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Printed recruiting poster for the Royal Horse Guards, 1815-1820. Archives 1999-10-65
Housewife, 1918 (c); made from a strip of black wool, traces of khaki show through at it is possibly made from a puttee; a pocket at one end and a ribbon which secures around the housewife at the other; flap pocket secures the needles; containing six sewing needles; associated with the Royal Engineers. Equipment, general 1987-01-72
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
Regimental cane, 1914 (c); bamboo shaft with a brass ferrule and steel head; head bears the device of the Gordon Highlanders including stags head surmounted by a crown upon a scroll inscribed 'BYDAND', and beneath all the regimental name; used by Pte A McPherson Equipment, general 1987-03-6
Nine waterbottles, 1942-1947; associated with the 10th Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides. Equipment, general 1987-05-5
Riding whip, 1914 (c); steel the head bears the device of the Royal Horse Guards in a garter inscribed with battle honours for Dettingen, Peninsular, Waterloo, Egypt 1882, Tel-El-Kebir and South Africa; steel shaft is covered in hemp; below the head is a leather covered section bound with a steel collar. Horse Furniture 1987-05-7
Membership card for the British Korean Veterans Association, 1984-1985; belonged to Alan O Guy, who served with the Royal Army Medical Corps. Archives 1999-10-66
One invitation, two tickets and two pamphlets issued to Mr and Mrs Julian Humphrys to attend Founder's Day at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, 10 Jun 1999. Archives 1999-10-67
'Experiences as a prisoner of war in the hands of the Bolsheviks'; Oct 1918 to May 1919. Archives 1993-02-239
Olokemeji Forest Reserve History: A Postscript. Offprint of an article written by Brian Hopkins, from 'The Nigerian Field', 63 (1998); describes how he found a heel plate in 1966 which, after long investigation, he decided was lost by a Nigerian soldier assisting at the Olokemeji Battle School between Apr and Nov 1943. Archives 1999-10-68
81 (West African) Division Report on experience on Air Supply, Jan to Jun 1944 Archives 1993-02-240
Documents issued to Pte Fagan, Expeditionary Force Canteens, RASC, 1916-1919. Archives 1993-02-241
Documents issued to Pte Fagan, Expeditionary Force Canteens, RASC, 1916-1919. Photographs 1993-02-241
Sardinian passport for the juvenile Antonio di Giobatta to visit England, 1855; includes a French transit stamp; associated with the Crimean War. Archives 1999-10-69
Group photograph of members of A Coy 7th Bn King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment; taken during jungle warfare training, Mandegadde, South India, 1945; all sitters are named. Photographs 1999-10-70
'The Gunners' Bequest'; article on Woolwich Arsenal from 'Toyota Today' vol 11 no 4, winter 1992. Archives 1993-02-242
Transcripts of extracts from letters written by Major (later Major-General) Thomas Fraser, Royal Engineers, during the Transvaal War, including an account of the Battle of Majuba, 2 Mar 1881 to 1 Sept 1882; the extracts were compiled by his wife. Archives 1994-04-77
The Boer War, Four and Half Years in the CMR (Cape Mounted Riflemen). Two copies of autobiographical memoirs of Nigel C Cooke, edited by his son N F Cooke, 1993. Archives 1994-04-79
The Migration of British Ex-Servicemen to Canada and the Role of the Naval and Military Emigration League, 1899-1914. Offprint of an article from an unknown journal. Archives 1994-04-80
Notes on Artillery, RMA, T Gracey. Bound notebook with hand-coloured plates, embossed with title on front cover, 1862 (c). Archives 1994-04-82
Typescript transcript of two letters written by 535 Trooper Andrew Mackay, 9th Coy 3rd Bn Imperial Yeomanry, South African War, 12 Dec 1900 and 28 Apr 1903. Archives 1994-04-83
Mobilisation telegram sent to 1st Bn Gold Coast Regiment, 26 Aug 1939. Archives 1994-04-85
Karachi to Kandahar. The Diary of 1709 Pte Thomas Phillips Lloyd, 2nd Bn, 7th Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), 9 Feb 1880 to 31 Dec 1880 Being a record of his service in the 2nd Afghan War of 1878-1880. Diary typed and edited by his grandson, T M F Taylor, in 1986. Archives 1994-04-86
38 maps, mostly trench maps, and five French Military postcards illustrated with maps of France and Belgium, collected by Captain Henry Sanford, Worcestershire Regiment (?), 1914-1918. Archives 1994-04-93
38 maps, mostly trench maps, and five French Military postcards illustrated with maps of France and Belgium, collected by Captain Henry Sanford, Worcestershire Regiment (?), 1914-1918. Maps 1994-04-93
Two letters and a Valentine poem written by Charles Branton, 4 Coy 12 Battalion Royal Artillery, Sevastopol 1854-55. Archives 1993-02-243
Naval survey report, illustrated with maps and photographs, illustrating the landings in the Arakan, Burma, Feb 1945. Archives 1993-02-244
'The Polish Virtuti Militari Calendar 1992'; the calendar includes a history of the Vituti Militari Order 1792-1992. Archives 1993-02-245
Officers' mess rules, Royal Indian Army Service Corps, Chaklala, 1925-1930 (c); illustrated with humorous sketches. Archives 1999-10-71
Copies of two letters written by Captain R Shaw, probably Robert James Shaw, Deputy Assistant Commissary General: one from Belgaum regarding the appointment of a mehtar (sweeper), 30 May 1850; one regarding water damage to stores in transit, 22 Jan 1851. Archives 1999-10-72
Notebook kept by L/Cpl P Rippon, ATS, 1942-43, containing recipes and construction and maintenance details of various types of stove. Archives 1993-02-264
The Dashing 12th M.I. [Mounted Infantry]. Typescript copy of a poem composed by Pte Duncan A MacDonald, No.3 Sect, 3 Coy 12th Bn Mounted Infantry, South Africa, 1901 (c). Archives 1999-10-73
Scroll commemorating L/Cpl B W Driver, 15th London Regiment, killed in action, October 1916. Archives 1993-02-259
Papers relating to the award of the DSO and MC to Capt H Driver, Bedfordshire Regiment; with newspaper cutting relating to his death in North Russia and commemorative scroll, 1916 (c)-1919. Archives 1993-02-261
Papers relating to Arthur James Philpot, Cheshire Regiment, 1900-1903: Typescript transcript of diary kept while a warden at Johannesburg Prison, Sep 1900-Jan 1901; photocopy of last pay certificate, Transvaal Prisons Department, 7 Jul 1901; photocopy of discharge certificate, 17 Mar 1903. Archives 1999-10-74
Papers relating to the establishment of the Caen, Normandy Memorial Museum, 1987-1990. [RESTRICTED - CLOSED: REFER TO DEPARTMENT FOR ACCESS] Archives 1993-02-364
Four photographs relating to Harold George Collins, 25th (County of London) (Cyclists) Bn, The London Regiment, 1907-1914: portrait of Bugler Harold George Collins, 1907; group of four sergeants, two with cycles, 1911 (c); the battalion on parade with cycles, Rye Camp, 1911; formal group, Rye Camp, on mobilisation, 1914. Photographs 1999-10-75
Christmas card for 1918 and postcard collected by Alfred Joyce, 23rd Bn Royal Fusiliers. Archives 1994-04-94
Circular letters, Order of Service and souvenir postcards relating to North West Europe; probably collected by Edward Marks, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Archives 1994-04-98
Papers relating to W W E Keen, probably an aircraft mechanic, Royal Flying Corps, 1917 (c). Archives 1994-04-101
Three copy photographs associated with the 40th Regiment in New Zealand, 1864-1866: Camp at Te A wamutu (photograph of a watercolour?); group of officers; group of NCOs including Paymaster Herbert Croft Ryder. Photographs 1999-10-76
5 ring binders 'Operation Granby UK Press Cuttings', 13 Sept 1990 to 18 Mar 1991; and 1 ring binder 'Operation Granby Gulf Giggles' comprising photocopies of newspaper cartoons. Archives 1993-02-365
43 letters written by Tpr C Barnard, number 5 Troop South African Constabulary, mainly to his parents, Mar 1901 to Sept 1903; with a photograph of a bridge. Archives 1993-02-366
43 letters written by Tpr C Barnard, number 5 Troop South African Constabulary, mainly to his parents, Mar 1901 to Sept 1903; with a photograph of a bridge. Photographs 1993-02-366
Papers relating to members of the Keen family 1848-1939. Archives 1994-04-103
Bound transcripts of letters written by members of the Lawrie family 1808-1992, collated and edited by Aitken Lawrie, 1992. Archives 1993-02-367
Christmas greetings card of the Grenadier Guards, 1999 (c); featuring 'Goodbye!', the painting by George Harcout, 1899; produced by the Grenadier Guards in aid of Regimental Charities, 1999 (c). Prints 1999-10-77
Student's Nuclear, Biological and Chemical warfare (NBC) aide memoire precis, Training Wing, Rheindalen Garrison. Archives 1993-02-368
Two copies of a newspaper: The Mail, 16 Aug 1945. Archives 1993-02-369
Papers of Lt James Henry Pickard as CSM 4th Bn Cameron Highlanders 1941, Lt Pioneer Corps 1945, and after demobilisation 1946-1947. Archives 1994-04-104
SOUVENIR OF BENGHAZI - AFRICA, 1940 (c). Table mat made of acrylic fabric, printed in colour, with a red and black braid border and backed with brown fabric, publisher unknown; brought from North Africa at the end of World War Two by Harold Hackney. Crafts 1999-10-78
Post Office Rifles 8th Battalion City of London Regiment 1914 to 1918. Copy of pamphlet with press cuttings and manuscript notes added. Archives 1993-02-500
Papers relating to 2/Lt R T Cooper, 16th Battalion Middlesex Regiment, 1914-16, 10th Cadet battalion and 16th battalion Hampshire Regiment 1916, Royal Engineers 1916-19. Archives 1993-02-374
Tito's Fist; an artillery battery of 7 Para RHA in position near the concrete sculpture of that name, near Gornji Vakuf, Bosnia, 1996. Pencil drawing by Hugh Beattie, Inns of Court & City Yeomanry, 1996; signed at lower left; three 105 mm light guns in position ready to fire. Drawings and Watercolours 1997-06-5
SOUVENIR OF BENGHAZI - AFRICA, 1940 (c). Table mat made of acrylic fabric, printed in colour, with a red and black braid border and backed with brown fabric, publisher unknown; brought from North Africa at the end of World War Two by Harold Hackney. Crafts 1999-10-79
SOUVENIR of EIGHTH ARMY 23.1.1943 EL ALAMEIN TOBRUK BENGASI TRIPOLI TUNISI 8.5.1943 CAPO BON 12.5.1943. Table mat made of pink cotton, printed in blue, with a blue braid border and backed with white cotton; publisher unknown; with vigenettes of a camel, a monument, an owl, a tree, a bird and a man carrying a basket; brought from North Africa at the end of World War Two by Harold Hackney. Crafts 1999-10-80
DESERT VICTORY SOUVENIR OF TRIPOLI 23.1.43 TOBRUK BENGHAZI TRIPOLI TUNIS BIZERTA CAPE BON, 1943 (c). Table mat made of blue cotton, printed in black, with a yellow braid border and backed with white fabric; publisher unknown; with vignettes of a lion, a man wearing robes, a sailing ship, a mosque and other buildings amongst palm trees and camels; brought from North Africa at the end of World War Two by Harold Hackney. Crafts 1999-10-81
Papers of Captain Alan John Bowles, 2nd Bn Royal Berkshire Regiment, Royal Military College, Sandhurst and Western Front 1914-1916; the collection includes letters from Bowles, letters of condolence on his death and newspapers; Bowles was killed in action at La Boiselle near Albert, 10 Apr 1916 while serving with 1st Bn Royal Berkshire Regiment. Archives 1994-04-106
Table mat, 1943 (c); made of cream cotton, printed with picture of two birds within a geometric border; manufacturer unknown, possibly Egyptian; square with a machined hem, over stitched by hand; brought from North Africa at the end of World War Two by Harold Hackney. Crafts 1999-10-82
Table mat, 1943 (c); made of cream cotton, printed with a picture of two peacocks within a geometric border; manufacturer unknown; square with a machined hem, over stitched by hand; brought from North Africa at the end of World War Two by Harold Hackney. Crafts 1999-10-83
Execution of Arsonists, 1854 (c). Handkerchief made of cotton, printed in colour with a depiction of a French (?) firing squad taking aim at five bearded men, with a boy and a woman on her knees in the foreground; reputedly bought back from the Crimea by Sgt Maj George Burgum, 82nd Foot. Crafts 1999-10-84
The Absent-Minded Beggar,, 1901 (c). Handkerchief made of cotton, printed in blue with Rudyard Kipling's poem and music by Sir Arthur Sullivan, 1901 (c); published by the Daily Mail Publishing Company Limited, London, 1901 (c); published and sold during the Boer War for the Soldier's Families Fund. Crafts 1999-10-85
Papers relating to Col Henry Cavaye Stevens, 3rd Madras Light Cavalry, 1858-1890. Archives 1993-02-506
Five Acts of Parliament relating to the Militia, 1754-1870. Archives 1994-04-221
Empire Welders, 1901 (c). Cotton handkerchief printed in blue, red, brown and yellow. Crafts 1999-10-86
Warrant addressed to Hugh, Earl of Fortescue, Lieutenant of Devon, devolving authority to grant commissions in Corps of Yeomanry, Volunteer Cavalry and Volunteer Infantry; signed by Queen Victoria and counter-signed by John, 1st Earl Russell, 4 Dec 1837. Archives 1994-04-530
Transcript circular letter headed 'The Future of the Regiment' sent to members and friends of the Gloucestershire Regiment by the Colonel, Maj Gen R D Grist (OBE), 4 Feb 1993. Archives 1993-02-505
A Stands for Army Fighting the Boers, 1901 (c). Cotton handkerchief printed in blue, red, brown and yellow; publisher unknown. Crafts 1999-10-87
Thirteen letters signed by Lt Gen Sir James Outram to Maj Gen N Penny concerning the annexation of Oudh; with official copies of six telegraphic messages from and to the King of Oudh, Oct 1855 to Apr 1856. Archives 1994-04-531
Orkney and Shetland in Danger, 1804. Photocopied article from 'Scottish Local History', vol 31 (Jun 1994). Archives 1994-04-22
Histoires des Campagnes des Armees de Rochambeau en Amerique Septentrionale en 1780, 1781, 1782, 1783. Memoir. Archives 1994-05-2
Photocopies and newspaper cutting of biographies of soldiers connected with South Africa, 1848-1982 (c). Archives 1993-02-507
Papers relating to the 4th Bn The Queen's Regiment and its successor units 1932-1959. Archives 1994-05-3
Papers of Captain Reginald Arthur Helps, Royal Berkshire Regiment 1914-1916, Machine Gun Corps 1916-1920, Sudan Defence Force 1923; including 270 letters written mainly to his father 1914-1923. Archives 1994-05-4
Papers of Captain Reginald Arthur Helps, Royal Berkshire Regiment 1914-1916, Machine Gun Corps 1916-1920, Sudan Defence Force 1923; including 270 letters written mainly to his father 1914-1923. Photographs 1994-05-4
Operation orders, war diary and map of Valenciennes collected by Major R J Bewell, Gloucestershire Regiment, while serving on the staff of 4th Division, Belgium, Apr to May 1940. Archives 1994-05-5
Operation orders, war diary and map of Valenciennes collected by Major R J Bewell, Gloucestershire Regiment, while serving on the staff of 4th Division, Belgium, Apr to May 1940. Maps 1994-05-5
Photocopies of letters from and to FM Sir Evelyn Wood, mostly while serving in South Africa, 1872-1918; the copies are of originals in the Natal Archives Depot, the Killie Campbell Africana Library and the William L Perkins Library. Archives 1994-05-6
Letters sent to Master Bentley Bridgewater by his fater from France, March - May 1918. Archives 1993-02-508
'VC GC Illustated handbook of the Victoria Cross and George Cross'; catalogue of the exhibition held at the Imperial War Museum, 1970, autographed by Brig A E Cumming and other recipients of the VC and GC, with an invitation to the opening of the exhibition, 10 Jun 1970. Archives 1993-02-509
Photocopy of transcript: Reminiscence; by Cpl E F Meikle, Home Guard, 1940-41. Archives 1993-02-511
Transcript report illustrated with 21 colour photographs of the damage caused by blast and incendiary devices to the Shropshire Regimental Museum, 25 Aug 1992. [RESTRICTED: REFER TO DEPARTMENT FOR ACCESS] Archives 1993-02-512
Manuscript letter and transcript of a letter written to his parents by Sgt Hugh McPherson, 26th Regiment, Fort St George, 30 Aug 1829. Archives 1993-02-513
Boer War souvenir brooch converted from Commemorative medal; soft white metal and brass, possibly silvered lead alloy, 1900 (c); wounded soldier derived from Richard Caton Woodville's illustration to Kipling's poem, 'The Absent-Minded Beggar' in centre; inscribed at top and bottom. Crafts 1983-09-32
11 letters and two Christmas cards sent to Sister D E Warren, Horton Hospital, Epsom, Dec 1944 to Feb 1946. Archives 1993-02-514
THE ABSENT MINDED BEGGAR, 1902 (c). Printed linen handkerchief; printed with portraits of Queen Victoria and FM Lord Roberts; with Rudyard Kipling's poem, Sir Arthur Sullivan's music and a map of South Africa. Crafts 1994-12-283
THE ABSENT MINDED BEGGAR, 1902 (c). Printed linen handkerchief; printed with portraits of Queen Victoria and FM Lord Roberts; with Rudyard Kipling's poem, Sir Arthur Sullivan's music and a map of South Africa. Crafts 1994-12-282
Photocopy of letter written by John Leese, possibly Army Hospital Corps, prior to embarkation for South Africa, Dec 1879. Archives 1994-05-7
Bible inscribed in manuscript 'William Dalzell from his affectionate Mother 9 April 1819'; with religious texts and family names; Dalzell apparently served in the Royal Artillery 1815-1824. Archives 1994-05-8
Photocopies of 3 letters written by Lt Thomas Higgins, 5th Regiment, England 1804-1806; with photograph of miniature portrait. Archives 1994-05-9
The Absent Minded Beggar. Printed cotton handkerchief, 1901 (c); with scroll containing Rudyard Kipling's poem, 'The Absent Minded Beggar' with Sir Arthur Sullivan's music; white with embossed border in blue; portraits of Queen Victoria and FM Frederick Lord Roberts; sold during the Boer War to provide funds for hardship cases among soldiers' families, 1901 (c). Crafts 1963-09-594
Papers collected by Captain David Stephan Robertson, Royal Scots Fusiliers, while attached to the Japanese Army in Manchuria, 16 Feb to 16 May 1905, and at the Staff College 1909-1910. Archives 1994-05-10
THE ABSENT MINDED BEGGAR. Printed cotton handkerchief, 1900 (c); with Rudyard Kipling's poem, 'The Absent Minded Beggar' and Sir Arthur Sullivan's music on right; white with embossed border in blue; portraits of Queen Victoria and FM Frederick Lord Roberts and map of South Africa; sold during the Boer War to provide funds for hardship cases among soldiers' families, 1900 (c). Crafts 1976-10-9
The Absent-Minded Beggar. Printed handkerchief, 1901 (c); with Rudyard Kipling's poem, 'The Absent Minded Beggar' and Sir Arthur Sullivan's music; published by Daily Mail Publishing Company Limited, 1901 (c); cartouche with trophy of flags and portrait of FM Frederick Lord Roberts; sold during the Boer War to provide funds for hardship cases among soldiers' families, 1901 (c). Crafts 1961-12-220
Memoir of the life of Captain John Donaldson, Intelligence Corps: 'For ever Endeavour'; written by his wife, Betty; part of a larger work, the extract deals with his wartime service, 1939-1940, beginning in the ranks of the Pioneer Corps, his capture at Boulogne, 1940, and five year imprisonment in a POW camp in Poland. Archives 1999-10-88
Copy coloured photograph of Richard Forster in the uniform of what appears to be the 22nd (Queen's) Middlesex Rifle Corps, 1870 (c). Photographs 1999-10-89
The Gentleman in Khaki, 1900 (c); Boer War figurine of a wounded soldier, plastic, maker unknown, 1900 (c); similar to the figure drawn by Richard Caton Woodville, based on Rudyard Kipling's poem 'The Absent Minded Beggar' Crafts 1959-02-48
A GENTLEMAN IN KHARKI 1899-1900 TRANSVAAL WAR. Aluminium plaque featuring Richard Caton Woodville's figure of a wounded infantryman and Rudyard Kipling's poem, 'The Absent Minded Beggar' verso. Crafts 1993-07-16
A GENTLEMAN IN KHARKI. Boer War figurine of a wounded soldier; plastic on turned wood base, maker unknown, 1902 (c); similar to the figure drawn by Richard Caton Woodville, based on Rudyard Kipling's poem 'The Absent Minded Beggar'; in a wooden box, probably made by donor. Crafts 1997-02-1
Regimental cane, 1906 (c); manufactured by D and S, Birmingham, 1906; shaft made form light brown polished cane; silver collar; silver head bearing the cypher of the Duke of Cambridge surmounted by the Prince of Wales' feathers; used by Sgt J Bone, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) and City Imperial Volunteers; bearing Birmingham silver proof marks. Equipment, general 1987-05-31