning kit, 1999 (c); webbing case contains: one pull through; one bronze bore-cleaning brush; one bronze chamber brush (for the barrel); three piece cleaning rod, for attaching brushes; combination tool; muzzle cap or protector; nylon cleaning brush; used by C/Sgt Jim Slater, Scots Guards. Equipment, general 1999-05-44
Photograph album containing 118 colour photographs of Draft Ten, Women's Royal Army Corps on the Falkland Islands, 20 May to 8 Sept 1986. Photographs 1995-01-105
Regimental cane, 1911 (c); probably belonging to John Burgh Talbot Leighton; brown in colour with a white metal ferrule; the silver head has the device of the Scots Guards and a cylindrical socket, inscribed, 'J.L. from A.D./ 7.2.12'; made by Brigg, London. Equipment, general 1977-06-63
Memoir: Some Impressions of the first 2 or 3 months experiences of the Great European War. Memoir by an Pte William Luck, a reservist from Sussex. later Sgt William Luck MM, 4th (Foot Guards) Bn Guards Machine Gun Regiment, 13 Aug to 3 Nov 1914; with photocopy and transcript; associated with the Battle of Mons (1914) and the 1st Battle of the Aisne (1914), World War One Western Front (1914-1918). Archives 1997-02-11
12 photographs with captions of British forces in Bosnia, taken by Fleur Mainwaring, liaison officer of the Multi-National Division, South West. Photographs 1997-07-62
Two notebooks kept by C Davidson, 2nd Bn Scots Guards, Boer War and World War One, 1899-1918. Archives 1995-12-155
Three Oliver pattern waterbottles, 1890 (c); with white hardwood bodies,slightly convex and oval in section; top and bottom bound with iron bands; spout is threaded inside and the stopper screws into it; the first bottle is possibly associated with the 4th or 5th Volunteer Bn Highland Light Infantry, and the third with the Scots Guards. Equipment, general 1982-07-54
Items of equipment used by the 2nd Bn Scots Guards, South Atlantic (Falklands War) (1982): pack; entrenching tool; foam rubber groundsheet; mess tin; Waterbottle; respirator; NBC (Nuclear, Biological and Chemical) detection kit. Equipment, general 1983-05-48
Post box, 1982; used by the 2nd Bn Scots Guards in the South Atlantic (Falklands War) (1982); converted from a steel ammunition box made in 1978; painted red with a rectangular hole in the lid; lid is inscribed with the Royal Mail device, the town name, Port Howard, and bears a regimental cap badge. Equipment, general 1984-01-95
Medical case carried by Capt W Lawson, Imperial Yeomanry during the Boer War, and Capt the Hon W E H Lawson, 2nd Bn Scots Guards, during the Malaya Campaign; made of leather and containing: 16 containers for tablets; four plasters; one first field dressing and liniment; thermometer in a case. Medical Equipment 1986-08-16
NCO's presentation cane, Pattern 1760 (c), 1854; used by Sgt Maj Edwards, Scots Fusiliers Guards. Equipment, general 1988-03-53
Papers of Maj Gen Edward Douglas Loch, 2nd Baron Loch, Grenadier Guards and Army Staff 1893-1927. Archives 1994-12-249
Swagger stick, 1890-1900 (c); believed to have been the property of William Wales (?), 2nd Bn Scots Guards and the King's Royal Rifle Corps. Equipment, general 1992-10-88
Button stick, 1920 (c); made of brass; belonging to Dr Maj Alexander James Wales, 2nd Bn Scots Guards. Equipment, general 1992-10-183
Bed plate, 1920 (c); made of brass; belonging to Dr Maj Alexander James Wales, 2nd Bn Scots Guards. Equipment, general 1992-10-184
Correspondence relating to the retirement from active service in the Army of HRH the Duke of Kent, Jan-Feb 1976. Archives 2000-01-54
Manuscript diary kept by Col Charles Francis or S Seymour, ADC to Gen The Hon George Cathcart, during the 8th Cape Frontier War (1850-1853), 1852. Archives 1992-04-91
Documents relating to the careers of William Wales, King's Royal Rifle Corps and his son Drm Maj Alexander James Wales of the Scots Guards, 1886-1970. Archives 1992-07-55
Documents relating to the careers of William Wales, King's Royal Rifle Corps and his son Drm Maj Alexander James Wales of the Scots Guards, 1886-1970. Maps 1992-07-55
366 slides collected by Lt Col David Dunn, Press Officer with 5th Infantry Brigade during the Falklands Campaign, 1982. Photographs 2000-02-1
108 files of manuscript notes, newspaper and magazine cuttings and ephemera relating to the British Army. Archives 1992-07-94
The Egyptian War of 1882. Typescript transcript of a journal by Pte W M Wilson, Left Flank Company, 1st Bn Scots Guards. Archives 1992-12-136
Photograph of Maj Alan Cathcart, Scots Guards, Adjutant and Mr William Lough, civilian lecturer in languages, riding bicycles at the Royal Military College Sandhurst, 1946-1947 (c). Photographs 2000-03-161
1937 Pattern Web Equipment, 1941-1945. Watercolour by Mike Chappell, 2000 (c); the three full-length figures shown are: Infantry Signaller, North Africa, 1941; 1st Bn, Scots Guards, 24th Independent Brigade (Guards), 1944; Infantryman, North West Europe, early 1945; the original for the illustration of plate D in 'British Infantry Equipments (2) 1908-2000' Osprey (revised edition), by Mike Chappell, 2000 (c). Drawings and Watercolours 2000-04-97
Shield-shaped plaque, 1970 (c); bears badge of the Scots Guards on a blue and maroon background, a scroll below is inscribed 'Scots Guards'; made in Great Britain, maker unknown. Crafts 2000-05-176
Collection of W Britains Limited model soldiers, vehicles and artillery, 1930-1950 (c). Models 1992-08-198-6
Photograph album of 120 carte-de-visite portraits of officers and non-commissioned officers of various regiments. The original album may have been owned by Daniel Alexander Grant, but the alteration captions suggest that the photographs were subsequently rearranged or inserted by the husband of donor. (Album dimensions: 30 x 24.5 x 5.75 cm). Photographs 1982-04-409
Photographs relating to the Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes (NAAFI) and its predecessors, 1914-1997 (c). From the collection of the Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes (NAAFI). Photographs 2000-09-76
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
The World of Military Bands, 1958-1968. LP record compiled by Decca Record Co, SPA 18, 1969; performed by the bands of the Grenadier Guards, Coldstream Guards, Scots Guards, Welsh Guards and the Household Cavalry. Sound Recordings 2000-10-46
The World of Military Bands, Vol 2. LP record manufactured by Decca Records, SPA 66, 1970; performed by the Bands of the Household Cavalry, Grenadier Guards, Scots Guards, Welsh Guards and Parachute Regiment, 1957-1970. Sound Recordings 2000-10-64
Papers, mainly correspondence, of Miss P M Froom, Auxiliary Territorial Service, 1939-1997. Archives 2000-11-57
Orders for Burial in Westminster Abbey of the Unknown Warrior and the unveiling of the Cenotaph, 11 Nov 1920; with separate insert. From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Archives 2000-10-353
Album of 86 photographs, mainly relating to regiments stationed in Cork, 1893-1897; associated with the 10th Hussars, York and Lancaster Regiment, Royal Irish Fusiliers, Royal Artillery, 12th Lancers, 17th Lancers, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Rifle Brigade, 1st Bn The Scots Guards, 1st Life Guards and The Seaforth Highlanders; photographs illustrate guard duty, columns on the march, artillery, reviews, rifle practice, a military funeral, exercises and manoeuvres. Photographs 1994-02-184
Papers of Anthony Alven Upfill-Brown, relating to his service as guardsman and lieutenant in the 2nd Bn Welsh Guards, Guards Armoured Division, World War Two, North West Europe, 1942-1945, with additional material to 1957. Archives 2001-02-349
Box of 48 lantern slides collected by Maj, later Gen Sir, A F A N Thorne, Grenadier Guards, taken from official photographs and plans of attack, Western Front, World War One, 1915-1918. Photographs 1992-03-198
Photograph showing an inspection by Henry, Duke of Gloucester, Colonel Commanding Scots Guards of a Barrack Guard made up of recruits of No 14 Company Grenadier Guards, Guards Depot Caterham, May 1954. Photographs 1996-01-45
Photograph of Pipe Major John Thomas Bell, possibly of the Scots Guards, 1890 (c). Photographs 1996-02-251
Photograph taken by Mrs Albert Broom, of a Drummer, 2nd Bn Scots Guards, 1906 (c). Photographs 1992-04-260
Photograph of Drum-Maj instructing members of the 'Drums' 1st Bn Scots Guards, 1955 (c). Photographs 1992-04-272
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
South Atlantic Medal 1982, with oakleaf and rosette for mention in despatches; awarded to 24587118 Guardsman Gary Brown, Scots Guards; associated with South Atlantic (Falklands War) (1982). Medals 2001-04-35
56 photographs illustrating the military careers of Dr Maj Alexander James Wales, 2nd Bn Scots Guards, 1919-1929 and the 8th Bn Middlesex Regiment, 11th Bn Parachute Regiment, 1929-1953, and his father Sgt A Wales, 2nd Bn Scots Guards and King's Royal Rifle Corps, (?)1891-1900. Photographs 1992-07-56
56 photographs illustrating the military careers of Dr Maj Alexander James Wales, 2nd Bn Scots Guards, 1919-1929 and the 8th Bn Middlesex Regiment, 11th Bn Parachute Regiment, 1929-1953, and his father Sgt A Wales, 2nd Bn Scots Guards and King's Royal Rifle Corps, (?)1891-1900. Archives 1992-07-56
Falklands The Land Battle Part 3 The Final Battle. British Defence Film Library video, produced in 1984; associated with South Atlantic (Falklands War) (1982). [RESTRICTED] Film and Videos 2000-10-288
Officer's bit and bit boss, Scots Guards, sealed pattern, 1896 (c). Horse Furniture 1986-02-3
Album of 44 photographs of officers of the Military Intelligence Bureau, mostly Army officers, 1918 (c); photographs are signed, some captioned in pencil, with later pencil inscription on front end paper which reads 'Certain Officers of MIB with whom I served during the war'. Photographs 2001-06-314
Ramillies and S/Sgt Hogarth, 1988. Bronze statuette by Michael Lloyd, 1988, signed and dated along side edge of base, 'Michael Lloyd '88'; Ramillies, the drum horse, and S/Sgt Hogarth, the kettledrummer of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards. Sculpture 2001-07-1
Other ranks cap badge, Scots Guards, 1970 (c); made from anodised aluminium by J R Gaunt, London, nd; from the collection of Joseph Williams, Merchant Navy. Badges 2001-07-70
Trooping the Colour. Booklet for a ceremonial event held on Horse Guards Parade in Celebration of the Birthday of Her Majesty The Queen, Elizabeth II, 11 am 16 Jun 2001. Archives 2001-08-943
Colour photograph of a memorial tablet in Florence, Italy, commemorating Lt Hugh M Snell of the Scots Guards who was killed in action, Italy, 4 Aug 1944; associated with World War Two, Italy (1939-1945). Photographs 2001-09-267
Photograph of two pipers and possibly two officers, probably of the Scots Guards, 1914 (c); the troops are preceding a group of men in clerical robes along a London street, 1914 (c). Photographs 2001-09-307
Two items associated with Lt Archibald Campbell, Scots Fusilier Guards; letter written from camp to his aunt before Sevastopol, 29 Jun 1855; passport, 1887; associated with the Crimean War (1854-1856); Campbell was ennobled as Baron Blythwood in 1892. Archives 2001-11-91
Collection of military band music from around the world, collected by the late Mr Harold Leonard Sidney Plunkett, nd. Sound Recordings 2001-12-44
Cord for bagpipes, Scots Guards, nd; sealed pattern. Equipment, general 2002-02-386
Two handled silver cup, with lid, 1899; associated with Lt P A Lovell, Lt The Marquess of Winchester, Lt E E Hanbury; acorn knop finial and ebonised wood plinth; presented by the officers of the Coldstream and Scots Guards to the officers of 2nd Bn The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), October to November 1899; inscribed. From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Silver 2001-04-1137
File: 5th Statement, 6 Apr 1918. 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. Associated with World War One, POWs (1914-1918). Archives 2001-07-703-2
File: 6th Statement, 24 Apr 1918. 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 2001-07-703-3
File: Statements, 25 Jun 1918. 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 2001-07-703-4
FM HRH Prince Albert as Colonel of the Fusilier Guards. Colour engraving by J Harris from the painting by H d'Daubrawa, nd; published by W Tegg. Prints 1955-01-17
Tank crew helmet and liner, Royal Armoured Corps, 1942; painted khaki with insignia on side; liner stamped with maker's name. Armour 1982-01-4
Glengarry blue pipe majors and pipers Scots Guards and Kings Own Scottish Borderers, nd; master pattern, sealed 24 Apr 1968. Uniforms 2002-04-543
Waistbelt, black plastic, nd; belt made in leather with instructions to manufacture in black leather; Piper's Scots Guards; sealed 28 Jul 1959. Equipment, uniform 2002-04-687
Spur, brass, officer, Scots Guards, nd; standard pattern, sealed 26 Sep 1924 (?). Uniforms 2002-04-785
Forage cap, Scots Guards, nd; master pattern, sealed Jan 1959. Uniforms 2002-04-820
Collection of 38 agency photographs, many of them French, relating to aspects of British Army life, 1932-1939; subjects include drill, manoeuvres, exercises, and inspection. Photographs 1991-07-161
Collection of badges associated with Scots Guards. From the collection of Maj H G Parkyn. Badges 1970-12-163-1
76 colour transparencies of regimental cap badges, 1981. Photographs 1987-07-16
Shoulder belt plate centre, Scots Guards, 1820 (c). Badges 1992-02-94
Blazer badge worn by Cpl Alexander J Wales, 2nd Bn Scots Guards, 1920 (c). Badges 1992-08-3
Blazer badge worn by Cpl Alexander J Wales, 2nd Bn Scots Guards, 1950 (c). Badges 1992-08-2
Valise badge, Scots Guards, 1919 (c)-1929; associated with Dr Maj A J Wales. Badges 1993-03-6
Brooch, Scots Guards Association, 1953 (c); associated with Dr Maj A J Wales. Crafts 1993-03-7
Lapel badge, National War Aims Committee, 1940 (c); associated with Dr Maj A J Wales, late Scots Guards. Badges 1993-03-8
Shooting medal, possibly for rifle shooting, 1938, Royal Army Service Corps, Territorial Army; associated with Dr Maj A J Wales, late Scots Guards. Medals 1993-03-9
Photocopies of six manuscript letters from Lt Col Charles Seymour, Scots Guards and ADC to Lt Gen Sir George Berkeley; written to his brother and uncle, 25 Apr 1847, and 20 Sept 1852- 15 Nov 1853, 7th (1846-1847) and 8th Cape Frontier War (1850-1853). Archives 1986-04-31
39 photographs showing: groups, general and Parachute Regiment; Royal Marines training on Ascension Island; land at San Carlos Bay; digging in; treating wounded in the field; Argentine prisoners of War; raising flags after the surrender; types of weapons in use; helicopters; ships of the Task Force, 1982; associated with South Atlantic (Falklands War) (1982). Photographs 1988-09-13
Photograph showing tanks driving past the saluting base situated in a street, 1978. Photographs 1988-09-68
1536 photographs taken by Central Office of Information of the regiments and corps of British Army in the 1950s and 1960s. Photographs 1992-10-144
Two sound cassettes: oral history interview with Guardsman Albert E Potts, 2nd Bn Coldstream Guards, 1938-1944, Intelligence Corps 1944-1945, including service in North West Europe 1939-1940, and as a prisoner of war in Germany 1940-1944. Interview conducted on 28 February 1994.(Transcript Available) Sound Recordings 1994-04-8
Two sound cassettes: oral history interview with Maj Ashley Martin Greenwood MC relating to his service with the Royal Artillery and Long Range Desert Group, 1939-1946. Associated with World War Two (1939-1945). Interview conducted on 6 April 1995. Sound Recordings 1995-05-91