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One reel of 16 mm cine film of the Abbey and Garden Party - 50th Anniversary of the formation of Women's Services. Video copies available. Film and Videos 1994-01-128
Single round identity disc, 1939 (c); worn by Col E H Reeder. Equipment, general 1998-06-37
Typescript letter written by Nursing Sister M Farley, from the Military Hospital, Prieska, Cape Colony, South Africa, 3 Jan 1901. Archives 1998-06-133
Papers of Pte F T Harrison, Royal Army Service Corps, 1940-1946. Archives 1998-06-150
Hong Kong Military Service Corps, 1962-1997. Acrylic on canvas commissioned by Lt Col N Southward, commanding officer of the Hong Kong Military Service Corps, and painted by Capt Damien Bush (born 1968), Royal Army Veterinary Corps, 1996. Oil Paintings 1997-06-104
33 postcard photographs, some taken from official photographs, World War One, 1916 (c)-1918. Photographs 1998-06-181
Shield-shaped plaque with unit insignia and inscription: 'ACK-ACK COMMANDO', red and black painted wood with metal eye screwed into the top for hanging; collected by Mrs R Watson while in the Auxiliary Territorial Service, 1945 (c); insignia: hand drawing a bowstring with an arrow to it and another arm holding bow taught, below: line of black lozenges. Crafts 1998-07-2
Large quantities correspondence, including letters and airgraphs, from Sergeant Kenneth Arthur Cooper to his wife from Egypt, Ethiopia and India, 1940-1944; copies of 'The Spur', the journal of 928 Motor Ambulance Convoy, 1944, to which Cooper was attached; handbooks, teaching notes and other service documents. Archives 1998-07-8
170 photographs (first 97 removed from album); collected by Sergeant Kenneth Arthur Cooper, Royal Army Medical Corps, 928 Motor Ambulance Convoy, India, Egypt and Ethiopia, 1940-1944. Photographs 1998-07-9
Recruitment and demobilisation papers of Sergeant R J Watson 1942-1946, Auxiliary Territorial Service; with post-war material relating to the Women's Royal Army Corps Association; includes Atlas of the World War, 1917 (c). Archives 1998-07-19
Shield-shaped, painted, wood plaque; three horses' heads on red ground with blue cross representing 'X' detachment (Horse Transport) Royal Army Service Corps, hand-painted by unit tradesman, 1946 (c); inscribed; a souvenir given to N W A Tomlinsonn, Royal Engineers, by his father G W J Tomlinson, RASC, commander of 'X' detachment, Antwerp. Crafts 1998-07-40
Shield-shaped, painted, wood plaque; horse's head on blue, red, green and brown ground with red arrow pointing top right; wooden mount; inscribed; commemorative shield, belonged to G W J Tomlinson, Royal Army Service Corps, dating from his command of 'X' detachment (Horse Transport) RASC, Antwerp. Crafts 1998-07-39
Martini Enfield .303 in artillery carbine Mk I 1897, converted from Martini-Henry Mk III 1884 rifle; sold out of service marks; issue roundel to Army Service Corps. Firearms 1993-07-73
Smoking set, silver-mounted, 1902 (c); crocodile-skin covered box with inscribed silver plaque, containing two pipes (1 wood, 1 meerschaum), two cigar holders, set into moulded recesses. All four pieces silver-mounted, by H & J (possibly Hollins & Jacques), and hallmarked Chester 1902-1903; the case made in Vienna. Silver 1997-09-71
Five buttons worn by William Robert Henry Moore, Royal Army Service Corps, 1939-1945. Badges 1998-08-64
The Final Drive. The Story of the Royal Corps of Transport 1794-1993. VHS cassette on the history of the Royal Corps of Transport 1794-1993. Film and Videos 1993-06-68
Officer's greatcoat, worn by Major J White, Auxiliary Territorial Service, 1944 (c). Uniforms 1994-04-244
Three video cassettes of interviews with members of the Women's Royal Army Corps Association, recalling their service. Film and Videos 1994-01-154
Interview with Brigadier E.J. Nolan, C.B. by Colonel N.R. Robertson M.B.E. for the W.R.A.C. Museum Archives 1 August 1990; VHS video cassette, recorded at Guildford, discussion of her career. Duration 50 mins. Film and Videos 1994-01-155
VHS video chronicling the work of 617 Tank Transporter Sqn RCT (part of 7 Tank Transporter Regt RCT), from its origins in 1947 as 317 GT Unit of the Mixed Service Organisation (MSO), to the disbandment of the MSO element of the Sqn in 1987-88. The vast majority of the MSO personnel had been Polish. Running time 22 mins. Film and Videos 1994-09-120
Land Rover, 109 Pink Panther, 3/4 ton 4x4 utility vehicle, 1969; of the type used by the Special Air Service in Aden and Kenya during the 1960s and 1970s. Vehicles 1998-09-51
Collection of one hundred and sixty one official photographs from the Middle and Far East, World War Two; collected by Maj Gen (later Lt Gen) Sir Frank Walter Messervy. Photographs 1974-09-79
WAAC 1914-18 ATS DRIVER BARBARA FELIX 1945. Watercolour by Helen Mckie 1945 (c), signed lower right; two full-length figures in uniform of Women's Army Service in two World Wars, general service wagon in distance to right. Drawings and Watercolours 1998-10-135
Commemorative plaque in memory of Lt Col George Duncan, Indian Medical Service, who died at Dera Ismail Khan on the 3 Feb 1904, aged 49; formerly installed in the Parish Church of St Luke's, Chelsea from 1951 until its removal to the National Army Museum; Punjab Frontier Force Memorial. Crafts 1998-10-85
Diary kept by Pte S E Forster during the year January 1945 to January 1946. Archives 1998-10-141
One pound banknote issued by the South African Republic, 1 Apr 1901, which was in the possession of Maj Arthur Caldwell, Army Service Corps during the Boer War, 1900-1901. Archives 1998-10-152
Seventeen photographs associated with Maj Arthur Caldwell, Army Service Corps, Boer War (1899-1902), 1901-1902. Photographs 1998-10-153
One picture postcard written by Graham Harry Ellis, Royal Flying Corps, to his father; two photographs of Graham Henry Ellis and one of Leslie Ellis, Fleet Air Arm. Associated with World War One, Air Operations (1914-1918). Photographs 1998-10-157
Three cap badges: Intelligence Corps, 1940 (c); East Lancashire Regiment, 1940 (c); General Service Corps, 1942 (c). Badges 1998-10-164
Medal group of five awarded to Pte J Fuller, Auxiliary Territorial Service, mounted on brooch fitting as worn: 1939-45 Star; Burma Star 1941-45; Defence Medal 1939-45; British War Medal 1939-45; General Service Medal (Army and RAF), with clasp. Medals 1998-10-204
Bino Prism No 2 Mk III x 6 binoculars 1943 and case 1938; Capt G W J Tomlinson, Leicester Yeomanry, Royal Army Service Corps. Scientific Instruments 1998-10-186
Map case, 1940; manufactured by Waring and Gillow; contains black pencil. Equipment, general 1998-10-195
Cane stick, 1944 (c); owned by Colonel E H Reeder, Royal Army Service Corps. Equipment, general 1998-10-188
Leather covered hip flask, 1944 (c); Col E H Reeder, Royal Army Service Corps. Equipment, general 1998-10-189
Military issue cutlery: knife, fork and spoon, 1943 (c); Col E H Reeder, Royal Army Service Corps. Equipment, general 1998-10-190
Sleeping valise, 1939 (c); Col E H Reeder, Royal Army Service Corps. Equipment, general 1998-10-191
Wood, metal and canvas camp bed, 1939 (c); Col E H Reeder, Royal Army Service Corps. Furniture 1998-10-192
Wood, metal and canvas camp chair, 1939 (c); Col E H Reeder, Royal Army Service Corps. Furniture 1998-10-193
Two wash basins, one large, one small, wooden and metal frame, 1939 (c); Col E H Reeder, Royal Army Service Corps; canvas bag. Equipment, general 1998-10-194
Women's Royal Army Corps Instructions, 1950-1972. Archives 1998-10-205
Five scrapbooks of press cuttings relating to the Women's Royal Army Corps; 1937-41; 1949-52; 1957-81. Archives 1998-10-211
Mess property books: minute books and valuation documents for the Women's Royal Army Corps Headquarters Mess. Archives 1998-10-215
Cine film; Australian news broadcast about an ex-Australian SAS soldier, David Everitt, a wanted criminal; Malcolm Holloway, who knew Everitt in his SAS days is interviewed, 1991-1992; 5 mins duration. Film and Videos 1997-04-62
List of special covers issued by the Army Postal Service Corps, (Indian Army), Dec 1954 to Apr 1994; with envelope issued for bicentenary of 2nd Grenadiers, 1996, used for an internal United Kingdom letter, 1998. Archives 1998-10-270
Papers relating to Sgn-Maj S M Salaman, Bombay Medical Department, 1870-98, includes: bound manuscript autobiography of Col C A Moyle, 21st Bombay Native Infantry, to 1852; with later matter to 1875. Archives 1998-10-299
Photographs of what appear to be a Baluch Company of the Royal Indian Army Service Corps, Mule Transport, 1945 (c); collected by Maj Cyril Oxted Lloyd. Photographs 1998-10-326
Typescript memoirs of service by Anna Moira Sloan Emerson, (later Churches), Auxiliary Territorial Service, 1939-46. Archives 1998-10-336
Sound cassette: oral history interview with Anna Moira Sloan Churches; she recalls her experience as a subaltern in the Auxiliary Territorial Service, later attached to the Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 1939-1946. Interview conducted on 27 November 1997. Sound Recordings 1998-10-337
One-pint tankard, RIASC School Sports Club, 1934 (c); electro-plated nickel-silver over brass-coloured metal with clear plastic base; maker unknown; circular, tapering downwards with straight sides and flattened ovoid section handle; owned by Richard Spear MBE, emergency commission, Indian Army as 2/Lt, acting Lt Col. Silver 1998-11-3
One-pint tankard, RIASC School Sports Club, 1934 (c); electro-plated nickel-silver over brass with clear plastic base; maker unknown; circular, tapering downwards with straight sides and flattened ovoid section handle; owned by Richard Spear MBE, emergency commission, Indian Army as 2/Lt, acting Lt Col. Silver 1998-11-4
Three groups of papers relating to the Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps (QMAAC): minutes of a conference between QMAAC, Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) and the Ministry of Labour, 14 Jun 1918; 'Steady', a piece dated 22 Dec 1918, addressed to QMAACs with the Allied Expeditionary Force (AEF); letter from Col D L Stone, AEF, to Dame Florence Leach about the transfer of QMAACs from AEF. Archives 1998-11-6
Papers relating to Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps; examination paper; preliminary training summons; Physical Training Tables of Exercises for the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps HQ, Army Gymnastic Staff Nov 1917; Acknowledgement of WAAC training help provided to the Women's Royal Navy Service; Educational Training Scheme issued with the Special Army Order X, 24 Sep 1918. Archives 1998-11-18
Diary of 102 Group Auxiliary Territorial Service, with the British Expeditionary Force in France, Mar to Jun 1940, by Senior Commandant Margaret Wagstaff. Archives 1998-11-30
Notes for the potential WO1's course held at the School of Military Administration, Brockenhurst, Hampshire, Oct 1941. Archives 1998-11-31
Order of service for the Auxiliary Territorial Services, 1939-1963; including a series held at Christchurch Cathedral, Oxford and Westminster Abbey. Archives 1998-11-32
Reports of examples of Auxiliary Territorial Service bravery, 1940-1941. Archives 1998-11-33
War Diary, in two parts, of the Auxiliary Territorial Service group at the Chilwell Depot, Nottinghamshire, 1940-1944. Archives 1998-11-34
Daily orders, Part II, of the 11th Durham Company Auxiliary Territorial Service, April 1939 to January 1940. Archives 1998-11-35
Files on the tours of HM The Queen of the Auxiliary Territorial Service units of South-Eastern Command, 1942, 1943 and 1944. Archives 1998-11-40
Register of confirmations and baptisms in the Church hut, Auxiliary Territorial Service, Training Centre, Guildford and elsewhere, 1946-48. Archives 1998-11-57
Four prayer books from the Women's Army Service Corps Depot Church of St Mark, Guildford, and Huron Camp Chapel, Women's Army Service Corps School of Instruction, Hindhead; Hymn book from the chapel of the Auxiliary Territorial Service Officers School, Windsor. Archives 1998-11-61
Church services register, 1946-55. Archives 1998-11-62
Indian Political Service sword, 1925 (c); blade is curved with engraved decoration, including the maker's name, Ranken and Company; white mameluke hilt; gilt-brass scabbard; belonged to Lt Col E H Cobb. Edged Weapons 1961-10-85
Instructional chassis on which Queen Elizabeth was taught during her training with the Auxiliary Territorial Service in 1945. Vehicles 1994-07-165
Triumph 3-wheel vehicle. Vehicles 1994-11-9
Talwar (or tulwar), sword; curved blade, with three fullers, one short, two long on each side, and a double edged for the last 9 in; plain hilt; said to have been carried by T H Kavanagh VC, Assistant Commissioner, Bengal Civil Service, 1857 (c). Edged Weapons 1963-10-126
Staff Officer's sword; blade has engraved decoration, including a crown and cypher, coat of arms, a crossed sword and baton and the maker's name, 'Ranken & Co; mameluke hilt; gilt wire sword knot and crimson worm; scabbard is silvered with a chamois leather cover; associated with Surgeon Gen. James Cleghorn, B.G. I.M.S, 1895 (c). Edged Weapons 1963-08-15
Field service forage cap and service dress tunic; Auxiliary Territorial Service 1944 (c). Uniforms 1994-04-55
Uniform worn by Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth de Benstead Bennett, 1940 (c), Royal Army Ordnance Corps, India, 1947-1959: No 1 dress tunic; shoulder strap; peaked forage cap; officer's No 1 dress trousers; spurs. Uniforms 1998-12-2
Handkerchief, embroidered; Cpl M Wilkinson, Auxiliary Territorial Service, 1944 (c). Equipment, uniform 1994-04-248
Dress sword, Indian Political Service, 1925-1933; blade with engraved decoration, including the maker's name, Holt & Son; gilt brass, half shell guard; gold bullion sword knot; black leather scabbard with gilt brass mounts; belonging to Lt Col E H Cobb, Indian Political Service. Edged Weapons 1961-10-86
Pennant; Australian Women's Army Service, 1955 (c). Flags and Colours 1994-04-254
Scarf, knitted; Auxiliary Territorial Service, 1943 (c); body has various shoulder titles, formation badges, medal ribbons sewn on; one badge loose - Robin Hood printed on pale green square, North Midland District (Northern Command). Uniforms 1994-04-380
Cased Wilkinson-Webley 1905 Model .450/455 in revolver; with ammunition (not located with case), brass Short Magazine Lee-Enfield type oil bottle and cleaning rod; presented to Cadet White, musketry prize 2077, 1908-1918; inscribed brass plate on case. Firearms 1965-01-138
Cased Wilkinson-Webley 1905 Model .450/455 in revolver; with ammunition (not located with case), brass Short Magazine Lee-Enfield type oil bottle and cleaning rod; presented to Cadet White, musketry prize 2077, 1908-1918; inscribed brass plate on case. Equipment, general 1965-01-138
Sweetheart brooch in the shape of a light infantry bugle, 1941 (c); silver and blue enamel; one of two brooches that belonged to the mother of Michael Handford, Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 1941 (c); bugle with cord straps and tassels forming a decorative loop above, with inscription on a blue scroll below; mounted on a bar; no maker's mark. Crafts 1998-12-8
Sweetheart brooch, badge of the Royal Army Service Corps; silver, dark blue, light blue and red enamel; one of two brooches which belonged to the mother of Michael Handford, Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry; seven-pointed star surmounted by a crown; inscribed centrally with unit title, motto on garter strap; mounted on a bar; no maker's mark. Crafts 1998-12-9
Other rank's cap badge, Royal Army Service Corps, 1940 (c); associated with Cpl Robert Moore. Badges 1998-12-18
Pattern 1895, Drummers sword; black leather scabbard with brass mounts. Edged Weapons 1959-10-331
Forage cap, field service; Auxiliary Territorial Service, 1944 (c). Uniforms 1994-04-302
Corps flag; Auxiliary Territorial Service, 1944-1945; ATS flag used at Bicester Central Ordnance Depot No 4 Camp ATS. It was first used 15 April 1944. Flags and Colours 1994-04-109
Bunting, 668 Battery, Royal Artillery; Auxiliary Territorial Service; copy of Royal Artillery standard bearing the numeral 668, 1944 (c). Flags and Colours 1994-04-370
Medal group awarded to Capt A M C McReady Diarmid, 17th (Service) Bn Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment): Victoria Cross 1917; 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-20; Allied Victory Medal 1914-19. Associated with World War One (1914-1918). Medals 1992-07-2
Court Sword, Indian Civil Service; plain steel blade; ornate knucklebow guard; black leather scabbard with gilt brass, decorative mountings. Edged Weapons 1955-05-63
Photocopies of three articles by Major P G Malins: The Royal Indian Army Service Corps in the Second World War; The First to Take the Field; When the Mule was king in Jalandhar. Archives 1999-01-111
Selection of 26 Christmas cards from different units, 1932-1939. Archives 1999-01-121
Collection of documents and laser copied photographs collected by Cadet Ensign Dorothea Jean Morrison Stevenson, First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, attached to the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force, 1944-1947. Archives 1999-01-125
Collection of 32 photographs of the British Army during World War Two; 29 photographs of the British Expeditionary Force in France, 1939-1940; three photographs of the British Army in the Western Desert, 1940 (c). Photographs 1999-01-143
Colt AR15 5.56 mm self-loading rifle. Firearms 1992-04-59
Matchlock and bipod, Tibetan expedition 1888. Firearms 1961-12-29-2
Matchlock, Tibetan expedition 1888. Firearms 1961-12-29-1
Sleeve badge worn by Edwin Butler, Army Fire Service, Royal Defence Corps, Ceiriog, Wales, 1939-1945 (c), . Badges 1999-03-32
Copper printing plate for Cartes de Visite, 1940 (c); engraved with the name, Lt Col H O Rogers (retd), Indian Army Service Corps; made by Military Gazette Limited, Lahore. Equipment, general 1997-12-51
Webley .455 in Mk V breechloading service revolver, rare 6 in barrel; issued to the Army Service Corps, 1915. Firearms 1989-02-161
Wooden painted signboard from 'Hellfire Corner', Ypres; with a white canvas bag belonging to Lt W S Storie, Royal Army Service Corps, who brought the sign back to Britain after World War One (1914-1918); believed to be the last signboard used at this position, Nov 1918. Equipment, general 1996-08-303
Military whistle linked by a chain to a pair of tweezers and a snuff spoon, 1909 (c); whistle made by J Hudson and Co; items were owned by J L Maffey, Indian Civil Service, who took them from the body of the outlaw Multan when he was killed in a fight on the Fanda Plain near Peshawar, 24 Jan 1909. Equipment, general 1959-07-191
Webley .455 in Mk II breechloading service revolver, 1894 pattern, 1899. Manufactured by Webley and Scott, Birmingham. Issued to the Army Service Corps in 1899, with War Department marks and Birmingham proof marks. Firearms 1991-08-73
Travelling daftor or office, 1878 (c); mahogany with brass fittings; the wings opens to reveal a series of draws, and are locked when closed; owned by Surgeon Major Patrick Francis Bellew, Indian Medical Department; Bellew is recorded as having used this during Major General Sir Francis Roberts' march to Kandahar, 1880. Furniture 1957-12-58
Diary and typed transcript of Lt John Gulliver Howard MC, 17th Bn Middlesex Regiment, later Royal Engineers, 20 Aug 1916 to 17 Sep 1918; 17th Bn Christmas menu, 1916, and laser copied photo of Howard, covering his training and service on the Western Front. Archives 1999-03-95
Diary and typed transcript of Lt John Gulliver Howard MC, 17th Bn Middlesex Regiment, later Royal Engineers, 20 Aug 1916 to 17 Sep 1918; 17th Bn Christmas menu, 1916, and laser copied photo of Howard, covering his training and service on the Western Front. Photographs 1999-03-95