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Diary of Pte Charles Owen Cullen, 1st Bn Westminster Rifles, 1914-1919; Cullen served on the Western Front 1915-1918. Archives 1992-05-57
Memoir and photograph of RSM J J J McGale, 2nd Bn Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment, 1890-1902 and 9th Canadian Mounted Rifles 1914-1919. Archives 1992-05-277
Memoir and photograph of RSM J J J McGale, 2nd Bn Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment, 1890-1902 and 9th Canadian Mounted Rifles 1914-1919. Photographs 1992-05-277
Collection of 223 postcards sent home by Lt C D Harris, West India Regiment, from Sierra Leone and Jamaica 1905-1906, and Britain and France 1916-1917. Archives 1992-06-6
Transcript of an article from 'The Times of India', 9 Jan 1945 on the West Africans' capture of Akyab; with an invitation addressed to Maj J B Shearn to a Gold Coast Regiment Supper Dance at the Akyab Club, Madras, 18 Oct 1945. Archives 1992-07-53
Material relating to the men of 81st West African Division, Burma 1943-1945, includes: press cuttings, order, offprint from 'Victory' and a photograph of the officers of The Gold Coast Regiment, 5th Bn. Archives 1992-07-67
108 files of manuscript notes, newspaper and magazine cuttings and ephemera relating to the British Army. Archives 1992-07-94
Collection of documents relating to the 81st West African Division in Burma, 1943-1945. Archives 1992-07-103
Papers relating to George Henry Pickett, Queen's Westminster Volunteers 1916-1957, includes: correspondence, a biographical memoir, order of service, programme and a press cutting. Archives 1992-07-118
Cylinder six Steine silver watch; 16948 Swiss watch movement number; associated with the Middlesex Regiment; made by Cylinder, Switzerland. Scientific Instruments 2000-02-13
Three volumes written by Brig H W Baldwin: The 2nd and 3rd (Gold Coast) Field Company, vol 1 Formation and Campaign in East Africa, vol 2 In West Africa between Campaigns and the Campaign in Burma; The Development, Training and Operations of the West African Engineers and the Operations of Works Services in West Africa to 1949. Archives 1992-08-337
Letters written and illustrated by Pte (later Cpl) P P Clarke, 1894-1897. Archives 1992-08-455
Medal Group of five awarded to Lt Col H B Bourke, West India Regiment and Army Staff: East and West Africa Medal 1887-1900, with clasps for 1892, 1893-94 and Sierra Leone 1898-99; Distinguished Service Order, 1894 (c); 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-20; Allied Victory Medal 1914-19. Associated with World War One (1914-1918). Medals 1958-02-8
Lapel badge, Royal West African Frontier Force, 1939 (c); inscribed, 'R.W.A.F.F.'; made of gold, unknown manufacturer. Crafts 2000-02-89
Cap badge, Royal West African Frontier Force, 1939 (c); inscribed, 'R.W.A.F.F.'; made of gold, unmarked, unknown manufacturer. Crafts 2000-02-90
Five sound cassettes: oral history interview with Maj Peter Henry Bolton MBE, A Military Knight of Windsor, on his military career, 1941-1971. Interview conducted on 8 February 2000.(Transcript Available) Sound Recordings 2000-02-99
Papers relating to Maj G S Hobbs, Gold Coast Regiment, Royal West African Frontier Force, Burma 1945; with typescript biographical note compiled by Maj E C Lanning, and medical documentation. Maps 1992-11-155
Papers relating to Maj G S Hobbs, Gold Coast Regiment, Royal West African Frontier Force, Burma 1945; with typescript biographical note compiled by Maj E C Lanning, and medical documentation. Archives 1992-11-155
Papers of Maj Gen C G Woolner, Royal Engineers, mostly relating to his service with 81st West African Division, Burma 1944-1945. Archives 1992-11-162
Photocopy of manuscript account by WO1 Frank Mountain, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 82 (WA) Division, of the activities of No 5 Air Maintenance Organisation in the Arakan 1944-1945; with Japanese military issue 1/4 rupee note signed by members of an ENSA concert party, 1945. Archives 1992-12-40
Map of the area around Paletwa in Burma, Nov 1944, used by 81st West African Division; associated with World War Two, Far East (1941-1945). Maps 1992-03-24
Collection of 97 photographs relating to the Middlesex Regiment, 1867-1993, including: service in Singapore, 1936-1937; Austria 1953-1954; Cyprus 1955-1958. Photographs 2000-03-178
85 photographs collected by Maj Gen Roger Eustace le Fleming (1895-1962), Bombay Grenadiers, and Maj Gen James Herbert Samuel Majury, South Waziristan Scouts, North West Frontier, 1941-1947 (c). Photographs 2000-04-6
The Umbeyla Campaign, India, 1863, 'Griffen's Shell -/ was fired at.... Enemy from New Battry but did not burst, they picked it up and ... took it to a fire'. Pen and ink with wash over pencil drwing by Captain C J H Howard, 71st Highland Light Infantry, 1863. Tribesmen gather round a campfire, one holding the shell; inscribed in pen and ink below image. Drawings and Watercolours 1997-02-3
The Umbeyla Campaign, India, 1863, 'The Effect/ as seen through our Glasses.. none of them left the ground - except those coming down hill...'. Pen and ink with wash over pencil drawing by Capt C J H Howard, 71st Highland Light Infantry, 1863. The result of putting 'Griffen's Shell' into the fire - it explodes, killing all the tribesmen around the campfire; inscribed in pen and ink below image. Drawings and Watercolours 1997-02-4
The Umbeyla Campaign, India, 1863,''Umbeyla Pegs' -/ soda water bottles/ filled with stones and/ Gun Powder...'. Pen and ink with wash over pencil drawing by Capt C J H Howard, 71st Highland Light Infantry, 1863 Drawings and Watercolours 1997-02-5
1914 Pattern Leather Equipment, 1915-1918. Watercolour by Mike Chappell, 2000 (c); the two full-length and one half-length figures shown are: Sergeant, Rifle Brigade, 14th (Light) Division, Loos, 1915; Private, 1st/ 5th Bn, King's Own, 55th (West Lancashire) Division, France, 1918; Sergeant, 54th Machine Gun Company,18th (Eastern) Division, Western Front, 1917; the original for the illustration of plate B in 'British Infantry Equipments (2) 1908-2000' Osprey (revised edition), by Mike Chappell, 2000 (c). Drawings and Watercolours 2000-04-95
Cheroot case carried by Maj Earle, 57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot, during the Crimean War, 1854 (c). Crafts 1993-05-196
Medal Group awarded to 2/Lt Cyril George Edwards, 2/7th Bn Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment): Distinguished Service Order 1917; British War Medal 1914-20; Allied Victory Medal 1914-19, oakleaf; Distinguished Service Order medal ribbon. Associated with World War One (1914-1918). Medals 2000-05-15
Album of 129 photographs compiled by Lt Cyril George Edwards DSO, 2/7th West Yorkshire Regiment, UK, 1917-1918. Photographs 2000-05-126
Papers relating to Lt Cyril George Edwards DSO, 2/7th West Yorkshire Regiment, France, 1917: two trench maps; letter head; history; address. Maps 2000-05-127
Papers relating to Lt Cyril George Edwards DSO, 2/7th West Yorkshire Regiment, France, 1917: two trench maps; letter head; history; address. Archives 2000-05-127
254 photographs collected by the Roberts family 1890-1922: palace at Khartoum, 1898; burial of the British flag, Transvaal, 1881; Boer War, family and regimental groups including Lincoln Regt, Naval Brigade, Boer POW's, prison at Nooitgedacht; surrender of Cronje at Paardeberg; trial of 6 in gun on railway mounting; armoured wagons and trains, Fort Klapperdorp Pretoria, interior of general stores; portraits of Lord Roberts 1890 (c)-1914; ceremonial, funeral of Queen Victoria 1902. Photographs 1971-01-35
Leather wallet belonging to M S Clarkem 81 (West African) Division, 1944 (c); containing a half anna Indian coin. Equipment, general 1993-04-69
Two swagger sticks, 1950 (c); one leather covered native West African work with a damaged handle; one black wood with a white metal finial; associated with the Royal West African Frontier Force. Equipment, general 1993-03-106
Pashmina blanket, 1943 (c); described by Gen Woolner's report on the first campaign of the 81st (West African) Division, (para 11), as weighing 2.25 lbs against 5 lbs for a GS blanket; associated with the 81st (WA) Division and 41 Mortar Regiment. Equipment, general 1993-03-105
Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Edwards, 2nd West Yorks Yeomanry, 1873 (c). Photogravure by Alexander Scott, after Stephen Pearce, published by Henry Graves and Co; signed lower right, 'yours very faithfully Henry Edwards'. Prints 2000-06-80
Model of regimental band of the Gold Coast Regiment (Royal West African Frontier Force), 1940 (c); 62 figures on scenic board; made by E M Cook, 1980 (c). Models 1992-06-33
Diorama of the Battle of Albuera, 16 May 1811, Peninsular War. Models 1993-06-4
Diorama of a recruiting scene, 1806; manufactured by William Y Carman. Models 1993-07-121
Photocopy typescript memoir of the Rev Thomas Victor Perry (1908-1989), Indian Ecclesiastical Establishment 1935-1943 and Indian Army Chaplain's Department 1943-1947; the memoir was compiled from Rev Perry's reminiscences by his son N P Perry, and relates to the Burma Campaign 1943-1945, particularly the Battle of the Box, Feb 1944, during which he was attached to the 2nd Bn West Yorkshire Regiment. Archives 2000-06-153
Six model foot soldiers of the Middlesex Regiment 1767-1942; produced 1990. Models 1993-02-193
Box of wooden drill blocks used for representing the drill evolutions of cavalry, 1803: 14 blocks representing individual figures (one missing), four blocks (each in two parts) representing the four divisions of the squadron each representing 24 men; printed instruction booklet; associated with the London and Westminster Light Horse Volunteers. Models 1976-11-60
Typescript catalogue of papers relating to London Volunteer, Territorial Militia and Fencibles, held at the Guildhall Library, London. Archives 2000-08-49
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
70 photographs taken and collected by Capt (later Maj) John Gordon Bill, Royal Artillery, North West Frontier of India, 1940-1941. Photographs 2000-08-74
Cover, October 1943; to Lt Banasiak, Bern, Switzerland; franked 8a, 4a, 3a, 2a, 1a x 2 and 1/2, cancelled, 'FIELD POST OFFICE 699', West African Division with boxed 'ZUZUSTELLEN/ FELDPOSTDIREKTION', 'PC90 OPENED BY EXAMINER' label tied oct 'Crown PASSED DHS/ 14' and trilingual, 'ZENSURSTELLE FUR INTERNIERTENPOST' label and, on reverse, Wehrmacht censor label code 'x', Paris. Archives 2000-09-27
Papers, 1915-1958; relating to the service of Lt Col Harry Whitehill, DSO, City of London Yeomanry (Roughriders) and 53rd Surrey Bn Home Guard: diaries; notebooks; letters; voucher; map; leaflets; press cuttings; booklet; membership card. Archives 2000-09-73
Soldier, 3rd West India Regiment, 1863. Coloured lithograph by M and N Hanhart, after J Brandard, published 1863. Prints 2000-09-123
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
Service documents relating to: Pte Horace Stacey Taylor, 17th London Regiment, 79th Labour Company, 1915-1919, and the Home Guard, 1940-1944; Pte Peter John Selley, Hampshire Regiment, East Surrey Regiment and Royal West Kent Regiment, 1939-1942, Military Police, 1942-1946, the Territorial Army, 1946-1959 and the Royal Army Service Corps, 1959. Archives 2000-09-172
Jersey, African style, 1942 (c), West African Frontier Force; knitted brown wool, long-sleeved. Uniforms 1994-08-68
Ten ms diaries, 1864 - 1889, kept by Charles John Matthews whilst serving as an officer with the 57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot and the 2nd Bn Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment); consisting of his service in the Maori Wars [New Zealand Wars] 1864-1867, England 1867-1871, Ireland 1871-1873, Sri Lanka [Ceylon] 1873-1879, Zulu War 1879, Ireland 1879-1881, and India 1885-1889; together with Dr Robert Colquhoun's edited transcription of the diaries. Archives 2000-10-73
A personal history of CQMS G W Anderson's service with the Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment), 1934-1946, mostly relating to service in North Africa, typescript, pp3 and a photocopy of personal message from GOC First Army, 17 Feb 1943. From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Archives 2000-10-651
Head and shoulders photographic portrait of Lt Col Henry Butler, 57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot, 1865 (c). Photographs 2000-10-711
Manuscript pass authorising L/Cpl F Cooper, of the Band of the Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment to visit HM The King-Emperor's Camp, Delhi Durbar, 3 Dec 1911; with cancellation stamp 'Coronation Durbar 1911 6 Dec' and the Royal Cypher over a 1 anna postage stamp. Archives 2000-11-56
Typescript letter summarising the Army service of Cpl Ernest Arthur Billett, 1917-1920. From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Archives 2000-11-81
In Memorium of the 10th Bn The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), 1917-1918, Palestine, World War One. From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Archives 2000-10-256
Programme for Annual Dinner and Prize Distribution, Margate Platoon, 16 Feb 1939; associated with the 4th and 5th Bn The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Archives 2000-10-348
Distinguished Services in the Field. Press cutting associated with Honours for the Buffs and the 50th (The West Kent) Regiment of Foot during World War Two, 1939-1945 (c). From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Archives 2000-10-374
Photograph of officers, warrant officers, non-commissioned officers, including Sgt Maj Ralph, 5th Bn The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), and an officer of the Royal West Kent Regiment, Ashford, 1910 (c). From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Photographs 2000-12-62
Photograph of soldiers of the Machine Gun Corps; The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment); Royal Army Medical Corps, 1916 (c). From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Photographs 2000-12-192
Four Orders of Service regarding the Laying up of Old Colours, associated with the 1st Bn The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) and the 1st Bn The Queen's Own Royal Kent Regiment, 5 Oct 1963. From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Archives 2000-10-518
Letter referring to the establishment of the Queen's Own Buffs from Col D E B Talbot to Officers commanding the 4th and 5th Bn (TA) The Buffs and the 4th/5th (TA) Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, 1961. From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Archives 2000-10-610
Papers associated with Lt Gordon Russell Gardner, Royal Signals, 150 Officer Cadet Training Unit, in Catterick, 1943; 140th Infantry Brigade, 47th (London) Infantry Division, in the Isle of Wight, 1943, 81st West African Infantry Division and 3rd and 5th Infantry Brigades, Burma. Maps 2000-12-579
Photograph album of 78 photographs, with ephemera; relates to the second entry of 81st (West African) Division into the Kaladan Valley and their advance on Myohaung, 1944-1945; the album was presented to Maj Gen F J Loftus-Tottenham who commanded the Division from 5 Aug 1944. Photographs 1993-02-250
Photograph of No 2 Pln 6 Service Bn The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), Aldershot, 1915. From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Photographs 2001-01-245
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
16 photographs relating to Capt J K Illingworth, 7th Bn Duke of Wellington's Regiment, World War Two, North West Europe, 1944-1946 (c); photographs include formal and informal groups and portraits, a view of Cologne Cathedral, a painted board listing the Battalion's battle honours from 10 Jun 1994-8 May 1945, a wedding photograph and a portrait of Miss Vera Illingworth, nee Bancroft. Photographs 1994-01-229
The Middlesex Regiment (DCO) The Die Hards, 1966 (c). Colour photolithograph greetings card, published by the Middlesex Regiment; reproduction of Lady Butler's painting, 'Steady the Drums and Fifes'; Drums and Fifes of the 57th Foot waiting, under fire, to advance at the Battle of Albuera, Peninsular War (1808-1814) 1811. Prints 2001-01-382
5 photographs collected by Capt F Harlan Taylor, 1st Bn Sierra Leone Regiment and 1st Bn Gambia Regiment, India 1935-1945; subjects include camp and scenes in India. Photographs 1993-02-248
20 photographs relating to the Middlesex Regiment, 1860 (c)- 1945. Photographs 1993-02-57
Photograph of the Reunion Dinner of 81 (WA) Divisional Club, 1953; pictured are FM Vct Slim, Gen C G Woolner, Maj J D Bourn, Brig P J Jeffreys and Capt K H Nash. Photographs 1993-02-247
16 photographs probably collected by Maj Gen F J Loftus-Tottenham, Commanding 81st (WA) Division, 5 Aug 1945; subjects include views of India. Photographs 1993-02-249
3 photographs of Maj Gen Loftus-Tottenham and his personal staff, Madras Province, 1945 (c); members of the 81 (WA) Divisional Dinner Club with trophies presented by it to the four West African colonies as prizes for marksmanship, 1953. Photographs 1993-02-251
12 photographs relating to 81st (WA) Divisional Signals, Burma, India and West Africa; subjects include aerial views, groups and demobilisation camp. Photographs 1993-02-256
10 photographs, some copies, collected by Maj G H Cresswell, 1st Gambia Regiment, Burma, 1944-1945; subjects include aerial views, signalmen, ambulance and casualties. Photographs 1993-02-258
Photograph of 17 officers, The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), 1883 (c); almost certainly 2nd Battalion, in which Maj Douglas Campbell De Wend was serving. Photographs 2001-01-614
Named group photograph of men who competed for the Hardy Boxing Cup won by The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) in a match versus the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, possibly Folkestone, 1954; The Buffs won 7-4. From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Photographs 2001-01-690
Named group photograph of men who competed for the Hardy Boxing Cup won by The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) in a match versus the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, possibly Folkestone, 1956; The Buffs won 7-4. From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Photographs 2001-01-691
Named group photograph of men who competed for the Hardy Boxing Cup won by The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) in a match versus the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, possibly Folkestone, 1957; The Buffs won 5-4. From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Photographs 2001-01-692
Named group photograph of men who competed for the Hardy Boxing Cup won by The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) in a match versus the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, Folkestone (?), 1959; The Buffs won 5-4. From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Photographs 2001-01-693
Photograph of the East and West Kents Yeomanry Cavalry Review, Maidstone, 18 Mar 1937 (?). From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Photographs 2001-01-845
223 portrait photographs of all ranks of 1st Bn Middlesex Regiment, 1855 (c)-1966. Photographs 1993-04-100
17 portrait photographs of officers and NCOs, 1st Bn Middlesex Regiment, 1865 (c)-1916. Photographs 1993-04-101
178 group photographs related to 1st Bn Middlesex Regiment, 1856-1966. Photographs 1993-04-102
Photograph of Lt Col Edlmann addressing officers and senior non-commissioned officers of 1st Bn The Buffs in open ground, announcing the Buffs' amalgamation with Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, Hohne, Germany, July 1957. From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Photographs 2001-02-33
48 miscellaneous photographs relating to the 1st Bn Middlesex Regiment, 1880 (c)-1964. Photographs 1993-04-104
174 images comprising a photographic history of 1st Bn Middlesex Regiment, 1872-1951. Photographs 1993-04-105
152 photographs of ceremonial events involving 1st Bn Middlesex Regiment, 1855-1966. Photographs 1993-04-108
78 photographs and 8 colour transparencies of graves and memorials of all ranks, 1st Bn Middlesex Regiment, 1811-1955. Photographs 1993-04-113
32 portrait photographs of all ranks, 2nd Bn Middlesex Regiment, 1855 (c)-1947. Photographs 1993-04-114
139 group photographs relating to 2nd Bn Middlesex Regiment, 1855 (c)-1965 (c). Photographs 1993-04-116
Full length studio photographic portrait of Pte Bishop, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 1914 (c); associated with World War One (1914-1918). Photographs 2001-02-20
INVICTA. Hand painted and carved wooden shield shaped plaque, 1950 (c); associated with the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment; carved with the rearing White Horse of Kent, an inscribed wooden ribbon below the whole. Crafts 2001-02-180
16 photographs of barracks and camps associated with 2nd Bn Middlesex Regiment, 1881 (c)-1931; subjects include locations in India. Photographs 1993-04-125
5 photographs of officers' graves and memorials to an officer, all ranks, and a regimental pet, 2nd Bn Middlesex Regiment, 1868-1907. Photographs 1993-04-126
9 miscellaneous photographs associated with 2nd Bn Middlesex Regiment, 1855-1931 (c). Photographs 1993-04-127