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Equipment owned by Maj E K Ridley, Dorset Regiment, 1898 (c): compass in a leather case bearing the initials of the owner; collapsible beaker in a metal case, impressed, 'PATENT. E.J.T.'; writing case made of leather bearing an inscription on an internal pocket and the owner's initials on one of strap. Equipment, general 1977-08-1
Collection of equipment owned by Maj E K Ridley, 2nd Bn Dorsetshire Regiment, 1903 (c): map case, made by Hughs Rees Limited, Lincoln; binoculars and case; set of three glass beakers in a leather case; regimental playing cards, made by De La Rue and Company; camp bed, made by Boota, Singh and Son (?); malaca walking stick; ball headed cane, 1906 (c), hallmarked, Birmingham 1906-1907. Equipment, general 1980-07-62
Collection of equipment owned by Maj E K Ridley, 2nd Bn Dorsetshire Regiment, 1903 (c): map case, made by Hughs Rees Limited, Lincoln; binoculars and case; set of three glass beakers in a leather case; regimental playing cards, made by De La Rue and Company; camp bed, made by Boota, Singh and Son (?); malaca walking stick; ball headed cane, 1906 (c), hallmarked, Birmingham 1906-1907. Scientific Instruments 1980-07-62
Collection of equipment owned by Maj E K Ridley, 2nd Bn Dorsetshire Regiment, 1903 (c): map case, made by Hughs Rees Limited, Lincoln; binoculars and case; set of three glass beakers in a leather case; regimental playing cards, made by De La Rue and Company; camp bed, made by Boota, Singh and Son (?); malaca walking stick; ball headed cane, 1906 (c), hallmarked, Birmingham 1906-1907. Furniture 1980-07-62
Collection of Army recruiting leaflets and pamphlets, various regiments, 1984-1995. Archives 1996-04-23
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
AF D426 parchment discharge certificate issued to Pte W T Morris, Dorsetshire Regiment, dated 2 Nov 1908. Archives 1994-01-235
Papers relating to censorship during the Boer War, collected by Maj W D Jones, Wiltshire Regiment: a detailed list of the collection is available. Archives 1993-07-14
108 files of manuscript notes, newspaper and magazine cuttings and ephemera relating to the British Army. Archives 1992-07-94
Someone was to blame: The South African War Diary of Pte Walter Abbott, 1899-1901. Edited version of Abbott's Boer War diary; with copies of his attestation and discharge papers from the Dorsetshire Regiment. Archives 1992-08-335
Six notebooks kept by L/Cpl Richardson, 3rd Bn Dorset Regiment, at Southern Command School of Instruction for NCO's, Jellalabad Barracks, Tidworth, Oct to Nov 1918. Archives 1992-09-29
Five sheets of laser copied testimonials and passes, used by William Churchill, a photographer of Wareham, to gain admittance to various army camps in Dorset, 1897-1903. Archives 2000-02-92
1990 PATTERN EQUIPMENT, 1995-2000. Watercolour by Mike Chappell, 2000 (c); the three figures (one full-length and two half-lengths) shown are: Private, 1st Bn, Staffordshire Regiment, 7th Armoured Brigade, Saudi Arabia, 1991; Sergeant, 1st Bn Devonshire and Dorset Regiment, UNPROFOR, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 1995; Private, 1st Bn, The Black Watch, UK; the original for the illustration of plate H in 'British Infantry Equipments (2) 1908-2000' Osprey (revised edition), by Mike Chappell, 2000 (c). Drawings and Watercolours 2000-04-101
Album of 112 photographs compiled by Bandsman Edward Walter Robert Harrild, Dorsetshire Regiment, in the UK 1931-1932 (c) and India 1933-1935 (c). Photographs 2000-08-69
Album of 342 photographs compiled by Bandsman Edward Walter Robert Harrild, Dorsetshire Regiment, India 1932-1936, including the Mohmand Operations, North West Frontier, 1935-1936. Photographs 2000-08-70
Album of 340 photographs compiled by Bandsman Edward Walter Robert Harrild, Dorsetshire Regiment, India 1935-1937, Egypt and Palestine 1936 (c). Photographs 2000-08-71
Album of 20 photographs, some hand tinted, compiled by Bandsman Edward Walter Robert Harrild, Dorsetshire Regiment, of the presentation of new colours to the Regiment, Sialkot, November 1936. Photographs 2000-08-72
Six photographs collected by Bandsman Edward Walter Robert Harrild, Dorsetshire Regiment, India 1933-1936. Photographs 2000-08-73
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
Collection of nine colour photographs of St Thomas Church, Port MacQuarie, New South Wales, Australia which was built with convict labour by 3rd (The East Kent) Regiment of Foot (The Buffs), 1820. Photographed and donated by Maj Poulsen. From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Photographs 2000-12-67
Collection of eleven photographs, 1/4th Bn The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), India (Fred Norris), World War One (1914-1918). From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Photographs 2000-12-162
THE DORSET REGIMENT, 1940-1950 (c). Shield-shaped plaque, 1940-1950 (c); hand-painted wood; decorated with the badge of the Dorset Regiment, a castle and key within a wreath surmounted by the Sphinx on a green, gold, and burgundy ground; one of a collection of eight plaques that belonged to Brig M R Lonsdale, Commander of the Southern Sub-Distrist, Nigerian Military Forces. Crafts 2000-12-598
N.W. EUROPE 1944 1945, 1945 (c). Shield-shaped plaque, 1945 (c); hand-painted wood; painted with badges of The Dorset Regiment and The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, both surmounted by a dragon or wyvern; associated with Pte H Nye; one of a collection of eight plaques that belonged to Brig M R Lonsdale, Commander of the Southern Sub-Distrist, Nigerian Military Forces. Crafts 2000-12-600
Collection of three original and two reproduction photographs relating to Capt T F Dixon, 39th Regiment, and Gen George Dixon, formerly 77th Regiment; and to the 57th and 77th Regiments in the Crimea, 1855. Photographs 1993-01-184
36 photographs collected by Capt, later Maj, E K Ridley, 1st Volunteer Bn, Dorsetshire Regiment, South African War, 1900 (c). Photographs 1994-01-40
7 photographs probably collected by Lt Col Alexander Bredin, 72nd Punjabis, 1890-1900 (c), and his son Brig Alexander Edward Craven Bredin, Dorsetshire Regiment, 1929 (c)-1931. Photographs 1993-04-25
Photograph of Garrison Military Police, 1st Bn The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) and other regiments, Ranikhet, India, 1927. From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Photographs 2001-02-44
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
The 2nd Bn Dorset Battalion Concert Party snapped at Monallaka (Syria) Station en route from Damascus to Beyrout 26 Feb 1919; captioned photographic postcard. Photographs 1989-09-106
55 typescript Ministry of Defence papers, 1973-1977; relating to the Band headdress for Devonshire and Dorset Regiment, and Cheshire Regiment and Royal Hampshire Regiment; includes correspondence relating to the wearing of a white 'Wolseley' helmet by these bands and the opposition to this from Royal Marine Bands; MOD reference D/PS(A) 99/1/2. Archives 2001-05-601
Five postcard photographs relating to British Army Regiments, 1900-1918 (c); subjects include Royal Field Artillery, Dorsetshire Regiment and groups and portraits of William Felgate and 2/Lt T M Felgate. Photographs 2001-06-100
Album of photographs, Staff College, 1861-1876. (Album dimensions: 31 x 27 x 4.5 cm). Photographs 1982-04-412
Other ranks cap badge, Devonshire and Dorset Regiment, 1970 (c); made from anodised aluminium by J R Gaunt, Birmingham, nd; from the collection of Joseph Williams, Merchant Navy. Badges 2001-07-67
File: 4th Statement, 20 Mar 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 2001-07-703-1
14 documents relating to the military service of Pte Harry Hewitt, Dorsetshire Regiment, 1890-1902: press cuttings, signals, certificates, a poem, a testimonial and an itinerary. Archives 2001-11-161
Cap badge, Dorset Regiment, nd; master pattern, sealed 4 Oct 1956; white and gilt metal. Badges 2002-04-633
Button, large, officer, Dorsetshire Regiment, nd; sealed 11 Dec 1945. Badges 2002-04-732
Photograph of named officers of 2nd Bn Dorsetshire Regiment, 1935 (c). Photographs 1991-09-142
76 colour transparencies of regimental cap badges, 1981. Photographs 1987-07-16
Officer's shoulder belt plate, 39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot, 1800-1815; oval brass shoulder belt plate; inscribed '39' in centre and 'GIBRALTAR' on a ribbon below. Badges 1984-05-38
Officer's shoulder belt plate, 39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot, 1800-1815; oval brass shoulder belt plate; inscribed '39' in centre and 'GIBRALTAR' on a ribbon below. Badges 1984-05-39
Research notes accumulated by J H R Colvin during the writing of his book, 'Not Ordinary Men', 1994, about the battle of Kohima. Archives 1994-12-118
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
Small sketchbook, containing drawings by a number of soldiers from different British regiments, while stationed in Mespotamia, 1917-1919; most are signed and dated; associated with World War One (1914-1918). Drawings and Watercolours 2002-07-269
Two sound cassettes: oral history interview with Lt Peter Collister who served with 1st Bn Gloucestershire Regiment during the retreat from Burma in 1942, when he was wounded, and in the return during 1945 when seconded to 2nd Bn The Dorset Regiment; in between he served in Calcutta; interview conducted by Mark Nicholls, 6 Feb 1990. Sound Recordings 1990-02-9
Sound cassettes: oral history interview with Mr A C J Norton, Indian Signals, 1926-1933, covering his miltary career, including his time spent training officers during World War Two. Interview conducted on 14 September 1992. Sound Recordings 1992-09-137
Holster, probably for 'WG' Webley Revolver, 1914 (c); not service issue, later modification; associated with E K Ridley, Dorsetshire Regiment, World War One. Equipment, general 1980-06-47
Photocopies of a printed historical account: An account of the services of the 39th Regiment at Gibraltar, 1727-1783; written by Lt Col Pownell R Phipps, Jan 1927. Archives 1987-11-43
Camp of the Fourth Division, 15 July 1855. Watercolour and pencil, signed and dated lower right 'Wm Simpson/ 15th July 1855', by William Simpson (1823-1899), 1855, reproduced as plate nine in Simpson's 'Seat of War in the East', second series, published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi, London, 1856. A group of soldiers resting and a soldier carrying a pick-axe at the left foreground, and centrally, chickens and goats, the lines of camp beyond, Crimean War (1854-1856). Drawings and Watercolours 1992-01-123
Lanyard green and yellow, Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry (TA), nd. Equipment, uniform 2002-11-20
Lanyard, yellow and green, nd. Equipment, uniform 2002-11-202
Cap badge, Dorsetshire Regiment, nd; sealed pattern, sealed 1901. Badges 2002-11-546
Photograph album of 52 sepia photographs associated with the Crimean War (1854-1856). Photographed by Roger Fenton. With four loose duplicate photographs. (Album dimensions: 32 x 25 x 4 cm). Photographs 1964-12-151-6
Two photographs: Camp of the 7th Dragoon Guards, Egypt 1882 and 39th Regiment in the Crimean War (1854-1856). Photographs 1963-09-99
Collection of official letters from Horse Guards to Lord Raglan (Commander-in-Chief, Crimea) and Lt-Col T M Steele (Military Secretary). The letters are from the Military Secretary (Maj-Gen Charles Yorke) and the Adjutant-General (Maj-Gen George Wetherall) and their subordinates, and relate to appointments, promotions, leave, establishments, arrivals and departures of troops, and related matters. From the papers of Gen Sir William John Codrington (1804-1884), Commander in Chief during the Crimean War (1854-1856), 1855-1856.(Printed finding aid available) Archives 1968-07-377-1
Coatee, pair of epaulettes, shoulder belt and shoulder belt plate, officers', 39th (The Dorsetshire Regiment) of Foot, worn by Capt (later Maj) Robert Broome Baker, 1854 (c). Uniforms 1960-08-250
Coatee, pair of epaulettes, shoulder belt and shoulder belt plate, officers', 39th (The Dorsetshire Regiment) of Foot, worn by Capt (later Maj) Robert Broome Baker, 1854 (c). Badges 1960-08-250
Coatee, pair of epaulettes, shoulder belt and shoulder belt plate, officers', 39th (The Dorsetshire Regiment) of Foot, worn by Capt (later Maj) Robert Broome Baker, 1854 (c). Equipment, uniform 1960-08-250
Documents relating to Sgt Robert Clarke, 39th Regiment; consisting of 25 letters written from Ireland, 1850-1855, 11 letters written from the Crimea including one from Gibraltar on the journey out, 1855, letters from members of his family and Service papers. Archives 1973-01-56
Manuscript diary and four manuscript letters written by Capt C B Phillipps, 39th Regt to his mother, Crimean War. Archives 1983-11-29
Letters written from the Crimea by Capt Charles Milligan, 39th Foot, July 1854 to June 1856; mostly addressed to his mother. Archives 1968-02-4
Medals awarded to Pte Isaac Taylor, 39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment: Crimea Medal 1854-56, clasp: Sebastopol; Turkish Crimea Medal 1855, 1854-56; Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, Army, 1870 (c); associated with Crimean War (1854-1856). Medals 1979-09-28
19 photographs showing portraits and groups. Related to Hussars, 7th Dragoon Guards, 8th (King's Royal Irish) Hussars, 18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars, Army Service Corps, Irish Guards, Rifle Brigade, Royal Army Medical Corps, 19th London (St Pancras) Regiment, Royal Navy, Gordon Highlanders, Dorsetshire Regiment, Highland Light Infantry, Corps of Royal Engineers, Royal Artillery. 1890-1920. Photographs 1985-11-61
Nine photographs related to Household Cavalry and Yeomanry, World War One, 1914-1918. Photographs 1985-11-62
393 photographs relating to Army Commandos, including: portraits, groups, training, memorials, World War Two operations in Norway, North West Europe, Italy, Burma, Madagascar, Albania and Yugoslavia, 1941-1946. Photographs 1986-01-4
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
Off-loading a patrol from a Land Rover, August 23rd 1975; Manning an observation post on the peace-line, August 25th 1975. Two colour photolithographs after Ken Howard, signed and Numbered 88/200 published by The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment, 1975. Prints 1977-04-16
Three sound cassettes: oral history interview with Lt Col L H Landon, Royal Artillery and 28 Indian Mountain Regiment Rotal Indian Artillery, 1930-1946. Interview conducted on 22 November 1989. Sound Recordings 1989-11-27
Sound disc: 'Men of the West Country', by the Regimental Band of the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment, Volunteer Band of the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment, 1988; bandmaster: P Judson and WO1 G Dyer. Sound Recordings 1989-10-13
Plaque, 1976 (c) - 1978 (c); shield shaped, a wooden shield shaped regimental insignia of the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment has detached from the centre of the plaque; with a metal plate attached to the top of the plaque inscribed, 'To The BRIXMIS Club/ from Major B. H. Dutton 1976-78/ (The First Armoured Farmer)'; with plastic scroll attached to the bottom of the plaque inscribed, 'The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment'. Crafts 2003-01-106
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
Shoulder title, Dorsetshire Regiment, nd; sealed pattern, sealed 10 Jan 1899; with plate and pin; made of gilt metal. Badges 2003-03-30
Officer's gilt metal button, 39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot, 1855-1881 (c); from a collection of regimental buttons of the British Infantry, 1st Regiment of Foot to 109th Regiment of Foot, 1830-1881; mounted and framed. Badges 2003-07-44
Crossed Colours of the Dorsetshire Regiment, 1910 (c). Gouache on celluloid, probably painted by a soldier of the Dorsetshire Regiment, 1910 (c); crossed King's and Regimental colours, with badge above and motto below; framed. Miniatures 1980-08-34
Other ranks, forage cap badge, 1914 (c); relating to the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment); associated with World War One (1914-1918). Badges 1964-04-83
Cap badge, other ranks', Dorsetshire Regiment, 1914 (c). Badges 1994-01-200
The Prince of Wales's Division/ Symbols of tradition... Colour photolithograph recruiting poster, prepared by the Central Office of Information, for the Ministry of Defence; published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, November 1983; with metal badges of the nine regiments in the Division. Prints 1984-04-157
Buttons and badges associated with various regiments of the British Army and Belgian Army, 1855-1937. Badges 1967-07-28
Brief typescript autobiographical memoir, 1951-1953; concerns the National Service of Cpl Ronald C Dominy, Dorset Regiment at Plumer Barracks, Plymouth. Archives 2003-08-29
15 photographs associated with war cemeteries and memorials in Burma, 1945 (c). P; photographs show Taukkyan War Cemetery and the Rangoon War Memorial; 2nd Division Memorial at Kohima; 2nd Bn Durham Light Infantry Memorial, Kohima; 2nd Bn Dorset Regiment Memorial, Kohima; 1st Bn Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders Memorial, Kohima; Royal Norfolk Regiment; Rangoon War Cemetery; British graves at Kohima. from a collection of 563 loose photographs; associated with World War Two, Far East (1941-1945). From the Burma Memorial Collection of Maj James Allan. Photographs 1989-04-116-3103
Photograph album of 37 photographs compiled by Pte Sidney Herbert Morgan, 1/4th Dorset Regiment, Mesopotamia, World War One (1917-1918). Photographs 2003-08-64
Coatee, waistbelt and pair of sword slings, 3rd (The East Kent) Regiment of Foot (The Buffs), worn by Lt Gen Sir Henry Clinton the Younger as the regiment's colonel, 1815-1820. Equipment, uniform 1960-04-41
1st Bn The Dorset Regiment in the Assault on Normandy, D-Day, 6th June 1944. Photograph of a painting by Mrs Juliet Pannett, with key, 1960 (c); associated with D-Day (1944), World War Two, North West Europe (1944-1945). Prints 1974-05-22
Cap badge, other ranks', Dorsetshire Regiment, 1940 (c). Badges 1994-06-28
Letters by Pte (?) Charles Stride, Dorsetshire Regiment, Boer War (1899-1902), 28 May 1900 to 5 Apr 1901. Archives 1984-08-57
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
Twelve uniform and equipment items, Dorsetshire Regiment and Unidentified, 1918-1945. Equipment, uniform 1983-01-120
History: Brief History of Dorset's County Yeomanry; word processed acount written by Gen Sir Timothy Granville-Chapman, nd; associated with the Imperial Yeomanry and Dorset's County Yeomanry Cavalry Regiment, Boer War (1899-1902), World War One (1914-1918) and World War Two (1939-1945). Archives 2004-01-117
Handkerchief, 1856 (c); printed by Salter and Ross, 1856; printed silk commemorative handkerchief, marking the entry of the 39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot into Montreal from the Crimea, 28 Jun 1856; associated with the Crimean War (1854-1856). Equipment, general 1988-10-61
43 photographs, 1935-1938; taken and collected by a bandsman of the Dorsetshire Regiment, India; 40 mounted on sheets from an album. Photographs 1984-01-35
Photograph album of 191 photographs, including 15 loose, 1895-1907; compiled by Edward Keane Ridley, Dorsetshire Regiment; associated with Britain and India. (Album dimensions: 37.5 x 29.5 x 4 cm). Photographs 1984-04-99
Photograph of Capt Charles Burch Phillipps, 39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot, 1856 (c); photographed by W Trindall, Pembroke Dock, 1856 (c). Photographs 1983-12-88
Photograph of changing the guard at Buckingham Palace, L/Cpl Hassam Judoo, 1st Bn The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment relieving a sentry of the Welsh Guards, 1975. Photographs 1984-06-69
Button and shoulder title, Dorsetshire Regiment, 1953-1956, sealed pattern, nd. Badges 1989-04-29
Collar badge, other ranks', West Somerset Yeomanry and 255 (West Somerset Yeomanry and Dorset Garrison), 1960 (c), sealed pattern, 1960. Badges 1989-05-202
Printed programme, 'The Presentation of Colours to the First Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment, by His Excellency The Viceroy at Sialkot, on 14th November 1936'. Archives 1984-01-34
Salver, 1903; silver, by Thomas Bradbury, hallmarked London 1902-1903; inscribed, 'PRESENTED/ TO/ MAJOR E K RIDLEY/ BY HIS BROTHER OFFICERS/ OF THE 2ND BN DORSETSHIRE REGIMENT/ JUNE 1903'; plain, circular, with scalloped and reeded border, with alternate broad and narrow gadrooned edge, four ball-and-claw feet spaced equally around rim. Silver 1980-08-33
Matchbox, 1901; silver, by H and A, hallmarked Birmingham, 1897-1898; presented to Maj E K Ridley, 1st Volunteer Bn Dorset Regiment and inscribed, 'E.K.R./ FROM/ PERMT STAFF 1ST V.B.D.R/ 1895/1901'; flattened rectangle with rounded corners and slightly convex sides, with a three-bar hinge and lid; inside are nine wooden vespas. Silver 1982-02-43
Teapot and stand, 1901; silver, by Harrison Brothers and Howson, hallmarked Sheffield, 1901-1902; presented to Maj E K Ridley on the occasion of his marriage, by the 1st Volunteer Bn Dorset Regiment; pot and stand are separate and lock together with pins and sockets; stand is on four legs; pot, ovoid with repousse radiating ribs, inscribed with regimental title. Silver 1982-12-9