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Circular Memoranda South Africa, 13 Jan 1900 to 17 Jan 1902. Bound printed volume, with loose inserts; associated with the Boer War (1899-1902). Archives 1996-09-27
The True History of the War Part 1 Being the Official Despatches and Enclosures from the General Commanding-in-Chief the Forces in South Africa from November 9th, 1899 to December 28th; bound printed volume reprinted from 'The London Gazette', 26 Jan 1900'; associated with the Boer War (1899-1902). Archives 1996-09-30
Two bound printed volumes, 'Royal Commission on War Stores in South Africa, Vol I, Minutes of Evidence; and Volume II Report with appendices; published by HMSO London, 1906. Archives 1996-09-31
Report of the Local Auditor of Army Store Accounts, South African War 1899-1902. File containing printed report. Archives 1996-09-32
Items for equipment: mine prod No 5 with webbing holder, 1956; khaki green enamel mug, 1945 (c); wirecutters and webbing case, 1945; leather case No 1A for monocular Mk I, 1917; two leather cases, dated 1939 and 1940, unidentified purpose, emergency production (?). Equipment, general 1982-11-150
Reports from Ordnance Officers in South Africa on the Working etc of the Army Ordnance Department. Two paperbound volumes; associated with the Boer War 1899-1902. Archives 1996-09-34
Answers to questions from Various Branches of Quartermaster-General's Department by Officers employed in South Africa. Paper bound volume, published by HMSO, London 1901; associated with the Boer War 1899-1902. Archives 1996-09-35
General and Detailed Reports on Sanitary Conditions likely to affect the Health of Troops in Cantonments and Encampments in South Africa. Two bound printed volumes, published by HMSO, London 1903; associated with the Boer War 1899-1902. Archives 1996-09-37
Return of Death Sentences Inflicted, Penal Servitude Sentences Confirmed, and Other Penalties awarded by Military Courts in South Africa during 1902. Paper bound printed volume, published by HMSO 1902. Archives 1996-09-42
File of miscellaneous printed reports relating to Army Departments during the Boer War 1899-1902. Archives 1996-09-45
Composition of Forces and Staffs, South Africa, 1 Aug 1899 to Sept 1902. Printed papers in board folder. Archives 1996-09-51
South Africa, Telegrams between 25th May 1902 and 31st March 1905 Dealing with supplies etc. Bound printed volume, War Office, 1905. Archives 1996-09-53
Bound printed volume of telegrams mainly between Viceroy, Secretary of State for India and the Commander-in-Chief, India relating to the South African War, 5 Jul 1899 to 8 Jan 1900; associated with the Boer War (1899-1902). Archives 1996-09-55
South African War, 1899-1902, Telegrams relating to Censorship, Prisoners of War etc. Bound printed volume of telegrams. Archives 1996-09-56
Six webbing and two leather straps, with War Department markings, 1939-1955 (c); two of the webbing straps made by Finnigans Limited. Equipment, general 1982-11-154
Distribution List of all the Corps in Payment of the Imperial and Indian Army Pay Offices in South Africa corrected to 1st May 1901. Bound printed booklet published Cape Town 1901. Archives 1996-09-58
War Stores Enquiry, Discipline Cases, South African War, 1902-1906. Two bound printed and typescript volumes. Archives 1996-09-63
Items of equipment; canvas respirator case, 1941; water carrier, white canvas, 1943; water carrier, green canvas, 1943 (c); water bowl cover, jungle green canvas, 1953. Equipment, general 1982-11-155
Four canvas camp buckets: khaki canvas bucket, 1953; pale green canvas bucket, 1942; undyed canvas bucket, 1940; undyed canvas bucket, 1959. Equipment, general 1982-11-156
Testimonial signed by the British prisoners at Kabul 11 Mar 1842 and presented to their gaoler, Meerza Bawudeen Khan; associated with the 1st Afghan War. Archives 1996-09-77
Collection of recruiting pamphlets, various regiments, 1990-1996. Archives 1996-09-79
South African Surrenders, Being some account of the recorded Surrenders of British Troops which took place during the South African War, 1899-1902, and of the action subsequently taken in connection therewith. Printed paperbound volume. Archives 1996-10-27
Items of equipment: two buff leather frogs, possibly for tools, 1915 (c); khaki web strap, 1917; brown webbing strap, 1915; brown webbing strap, 1917. Equipment, general 1982-11-159
Item of equipment: khaki cotton bag, 1950 (c); web and leather stable strap, 1918 (c); web and leather harness strap, 1917; leather kneepad, 1918 (c); canvas kneepad, 1918 (c). Equipment, general 1982-11-160
Item of equipment: khaki cotton bag, 1950 (c); web and leather stable strap, 1918 (c); web and leather harness strap, 1917; leather kneepad, 1918 (c); canvas kneepad, 1918 (c). Horse Furniture 1982-11-160
Item of equipment: wirecutter frog, made of leather, 1915 (c); wirecutter frog, made of leather and marked for used by the Royal Field Artillery, 1915 (c); cylindrical webbing carrier, possibly for a fire extinguisher, 1944; two cylindrical webbing carrier, possibly for fire extinguishers, 1945. Equipment, general 1982-11-161
Waterbottle, British army pattern 1908; made of khaki enamelled steel, with a convex front and concave back; covered in khaki felt; spout with a cork stopper bearing a steel cap, a piece of string is attached to the spout loop. Equipment, general 1982-11-198
Items of equipment used by Brig G L G Pollard, 1941 (c): light respirator case containing an anti-dimming outfit and a tin of anti-gas ointment, 1941; identity tag; webbing binocular case, 1940; convertible sleeping bag and or valise; naval type compass P8 No 118292 H*; swagger cane, leather cover is missing. Equipment, general 1982-11-199
Items of equipment used by Brig G L G Pollard, 1941 (c): light respirator case containing an anti-dimming outfit and a tin of anti-gas ointment, 1941; identity tag; webbing binocular case, 1940; convertible sleeping bag and or valise; naval type compass P8 No 118292 H*; swagger cane, leather cover is missing. Scientific Instruments 1982-11-199
Plan of an Royal Air Force, R3 Radar Bunker, used also by the Army, 1939-1945. Maps 1996-08-177
Printed German Intelligence map of British dispositions west of Cambrai, 17-19 Sept 1918. Maps 1996-08-178
45 printed maps collected by Lt Col E I V Tuite-Dalton MC, including 17 military maps of areas of the UK 1948-1952, 21 US and British maps of areas of Italy 1943-1945; 4 military maps of areas of Egypt 1943; one of Northern Palestine 1942; The Daily Telegraph War Map of Finland 1939-1940 (c); Bartholomew's Map of Europe and the Mediterranean 1942. Maps 1996-08-209
Pair of snow shoes, War Department issue, 1945 (c); webbing footpad with wooden frame and strung with cord; the frame bulges out on the outer side; a webbing strap threaded through loops buckles ad secures the shoe when in use. Equipment, general 1982-12-61
God Save the King, 1915 (c). Embroidered postcard, textile and paper; made in France. Prints 1999-09-12
1915 Remember, 1915. Embroidered postcard, textile and paper, made in France. Prints 1999-09-13
Regimental cane, Canadian Army, 1914 (c); possibly associated with the Militia Rifle Association; unpolished cane with a brass head engraved with the cypher, 'GVR', within a roundel mounted by a crown, the whole upon crossed rifles, and inscription, 'GMFA', and 'PRO PATRIA'. Equipment, general 1983-01-74
Items of equipment, 1900 (c); tent pole spider hook, steel and buff leather with War Department marks; belt clip holder for an unidentified instrument. Equipment, general 1983-01-85
Photographs of Saddler Sidney Joseph Garrard, Royal Horse Artillery, 1892-1901: portrait photograph of Garrard; portrait photograph showing Garrard in full dress on horse back; Garrard in company with other British, Chinese, Japanese, Italian, German, and Indian soldiers, as well as Austrian sailors, during the Boxer Rebellion. Photographs 1999-09-33
Pair of crampons, War Department type, 1945 (c); made of steel, the heel part consists of a stamped metal framework of two arms at right angles to the heel, pointing downward to projecting spikes; two solid strap loops either side of the toe spikes and two strap rings at the back; webbing strap. Equipment, general 1983-01-97
Four equipment items, United States Army, 1942-1944. Equipment, general 1983-01-127
Two items of equipment; entrenching tool, with a forged iron head and white wood handle, 1918; holder for a spade, made by S E Norris and Co (?), 1939. Equipment, general 1983-02-36
Document case, with War Department markings, 1916; made by Morland and Impey Limited, Kalamazoo Works, Birmingham. Equipment, general 1983-02-40
Clip board, with War Department marks, 1941; made of plywood with clipped corners and sloping shoulders; stamped with the marker's (?) initials P O and Company Limited. Equipment, general 1983-03-75
Table knife, with War Department marks, 1955; made of stainless steel with a round ended handle and ground blade engraved with the maker's name, Sheffield Steel Products Limited. Equipment, general 1983-03-76
Button stick, with War Department marks, 1955; made of sheet brass, rectangular in shape with rounded corners, central slot, two holes and a chamfered edge; impressed with the maker's (?) initials, JRG and S. Equipment, general 1983-03-77
Two boot brushes, with War Department marks, one dated 1945, the other 1951 (c). Equipment, general 1983-03-78
Colonel Gervase Francis Newport Tinley CB (later CMG) (1857-1918), Indian Army, 1910 (c). Oil on canvas, artist unknown, 1910 (c); three-quarter-length, in full dress with medals, his right hand on hip, his left on his sword hilt; his helmet and gloves on a table beside him. Oil Paintings 1999-09-38
Two waterbottles, War Department pattern, with webbing holder, 1939 (c). Equipment, general 1983-03-80
Pair of stretchers, with War Department marks, 1944 (c); canvas with wooden handles,folding space bars which hold the stretchers taught when in use and four legs each. Medical Equipment 1983-03-107
Items of equipment, British Army type, 1914 (c): waterbottle with a webbing holder and sling; valise carrier, leather strapwork. Equipment, general 1983-04-78
Manifold harness, 1943 (c); used by the Royal Army Medical Corps for securing casualties to a stretcher. Medical Equipment 1983-04-85
Two Signals Satchels: one made of khaki webbing, 1940; one made of green webbing, 1970 (c). Equipment, general 1983-06-12
Seven waterbottles, with War Department markings, 1950 (c). Equipment, general 1983-06-67
Shaving brush, British Army type 1950 (c); whipped cord covered corked handle with hair bristles; bound with plain cotton string to secure the bristles. Equipment, general 1983-07-83
Oxygen mask, 1942-1955 (c); grey rubber mask; grey webbing strap passes through lower loops, each end of which is fixed with a white metal buckle; hose is secured to the mask by an opening on in the centre of the mask and bound with a piece of Bakelite marked, 'OFF ON'; used by the Army Air Corps (?). Equipment, general 1983-08-32
Tin of corned beef, Army ration type, 1900 (c); sometimes referred to as a bully beef tin; tin made of sheet metal and unopened; at the top is a tab for opening with a key; top and bottom recessed and the protruding rim is bent and buckled; bears traces of a label. Equipment, general 1983-08-64
Two steel spoons with War Department Marks; one dated 1940, made by Bisby; one dated 1952. Equipment, general 1983-08-65
Items of equipment: medical satchel, 1955; special purpose satchel, 1939; special purpose carrier, 1943; special purpose carrier, 1945; pair of special purpose links, 1941; special purpose brace with small pouch, 1941; shaving brush, 1944; shaving brush with wrapper, 1944. Medical Equipment 1983-09-26
Items of equipment: medical satchel, 1955; special purpose satchel, 1939; special purpose carrier, 1943; special purpose carrier, 1945; pair of special purpose links, 1941; special purpose brace with small pouch, 1941; shaving brush, 1944; shaving brush with wrapper, 1944. Equipment, general 1983-09-26
Currency notes issued by the British military authorities in Tripolitania, 1942: 1 lira, printed in green; 5 lire, printed in green; 10 lire, printed in green and purple; 10 lire, green and purple; 100 lire, printed in orange and blue. Equipment, general 1983-10-16
Frame, 1890 (c); oak wood 'A' frame with brass and steel fitments; wood curves and resembles the shape of legs suggesting that it may have been used for stretching or holding trousers; contained in a painted canvas case bearing a brass plaque engraved with the owner's name, FM Lord Roberts VC. Equipment, general 1983-12-277
Holder for entrenching spade blade, 1945; made of jungle green webbing, formed from two pieces shaped to fit the blade; sides are stitched together with one opening for the blade; single strap across the opening to a buckle. Equipment, general 1983-11-47
Rolling ball game, 1900 (c); inside the body is the printed face of President Paul Kruger, wearing a brown hat and a white beard; inscribed at the top, 'Oom Paul gets his teeth drawn'; object of game is to manipulate five balls into Kruger's mouth. Equipment, general 1983-12-85
Emergency ration, cocoa and beef, 1900 (c); sometimes referred to as a bully beef tin; tin made of steel with a tear opening band around the centre, the end is looped round a finger pull ring; each half bears a paper label, one printed with instructions for use, one in manuscript stating that the ration was carried during the Boer War (1899-1902). Equipment, general 1984-01-66
Items of equipment: 'Tommy's Cooker', portable camp cooker, 1914 (c); Home and Camp brand camp cooker 1914 (c); Berkefeld brand water filter, 1900 (c). Equipment, general 1984-02-23
Bucket, War Department issue type, 1939 (c); made of pale green canvas, cylindrical in shape; handle is formed from a piece of canvas. Equipment, general 1984-02-92
Combination entrenching tool, with War Department marks, 1909; patented by W M Mackintosh and T Watson, probably a prototype, not greatly adapted; made of iron with a wooden core to the handle; head can be a mattock or axe, and has a pick fixture. Equipment, general 1984-02-97
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
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. Archives 1999-09-42
Two general orders, nos. 611 and 614; dated Horse Guards 23 Sep and 16 Nov 1852; announcing that Lt Col Viscount Henry Hardinge is the new Commander in Chief in succession to the Duke of Wellington, and detailing the military arrangements for the Duke of Wellington's funeral. Archives 1999-09-45
Notes on the British Military base at Naauwport-West, Transvaal, 1901-1902. Archives 1999-09-49
Items of equipment: respirator case made by Waring and Gillow Limited, 1918; Officer's waterbottle, 1918. Equipment, general 1984-03-43
Bergen rucksack, British Army issue, 1944 (c). Equipment, general 1984-03-45
Commando toggle rope, 1940-1945 (c); made of brown hemp with one end looped and spliced and the other tethered around a wooden toggle and spliced. Equipment, general 1984-03-50
Shaving brush, War Department issue, 1944; brown and white bristles attached to the pale wood handle with whip cord; sides of the handle are varnished and impressed with the maker's initials, H B and Company Limited. Equipment, general 1984-05-116
Map case, with War Department marks, 1944; made of khaki drill folding three times and with clear plastic windows. Equipment, general 1984-05-122
Two steel spring hoof picks, 1903; one made by Smith and Tilley; one made Berkeley and Company. Horse Furniture 1984-06-64
Nose bag for horse's fodder, 1914 (c); made of pale green canvas with metal fitments. Horse Furniture 1984-06-65
Three mahogany boxes containing War Department pattern sample screws and nails; 1876; used at the Royal Laboratory, Woolwich. Equipment, general 1984-08-89
Portrait button bearing pictures of Lord Roberts and Gen Kitchener, 1914 (c); owned by Maj Gen G Ricketts Roberts. Crafts 1984-09-6
Five portrait buttons bearing pictures of Lord Roberts, 1914 (c); owned by Maj Gen G Ricketts Roberts. Crafts 1984-09-7
Respirator glasses, 1940 (c); cased eyeglasses for wearing beneath a respirator; owned by Driver C T Young, Royal Army Service Corps. Equipment, general 1984-09-57
Despatch case and five razors, War Department issue, 1979. Equipment, general 1984-11-23-1
Medal group awarded to General Sir Sam Browne (1824-1901): Victoria Cross, 31 Aug 1858; Punjab Campaign Medal 1848-49 with clasps: Chilianwala, Goojerat; India General Service Medal 1854-95, with clasp: North West Frontier; Indian Mutiny Medal 1857-58, with clasp: Lucknow; 2nd Afghan War Medal 1878-80, with clasp: Ali Musjid; miniature of the Order of the Bath; two miniature medals mounted on a bar: Order of the Star of India and Victoria Cross; four miniature medals mounted on a bar: Punjab Campaign Medal 1848-49, Indian Mutiny Medal 1857-58, India General Service Medal 1854-95 and 2nd Afghan War Medal 1878-80. Medals 1999-09-55
Case for slide rule, 1942; made of khaki webbing and formed from a single strip of fabric with a flap closing over the open top and fastens with a press stud; belt loop on the back and a suspension strap; probably unused. Equipment, general 1984-11-177
Three bed plates engraved with Arabic script (?) and the user's names: Capt W Hearsey, 1860; Lionel D Hearsey; Capt John Bennet Hearsey. Equipment, general 1984-12-35
Spear, 1889; mounted on a plinth inset with a coin bearing an Arabic/Turkish script; reputed to have wounded Gen Sir A Hunter at Battle of Toski, Sudan-Abyssinian Frontier (1885-1891) 1889. Polearms/Other Weapons 1960-06-118
Cossack lance, 1854-1856 (c); double edged steel head with high central rib, concave fullers; council socket affixed to the shaft with a thong binding; black timbered wood shaft with leather loop; metal foot missing; associated with the Crimean War (1854-1856). Polearms/Other Weapons 1959-07-159
Zulu knobkerry, 1879 (c); hard red brown wood with a long shank; threaded glass or stone bead circled around the stem of the head; recovered during Zulu War, given by Major Lostabodie, Royal Artillery, to Gen Henry Le Guay Geary, Royal Artillery; an additional note says that it was found near the body of the Prince Imperial Louis Napoleon. Polearms/Other Weapons 1958-06-74
Warrant to James Garrett Coleburt to be Sub-Conductor, 17 Nov 1895 and Assistant Commissary, Land Forces, with the rank of Hon Lieutenant, 2 Dec 1911, Indian Army Department. Archives 1994-01-32
Knobkerry and five assegai, 1879 (c); associated with Zulu War (1879). Polearms/Other Weapons 1957-02-37
Zulu spear or assegai, 1879 (c); iron blade with tang fitting into the thong bound end if the shaft; associated with four assegais and knobkerry from the Zulu War. Polearms/Other Weapons 1957-02-37
Knobkerry, South Africa, 1879 (c). Brown wood shaft and head cut with two facets. Associated with five assegais, Zulu War (1879). Polearms/Other Weapons 1957-02-37
Caltrop, 1914-1918 (c); four spikes riveted in the centre; said to have been used by the Germans against the British Cavalry during World War One. Polearms/Other Weapons 1956-02-923
Indian (?) spear, 1857-1859 (c); head and shaft of iron, with a double edged, lanceolate shaped blade; faceted shaft with an ornamental trimming button at the foot; one of two (?) associated with miscellaneous weapons said to have been taken by Lt G A Wilson at Ludhiana during the Indian Mutiny. Polearms/Other Weapons 1956-02-61
Four George Crosses won in Hong Kong 1943-1946. Text of a talk given by John R Harris to officers of the British Forces and retired members of the Canadian Forces visiting Hong Kong, 5 Dec 1985. Archives 1994-01-212
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
Medical kit, 1944 (c); used by the US Army and consisting of: light brown canvas case, with a zip closing, a pocket on the left hand side, dividers and patch pockets inside; suspension strap; iodine applicators; hand tapes, two large first field dressings; two solutions of morphine tartrate; scissors; wound tablets; two sulphanilamide sachets; small first field dressing; eye dressing; bandage compress; field tourniquet; burn injury set. Medical Equipment 1985-04-31
Disbandment and Suspended Animation and its effects on the Precedence of Regiments. Text of a speech given to the Royal Artillery Historical Trust by Major D Rollo. Archives 1994-01-220
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