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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 documents collected by Corporal T L Morris, Royal Army Medical Corps 1936-1946; associated with World War Two, North West Europe. Archives 1994-01-237
Service papers and other documents collected by Corporal T L Morris, Royal Army Medical Corps 1936-1946; associated with World War Two, North West Europe. Photographs 1994-01-237
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
Photograph album containing 112 photographs collected by Capt Charles James Fox (later Hon Maj), 1st Bn Bedfordshire Regiment; associated with the Chitral Expedition, 1895, and the Boer War, 1899-1902. Photographs 1999-09-60
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
Veterinary apron, sealed pattern, 1978; manufactured by J Miller in 1978. Equipment, general 1999-09-76
Large notice board or plaque, 1975 (c); wood with painted details; rectangular in shape; probably made in Hong Kong; painted with the names of all the British general officers who occupied Flagstaff House (Head Quarter House until 1932), in Hong Kong and the dates of their command from 1846, excepting 1942-1945 during Japanese occupation. Crafts 1999-09-77
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
Wirecutter frog, 1914; made of grey buff leather with a back patch and front loop; at the top is a slit hole and the remains of a strap attachment; belt loop attached with a brass mushroom stud piercing the centre of the top; buckled strap for a wirecutter handle; bearing a withdrawn from service mark. Equipment, general 1986-01-14
Officer's full dress cocked hat, Army Pay Department, worn by Col J F Hume, 1890 (c). Uniforms 1986-02-88
Toggle rope, 1945 (c); made of brown hemp with a mahogany toggle secured to one end and a large loop at the other; one section of a larger rope, where the toggle of one fixes to the loop of the next; used by Army Commandos. Equipment, general 1986-03-4
Bag, 1917 (c); simple canvas bag with seams bound in leather; inside bears stitched leather patches shaped as a five pointed star within a crescent; probably a trophy capture from a Turkish soldier; from a collection of items associated with Lt H G Barker, Staffordshire Yeomanry (Queens Own Royal Regiment). Equipment, general 1986-07-14
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
Collection of papers relating to Surgeon Captain Laurence Craigie MacLagan-Wedderburn, 1901-1923; Wedderburn served with Damant's Horse during the Boer War, 1901-1902 (c), with the 29th Division in Gallipoli, 1915, and later with the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force 1916-1919 (c). Archives 1999-10-3
Papers of Miss Maud Lilian Emsley, Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps, 1917-1932; the collection includes items relating to her service in France. Archives 1994-01-248
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
104 photographs from World War One and the Boer War collected by Dr Laurence Craigie MacLagan-Wedderburn: one of an airship, 1918; 43 of the Gallipoli campaign, the majority are probably shot from Mudros, Greece; 56 of his South African service with Damant's Horse; three of Wedderburn in Captain's uniform, World War One. Photographs 1999-10-4
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
Medal commemorating General Monk, Duke of Albemarle, 1660. Silver, oval medal, worn as a badge, with a bust portrait of George Monk with the inscription, 'George Duke of Albemarle', and a border of flowers. Medals 1999-10-9
Army Commando escape kit, 1944 (c); containing: 3 hacksaw blades; 17 compass stands; 4 pencil clip compass stands; silk escape map; 24 escape compasses; first field dressing; 2 respirator spectacles and cases; used by Mr A G Hields. Equipment, general 1987-01-11
Army Commando escape kit, 1944 (c); containing: 3 hacksaw blades; 17 compass stands; 4 pencil clip compass stands; silk escape map; 24 escape compasses; first field dressing; 2 respirator spectacles and cases; used by Mr A G Hields. Scientific Instruments 1987-01-11
Army Commando escape kit, 1944 (c); containing: 3 hacksaw blades; 17 compass stands; 4 pencil clip compass stands; silk escape map; 24 escape compasses; first field dressing; 2 respirator spectacles and cases; used by Mr A G Hields. Medical Equipment 1987-01-11
Ration cake, 1900 (c); baked grain, similar to a British Army ration biscuit; suspension string tied through a hole in the centre; reportedly baked during the Boer War. Equipment, general 1987-01-13
Documents on the Zulu War 1879, produced by the Kwazulu Government and Natal Administration, 1979. Archives 1994-02-5
Three menus, Feb to Jun 1901, mounted on a leaf from an album, for dinners of Old Etonians in the Army. Archives 1994-02-8
Christmas card and photograph from Queen Mary's gift to the troops, 1914; associated with World War One. Archives 1994-02-14
Manuscript notes in French on Western Front operations, Dec 1916. Archives 1994-02-19
Summary of Regulations relating to Passengers' Baggage so far as they are likely to concern Military Officers and similar Passengers proceeding to British India by Troopship or otherwise. Regulations, 1932. Archives 1994-02-28
Quit You Like Men - On Active Service. Booklet issued by the Methodist Church, containing extracts from the Bible, grouped under headings such as 'Our Captain' and 'Rations'; associated with World War Two. Archives 1994-02-31
What we are fighting for. German propaganda booklet reprinted from the magazine 'Signal', with the stamp of Stalag IV on the front cover. Archives 1994-02-32
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
Message from FM von Rundstedt to German soldiers on the Western Front, 1 Oct 1944. Archives 1994-02-35
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
Unused German 'Soldbuch' (acc no 777); identity card of a German women issued in 1940; two sheets of unused Nazi notepaper; associated with World War Two (1939-1945). Archives 1994-02-37
Leaflets addressed to Allied prisoners of war and internees, from Lt Gen A C Wedemeyer, US Army, on arrangements for their release and repatriation after the Japanese surrender. Archives 1994-02-38
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
Guide leaflet to the German Military Underground Hospital and Museum, Guernsey, 1954; associated with World War Two. Archives 1994-02-47
Notes for Exercise HOP STEP, Feb 1958. Archives 1994-02-52
Three press cuttings from 'The Times' and 'The Daily Telegraph' (?) on the end of the Vickers .303's service in the British Army, Jan 1968. Archives 1994-02-56
Twelve press cuttings, 1981-1985, relating to the Brigade of Guards, General Sir Steuart Pringle of the Royal Marines, and other aspects of the British Army. Archives 1994-02-58
Five press cuttings of 1983 and 1988 on the South Atlantic (Falklands War) (1982) and Northern Ireland (1969-2007). Archives 1994-02-59
Newspaper cuttings from the UK daily press, January - March 1985, relating to accounts of Falkland veterans, the uncovering of unexploded bombs, and atom bomb testing. From the collection of the Middlesex Regimental Museum. Archives 1994-02-60
Typescript account of the service of James Kain, 1st (Cyclist) Bn and 8th Bn Essex Regiment 1900-1915, and Army Ordnance Corps 1915-1919. Archives 1994-02-116
A Listing of Scottish Soldiers 1793-1828. List compiled from the Chelsea Out Pensioner papers at the Public Record Office. Archives 1994-02-153
Typescript abstract from the Constable's accounts for the town and borough of Hungerford 1722-1723, mentioning military matters. Archives 1994-02-155
Programmes, reports and photographs relating to British Forces Network, Hamburg 1947. Archives 1994-02-170
Programmes, reports and photographs relating to British Forces Network, Hamburg 1947. Photographs 1994-02-170
Papers relating to Sgt (later Maj) W R Murphy, RA 1894-1902 and Royal Indian Army Ordnance Corps, 1902 (c)-1914. Archives 1993-01-131
Papers relating to Sgt (later Maj) W R Murphy, RA 1894-1902 and Royal Indian Army Ordnance Corps, 1902 (c)-1914. Photographs 1993-01-131
Letter to Miss Davis relating to Women's Land Army wages, 20 Jan 1940. Archives 1993-01-132
Diary and maps of Lt C E Elliston, Royal Army Medical Corps attached 8th Yorkshire Regiment (?), World War One, Italy 1914-1918. Archives 1994-02-194
Diary and maps of Lt C E Elliston, Royal Army Medical Corps attached 8th Yorkshire Regiment (?), World War One, Italy 1914-1918. Maps 1994-02-194
Certificates and records relating to James Tooth, Corps of Armourers, 1880-1910. Photographs 1994-03-152
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. Photographs 1994-03-284
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
L'Attaque! Board game, 1900 (c); consisting of a cardboard box bearing a label printed with the maker's name, Gibson and Sons Limited; cardboard board printed with ninety six squares; 72 gaming pieces; instruction booklet; based on British and French as antagonists with the objective of capturing the opponents flag. Equipment, general 1987-01-14
Papers of Brig M W Biggs, Brigade-Major 22 (East African) Infantry Brigade, and GSO II (I), 12th (African) Division, Abyssinian Campaign, 1941. Archives 1993-01-156
Marshal Ligonier (1680-1770): Britain's forgotten Huguenot Hero. Offprint of article by Randolph Vigne, taken from, 'Transactions of the Huguenot Study of South Carolina', No 103 (1999). Archives 1999-10-30
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
Printed booklets and leaflets relating to the British forces in Germany with general information on Germany and Berlin, 1979-92. Archives 1993-02-211
Four postcards sent from Doberitz prisoner of war camp 1917-18; with a summary of the activities of the British prisoners of war fund, Weston-super-Mare or Uphill, Nov 1915 - Nov 1916. Archives 1993-02-215
Six plaques bearing the badges of formations and regiments associated with Gen Sir Frank Messervy, 1947 (c). Equipment, general 1987-01-16
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
View from Oflag IXA internment camp, of a small village across the river Rhine, with hills and mountains beyond, inscribed below 'OCT 1941'. Watercolour by Lt J W Burghope, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 1944; signed at bottom right. Drawings and Watercolours 1999-10-46
View of part of Oflag IX A/Z or Zweilager at Rothenburg, inscribed at lower left, ''IX A/Z'/ SEPT 1942'. Pencil drawing by Lt J W Burghope, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 1942; initialled at bottom right. Drawings and Watercolours 1999-10-47
View of Spangenberg castle, Oflag IX A/H Oberlager, inscribed verso 'Schloss Spangenburg/ Summer 1944'. Watercolour by Lt J W Burghope, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 1944; signed at lower left. Drawings and Watercolours 1999-10-48
View of large half-timbered farmhouse, inscribed verso 'ERBE BAUERN-GUT/ BERGHEIM', possibly connected with the Oflag at Warburg, 1944. Watercolour by Lt J W Burghope, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 1944; signed at lower left. Drawings and Watercolours 1999-10-49
Rubber eraser, 1999 (c); white, transfer-printed in red and blue; bearing inscription on one side 'ARMY', and verso, 'ERASE AIDS/ USE A RUBBER'. Crafts 1999-10-51
'Old Bill' doll, 1916 (c); Bruce Bairnsfather's World War One character. Models 1983-05-13
Dinky model vehicles, 1938 (c): medium tank, Vickers Mk VI tank, reconnaissance car, truck and cooker trailer; Meccano Limited. Models 1983-05-23
Two (?) equestrian figures, 1830 (c); depicting surrender of General Cambronne to General Halkett at Waterloo, 1815. Models 1983-07-84
Chessmen representing Bengal sepoys, 1820 (c). Models 1983-09-33
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
A collection of 342 letters to his wife from Colonel (temp Brig) Eric Greer, 1940-1947. Archives 1999-10-64-1
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
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
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
Officers' mess rules, Royal Indian Army Service Corps, Chaklala, 1925-1930 (c); illustrated with humorous sketches. Archives 1999-10-71
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 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 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
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
A Stands for Army Fighting the Boers, 1901 (c). Cotton handkerchief printed in blue, red, brown and yellow; publisher unknown. Crafts 1999-10-87
Histoires des Campagnes des Armees de Rochambeau en Amerique Septentrionale en 1780, 1781, 1782, 1783. Memoir. Archives 1994-05-2
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
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