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Two bamboo lances, Pattern 1868 (FFoulkes); head, staff with leather binding, shoe missing, white and crimson pennant, associated with the 17th Lancers, despite the pattern date reputed to have been used in the Charge of the Light Brigade. Polearms/Other Weapons 1961-10-65
Certificates relating to the DSO, CBE and CMG, mentions in dispatches, and a letter of thanks from the Prince of Wales to Colonel W F Bainbridge (CMG, CBE, DSO), 1901-1922. Archives 1994-01-31
The Khyber Defences 1941-1944: One Man's Experiences and Comments. Typescript autobiographical memoir by Major W R Dales, formerly 6th Gurkha Rifles and Brigade Major, Khyber Brigade, 1942-1945. Archives 1994-01-33
Pugri badge, 45th Rattray's Sikh Regiment. Badges 1956-02-60
Photocopies of papers relating to the 23rd Indian Division, 14th Army, Burma, Mar to Jul 1944, World War Two, Far East, 1939-1945. Archives 1994-01-216
A Militia Doctor in Croatia. Copy of Captain G H McIntyre's account of his service as Medical Officer with 3rd Bn Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry in Croatia, 1992-1993. Archives 1994-01-218
Photocopies of papers, forms and memoirs of Major J T Packard, Royal Army Medical Corps, 1890 (c)-1953; associated with the 2nd Sudan War and the Boer War. Archives 1994-01-221
Papers of Captain J K IIlingworth, 7th Bn Duke of Wellington's Regiment, 1945-1946, and his wife Vera (nee Bancroft), 1942; associated with World War Two, North West Europe. Archives 1994-01-228
Balaclava, 1854. Colour photolithograph postcard reproducing a detail from the oil painting 'Balaclava' by Lady Butler, No 1 from a series of six of the 'Military Paintings of Lady Elizabeth Butler', Set No 7, published by The Pompadour Gallery, 1987 (c); depicts the scene after the Charge of the Light Brigade with wounded and distraught men on foot and on horseback lead by Pte W H Pennington. Prints 1999-09-61
The Defence of Rorke's Drift, 1879. Colour photolithograph postcard reproducing a detail from the oil painting by Lady Butler, No 6 from a series of six of the 'Military Paintings of Lady Elizabeth Butler', set No 7, published by The Pompadour Gallery, 1987 (c); men of the 24th Regiment of Foot defending against Zulu attack, with Lts Chard and Bromhead in the centre, and soldiers under cover of sandbags to the left. Prints 1999-09-66
Service papers and other items relating to WO1 George Keeling, Grenadier Guards 1897 (c) -1920. Archives 1994-01-236
Papers of Lt Gen Sir Richard Church (1784-1873), relating chiefly to his service for the King of Naples and during the Greek War of Independence. Archives 1993-01-1
Papers of Miss G J Baxter, Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps, 1917-1920. Archives 1994-01-238
Papers of Dame Mary Colvin (1907-1988), Director Women's Royal Army Corps (1957-1961), including ms letters (1950-1959) and Christmas greetings cards (1948-1960) from Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, tickets and programmes to parades and receptions relating to the ATS and WRAC (1958-1962), routine orders and papers relating to her role as Chief Commandant, ATS on the staff of HQ Military Government Hansestadt, Hamburg (1946-1947), and the award of OBE in 1948, together with her WRAC Association membership card and service sheet for the Service of Thanksgiving following her death in September 1988. Archives 1994-01-240
Medal group awarded to Col John Anthony Stafford Fearfield, Royal Signals, attached to Force 136 Special Operations Executive, World War Two, Far East, from 1942-1945: Order of the British Empire, Member 1947; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star 1941-45; Defence Medal 1939-45; British War Medal 1939-45; General Service Medal 1918-62, with clasps: South East Asia 1945-46, Malaya; United Nations Korea Medal 1950-1954. Medals 1999-09-67
Eight picture postcards depicting the Bedfordshire Yeomanry at annual camp, 1911-1912: B Squadron Section Jumping Team, Shorncliffe, 1911; Sergeant W Sale, Shorncliffe, 1911; Lieutenant Colonel Viscount W R W Peel, Major S J Green and Captain G G M Tyrell; Patcham, 1913; Sergeant W Sale, Hatfield Peverel, 1914; group outside stables, Hatfield Peverel, 1914; 'The chaos of the gale', showing flattened tents at the Bedford Yeomanry camp at Patcham. Archives 1999-09-70
Papers of Dame Frances Coulshed, Director Women's Royal Army Corps (1951-1954), 1918-1985; associated with World War Two, North West Europe. Archives 1994-01-243
Papers of Dame Frances Coulshed, Director Women's Royal Army Corps (1951-1954), 1918-1985; associated with World War Two, North West Europe. Maps 1994-01-243
Dressing case, 1850 (c); made of mahogany; engraved on the lid with the owner's name, Rev R Eteson, Bengal Ecclesiastical Establishment; hinged at the end to form two leaves with brass lock at the opposite end; containing: a razor strop; two powder pots; toothbrush; folding razor; nail file; two pairs of tweezers; nail scissors; most of the contents are replacements. Equipment, general 1985-09-67
Handle of a kit bag, 1900 (c); made of steel and squared 'U' shape with a loop at one end and a flat hammered section pierced with a hole at the other; used by a Tpr D V Davies, Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry. Equipment, general 1986-01-13
Papers of Colonel Julia Margaret Cowper, Auxiliary Territorial Service and Women's Royal Army Corps, 1917-1961; the collection includes drafts and source material for Cowper's histories of the ATS and QMAAC. Archives 1994-01-247
Papers of Colonel Julia Margaret Cowper, Auxiliary Territorial Service and Women's Royal Army Corps, 1917-1961; the collection includes drafts and source material for Cowper's histories of the ATS and QMAAC. Photographs 1994-01-247
Shoulder belt plate, 1825-1845 (c); made of brass and oval in shape; engraved with a border, cross band and name of the regiment, 2nd (Queens Royal) Regiment of Foot; three studs on the back, one is converted from a steel nail, the upper stud has been sheared off; worn by a native servant. Equipment, general 1986-11-13
Ceremony programmes relating to the Girls' Venture Corps and the end of the Women's Royal Army Corps in 1992; collected by Colonel Jocelyn Fisher, Women's Royal Army Corps, 1955-1992. Archives 1994-01-250-1
Papers of Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan (1879-1967), Chief Controller Women's Army Auxiliary Corps 1917-1918, Commandant Women's Royal Air Force 1918-1919 and Chief Controller Auxiliary Territorial Service 1939-1941. Archives 1994-01-253
Papers of Bessie Mould (MBE) (1895-1988), Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps, 1909-1981. Archives 1994-01-256
Collection of 128 newspapers, some incomplete, of the period 1838-1991. Archives 1994-02-1
Collection of ten photographs, 1915-1918: one studio portrait of Major General Walter Delamain; nine copy photographs taken from the original World War One official photographs. Photographs 1999-10-8
Collection of messages and orders issued by FM 1st Viscount Bernard Law Montgomery to the Eighth Army, with various propaganda leaflets; associated with World War Two. Archives 1994-02-34
Three messages from FM 1st Viscount Bernard Law Montgomery to 21 Army Group, Dec 1944 to May 1945; with message from GOC-in-C, 1st Canadian Army, Feb 1945. Archives 1994-02-36
United Nations Safe Conduct Passes, booklet for use in communicating with the Chinese, page from an exercise book on which is drawn the insignia of the Middlesex Regiment. Archives 1994-02-44
Collection of documents compiled by Sergeant R F Allen while serving in the Field Security Section attached to HQ 4 Division in the UK 1940-1942. Archives 1994-02-152
Collection of papers of Major G A Harwood-Barnes of the 14th Punjab Regiment, 1939-1945; associated with World War Two (1939-1945). Archives 1994-02-161
Printed circular letter sent by General Lord Rawlinson, C in C, India, to Captain J R K Murphy, 3/5th Mahratta Light Infantry, 3rd Bn, upon his compulsory retirement from the Indian Army which was reduced under Royal Warrant; dated 25 Apr 1922. Archives 1994-02-162
Papers collected by 6106I426 Signalman J H Robinson, 5 Indian Division Signals, Far East 1944-1947. Archives 1994-02-168
Enlistment agreements and discharge certificate relating to Trumpeter John Heyne, 3rd Dragoon Guards, 1792 (c)-1811; Heyne was discharged in the Peninsula and returned to England, he was married twice and died without issue in Bethnal Green, London in 1846. Archives 1994-02-171
Ten copy photographs of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers vehicle recovery and the Royal Artillery in Korea, 1950-1953. Photographs 1999-10-22
Letter from the War Office to the father of L/Cpl Val Oram Lander, 1st Coy 13th Bn London Regiment, 15 Dec 1915, informing him that his son had been mentioned in despatches; Lander had been killed at Aubers Ridge, 9 May 1915, aged 21. Archives 1999-10-23
Assessment of 175 photographs, two sketch maps and 15 War Office maps, by Captain D P S Moneypenny, Royal Army Service Corps, serving with the Allied Military Government in the Eboli District of Italy, 9 Sept to early Oct 1943. Maps 1994-03-284
Papers of Gen Sir John Cheape, Indian Army, 1810-1875; the collection consists chiefly of commissions and other official forms. Archives 1993-01-154
Two photographs associated with All Saint's Church, Ladysmith, 1910 (c): one of the interior; one close-up of the memorial tablets to the fallen of the 5th Lancers, 13th, 14th and 18th Hussars. Photographs 1999-10-27
Military and personal papers of Lt-Col James Chisholm (d.1821); a detailed list of the collection is available. Archives 1993-01-2
Two photographs: one of identity tags worn by Ernest Ipson whilst a prisoner of war of the Japanese, Changi Gaol, Singapore; one of a caricature of four Auxiliary Territorial Service officers at Shoeburyness, 1944. Photographs 1999-10-32
Photocopy 'The Chindits 1944 part one' reproduced from newspaper reports of the Chindit operations, Mar 1944; silk escape map as issued to Chindits. Archives 1993-02-210
Printed booklets and leaflets relating to the British forces in Germany with general information on Germany and Berlin, 1979-92. Archives 1993-02-211
Two booklets: 'A Short History of the Nigeria Regiment RWAFF' by Lt-Col C S Taylor, 1930 (c), and 'Tribes in the Nigerian Military Forces, Their Customs and Markings', published 1943. Archives 1993-02-212
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
Six plaques bearing the badges of formations and regiments associated with Gen Sir Frank Messervy, 1947 (c). Equipment, general 1987-01-16
Regimental history of the 4th Battalion The Nigeria Regiment, Burma, Dec 1943 to Feb 1945. Archives 1993-02-221
Record of operations, 7th battalion The Nigeria Regiment, Burma, Apr - Jul 1944. Archives 1993-02-225
Papers relating mainly to the operations of 81st (West African) Divisional Signals in Burma, 1943-45. Archives 1993-02-255
Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife, 1st pattern, 1941; with an S-shaped guard and original 1st Pattern leather sheath with a press stud catch; used by Cpl F Peacey, No 2 Commando, during World War Two; ricasso etched with the maker's name, Wilkinson Sword Company Limited. Edged Weapons 1999-10-35
Papers relating to 82nd (West African) Division in Burma 1945-1946 (c), collected by Maj E C Hampton, 10th Nigeria Regiment. Archives 1993-02-228
Papers relating to 82nd (West African) Division in Burma 1945-1946 (c), collected by Maj E C Hampton, 10th Nigeria Regiment. Maps 1993-02-228
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
WPFRS: 8.96. VULTURE, BCL WSF JHLB; JEZERO, vehicles of the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment, Bosnia, 1996. Watercolour over pencil by J H L (Hugh) Beattie, 1996. Drawings and Watercolours 1999-10-53
REME SEGUEZ FACTORY 6/96. AFV vehicle park, Keyhole Camp, Sipovo, June 1996. Wash over pencil drawing by J H L (Hugh) Beattie, 1996; signed and dated lower left. Drawings and Watercolours 1999-10-58
Series of 34 watercolours of 'types' of the Indian Army executed by Lady Elizabeth Matheson, wife of General Sir Torquhil Matheson Bt (1871-1963), GOC-in-C Western Command, India from 1931-1935. Drawings and Watercolours 1959-12-209
3 articles relating to the indianisation of the Indian army 1918-45. Archives 1993-02-235
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
'Experiences as a prisoner of war in the hands of the Bolsheviks'; Oct 1918 to May 1919. Archives 1993-02-239
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
Officers' mess rules, Royal Indian Army Service Corps, Chaklala, 1925-1930 (c); illustrated with humorous sketches. Archives 1999-10-71
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
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
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
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
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
Papers relating to the 4th Bn The Queen's Regiment and its successor units 1932-1959. Archives 1994-05-3
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
Photocopy of transcript: Reminiscence; by Cpl E F Meikle, Home Guard, 1940-41. Archives 1993-02-511
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
Letters from Princess Mary to Dame Myra Tyrwhitt, Director of ATS 1946-49 and the WRAC 1949-50. Archives 1993-03-1
Photocopies of papers collected by Captain S A Guild, Royal Artillery, UK, Burma, French Indo-China and Malaya 1939-1947. Archives 1994-05-13
French-English dictionary inscribed on the flyleaf 'Capt [James] Duberly 11 Light Dragoons, Dieppe 1815'. Archives 1994-05-15
Purse, 1914; made of leather; used Sgt A H Neilson, 14th (County of London) Bn The London Regiment (London Scottish). Equipment, general 1988-08-13
A Commanding Career, A Commission in the Army Catering Corps. VHS video cassette produced by Services Sounds and Vision Corporation (SSVC); subjects include: Regular Commissions Board; Royal Military Academy Sandhurst; ACC Training Centre; responsibilities; deployment; recreation; approx running time 18 mins. Film and Videos 1999-10-92
Copy of typescript history of 8th Indian Infantry Brigade in Malaya, Nov 1940 to Feb 1942, compiled by Brigadier 'Billy' Key. Archives 1994-05-22
Menu, The Indian Cavalry informal luncheon at the Cavalry and Guards Club, 11 March 1993. Archives 1993-03-80
Photocopies of papers relating to 400 Independent Scorpion Sqn, Royal Armoured Corps, Nov 1942 to Dec 1945. Archives 1994-05-27
Recruiting advertisements, literature and photographs for the Women's Royal Army Corps, 1961-88. Archives 1993-04-4
Papers relating to the West African forces, mainly in Burma, 1942 (c) -1945: message book; notes; map; newspaper cuttings. Archives 1993-04-5
Photocopy of letter from Lt G C Vaughan, 2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment to Lt V E Cotton, 8th Lancashire Battery, 4th West Lancashire (Howitzer) Bde RFA, giving advice on the best clothing to wear on active service in France, 22 Jan 1915. Archives 1993-04-7
Papers, relating to the Indian Army, 1935, covering details of 'Neuralia', and a letter to Gent Cadet G T A Douglas. Archives 1993-04-8
1998/ R. Esercito Italiano - Rgt. 'Giovani Fascisti' Voluntari/ 2 Conflitto Mondiale 1940-43 - Africa Settentrionale, 1940 (c). Colour photolithograph 1998 calendar after Sergio Bianchi Galangan, published by Lasergrafica Polver, Milan, 1997; two folded pages with illustrations and poems relating to the Italian Volunteer Forces. Prints 1997-11-108
Transcript text of address given by Lt-Col C R D Gray at the memorial service for Lt-Col H A Williams, MC, 8 Jan 1993. Archives 1993-04-9
Letter written by Capt H M Clogstoun, VC to Admiral Edward Walcott descibing the action at Chichumbah for which he was awarded the VC, 29 Jan 1859, with a photocopy of a transcript letter from Mrs Margaret Platt giving a more objective view of the affair, 1 May 1967. Archives 1993-04-11
Papers with associated photographs and tape-recorded reading of draft memoirs, of Capt R A Newman, 9th Jat Regiment, 1942-46; the collection includes correspondence and papers relating to reunions and visits to 1991. Archives 1993-04-13
Letters and commissions associated with Lt Col D W Wise, Hodson's Horse attached to 9th Lancers, Indian Mutiny, 1857-59. Archives 1993-04-18
3 printed recruitment leaflets relating to the Trucial Oman Scouts, the Somaliland Scouts and the Royal Nigerian Military forces, 1950s. Archives 1993-04-28
Transcript description and history of Tripoli, with sketch map of North Africa collected by Capt (later Maj) M A Urban Smith while serving with 14th/20th Hussars, Libya, 1953 (c)-1955. Archives 1993-04-30
Papers and maps of Lt Col A J Ward OBE, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) 1943 (c) to 1974; attached King's African Rifles 1959 to 1963; Mauritius Mobile Police Force 1967 (c) to 1972; post-retirement Rhodesian African Rifles 1974 to 1983. Archives 1993-04-32
A Sergeant in the Home Guard, Huntonbridge, Hertfordshire May 1940 to September 1942. Typescript memoirs of Sergeant Jack Renforth Scarr, No 6 Platoon No 33 Coy 9th Hertfordshire Home Guard. Archives 1994-05-30
Photocopies of papers relating to Pte William Bell Scott Leathart, Imperial Yeomanry; associated with the Boer War 1899-1902. Archives 1994-05-31
Papers probably collected by Lt Col F G Milligan (OBE), mainly relating to the history of the 2/15th Punjab Regiment 1939-1945, particularly the campaign in Borneo 1941. Archives 1994-05-42
Papers probably collected by Lt Col F G Milligan (OBE), mainly relating to the history of the 2/15th Punjab Regiment 1939-1945, particularly the campaign in Borneo 1941. Maps 1994-05-42
Papers and diaries of Colonel F T Birdwood OBE, Indian Army, 1915-1947, relating to World War One, Mespotamia and World War Two, Far East. Archives 1994-05-48