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Eighty three maps collected by Capt Alan J Hopkinson, Army Educational Corps. Maps 1997-07-15
Papers of Colonel J McDonnell, Cape Mounted Rifles, 1844-1893, and his family, 1727-1906. Archives 1995-06-22
Commemorative medallion, 1892; made of copper or bronze; obverse bears a portrait of Major HRH Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence, 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars; commemorating his death at Sandringham, 14 Jan 1892. Equipment, general 1981-04-33
Collection of equipment owned by Maj C J G Meade, 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars, 1945 (c): canvas folding bag; canvas cylindrical bag; canvas holdall; leather sheath; pair of mess tins; blanco, buff webbing, tin; housewife; glasses and case. Equipment, general 1981-05-70
Collection of equipment owned by Maj C J G Meade, 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars, 1945 (c): canvas folding bag; canvas cylindrical bag; canvas holdall; leather sheath; pair of mess tins; blanco, buff webbing, tin; housewife; glasses and case. Edged Weapons 1981-05-70
Papers relating to L/ Sgt Arthur Vivian Challacombe, Army Catering Corps, 1946. Archives 1997-07-16
Crucifix, 1945 (c); from a collection of equipment owned by Maj C J G Meade, 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars. Crafts 1981-05-70
Collection of equipment owned by Lt W N Libby, 1st Bn Monmouthshire Regiment, 1918 (c): canvas holdall; canvas bucket; camp chair; camp bed; canvas bowl; canvas bath. Equipment, general 1981-06-31
Collection of equipment owned by Lt W N Libby, 1st Bn Monmouthshire Regiment, 1918 (c): canvas holdall; canvas bucket; camp chair; camp bed; canvas bowl; canvas bath. Furniture 1981-06-31
Gas rattle, 1918 (c); made of wood and metal, operated by turning a weighted piece of wood around the teeth of a ratchet mounted on a handle; owned by Lt J T Colledge, Royal Horse Guards, and probably used for warning of a gas attack, although such items were also used to simulate machine gun fire. Musical Instruments 1981-07-22
15 specimen certificates (blank) of good service issued by the various Home Commands Army, the Home Guards and the 21st Army Group, 1942-1945. Archives 1997-07-22
Canteen token, 1890 (c); made of brass, one penny denomination (?); obverse marked with the number one and the name of the regiment, the Cornwall Light Infantry; the reverse bears the coat of arms of the Duchy of Cornwall and is inscribed, 'REGIMENTAL CANTEEN'. Equipment, general 1981-07-47
Collection of items owned by Maj Marley J Williams, Kolar Gold Fields Battalion, 1920 (c): pair of boot hooks; binoculars; glass spirit flask; manicure set; comb; head of Drum Major staff, Royal Air Force (contained in same box as the other items but has no known connection); oilcloth bag for a sword. Equipment, general 1981-10-12
Collection of items owned by Maj Marley J Williams, Kolar Gold Fields Battalion, 1920 (c): pair of boot hooks; binoculars; glass spirit flask; manicure set; comb; head of Drum Major staff, Royal Air Force (contained in same box as the other items but has no known connection); oilcloth bag for a sword. Scientific Instruments 1981-10-12
Regimental cane, 1921; silver ball head bears a regimental device; owned by Lt G W R Templer, 1st Bn Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's); made by Brigg, London, Hallmarked London 1921-1922. Equipment, general 1981-10-99
Button stick, 1910 (c); made of plastic material, coated in canvas; the stick is flat with straight sides and curved ends; a circular hole is at one end of a slit down the centre of the stick; impressed with the initials of the Royal Garrison Artillery. Equipment, general 1981-12-32
1st (Royal) DRAGOONS, 1920 (c). Cigarette silk, published by Godfrey Phillips Limited, London, 1920 (c); regimental badge, on a white background, with inscription in brown as title. Crafts 1999-07-35
Embroidered postcard, 1916 (c); card with silk pocket; embroidered with English and French flags, sheltered by laurel branches with a pansy in the centre; inscribed in verso with the date and regiment, 1st Bn Manchester Regiment, British Expeditionary Force, 31 Mar 1916. Crafts 1999-07-39
Tents, probably in Bangalore, India, June 1942. Pen and watercolour sketch by Wilfrid J Myers, 6 Jun 1942, dated by artist; a view of two tents, seen from the inside of a tent, with figures and charpoys (litters) inside, and a building in the background. Drawings and Watercolours 1999-07-40
The Cameronians, February 1942. Pencil sketch by Wilfrid J Myers, 1942; group of Cameronians, seated, seen from the back of a room, with a man, presumably lecturing, at the front. Drawings and Watercolours 1999-07-43
Bayonet, pattern 1903, for .303 Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk I rifle. Edged Weapons 1974-07-45
German War Ministry pass issued to G F Wilson, Royal Army Medical Corps, Berlin, 19 Jan 1919, to enable him to look for British Prisoner's of War, with English translation. Archives 1995-06-26
Report written by Captain H O Swanston, 3rd Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment, concerning the apprehension of a suspected spy, 2 May 1902, at Volksrust, Transvaal; the message carried by the spy is included with a translation, together with a note referring to the papers written by the 'collector', Fred Oliver, and a newspaper report of Oliver's suicide, 1930 (c). Archives 1995-06-28
Memories of a Soldier. Typescript poem from World War Two, Italy. Archives 1995-06-29
Portrait of, L/N-K HEMAL DHOJ RAI/ 1/6th G.R., 1945. Pencil sketch by Wilfrid J Myers, 17 Jun 1945; signed and dated; head and shoulders, facing slightly right, with text as title, in English and (possibly) Sanskrit, probably written by the sitter. Drawings and Watercolours 1999-07-80
Recruiting literature for the TAVR Territorial Army and Volunteer Reserve Forces, Feb 1973, and for the Ulster Defence Regiment, 1970. Archives 1995-06-35
Photocopies of death certificates and Army death notifications relating to men of the Cheshire Regiment, or their families, 1915-1921. Archives 1995-06-37
Portrait of 67117 Gitchadit Rai (?), Gurkha soldier, 1945. Pencil sketch by Wilfrid J Myers, 1945; signed and dated lower left; half-length facing to the left, with text as title, in English and (possibly) Sanskrit, probably written by the sitter. Drawings and Watercolours 1999-07-83
Portrait of H077 Hau Bakhan Sing Gurung (?)/ 1/6th GR', Gurkha soldier, 1945. Pencil sketch by Wilfrid J Myers, 17 Jun 1945; signed and dated lower left; half-length facing to the left, with text as title, in English and (possibly) Sanskrit, probably written by the sitter. Drawings and Watercolours 1999-07-84
Sleeping bag, 1914-1918 (c); made of wool mix; two labels on the inside corner, one is embroidered, 'JAEGER', and the other inscribed in ink with the owner's name and regiment, 2nd Lt Edward Charles Knell, 8th Bn London Regiment. Equipment, general 1999-07-90
Report on Luton Hoo, Number Five Formation College, Jul 1945 to Jul 1946. Booklet. Archives 1995-06-43
Papers relating to the birth and death of Sergeant L Marshall, Black Watch. Archives 1995-06-53
'In Memoriam' leaflet for Lieutenant F A de Pass, 34th Prince Albert Victor's Own Poona Horse, describing how he won his posthumous Victoria Cross in France, 25 Nov 1914. Archives 1995-06-60
Two 32p postage stamps issued by the Irish Post Office, featuring members of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 1914. Archives 1995-06-65
Receipt issued by Captain J Gibson, Royal Artillery, to Felix Garcia of Pampanga, Philippines, for medical supplies issued to escaped British prisoners of war who made their way to the Philippines after the vessel transporting them to Japan was sunk by the US Air Force, January 1945. Archives 1995-06-66
Multimedia resource pack including video, audio tape, photographs and prints, demonstrating the contribution made in World War Two by African, Asian and Caribbean men and women; produced by the Imperial War Museum. Sound Recordings 1995-06-68
Diploma relating to the award of the Italy bronze medal to Sgt R E Woolley, 26th Middlesex Regiment, 1919; with a covering letter and a physical training booklet. Archives 1997-07-25
5 copy photographs of Sgt R E Woolley, 26th Battalion Middlesex Regiment; in most Woolley is participating in physical training and bayonet drill. Photographs 1997-07-26
Copy photographs relating to the service of Cpl A L Purkis, 43rd corps Imperial Yeomanry (and Suffolk Hussars) in South Africa, 1899-1901. Photographs 1997-07-27
Catalogue of the Ken Shepherd Archive of names on Great War Memorials in the Windsor area, World War One, produced by the Western Front Association, 1995 (c). Archives 1995-06-69
Photograph of 1st battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, 1930 (c), marching out in column, perhaps Egypt. Photographs 1997-07-28
Collection of 8 locally produced postcards of presentations of colours to the Middlesex Regiment at Weltwig, Austria, 1953. Photographs 1997-07-30
Papers and correspondence of Maj Thomas Peter Harvey (1837-1873) covering his service with the 77th East Middlesex Regiment in the Crimea and India, including papers relating to the purchase of his commission (1854), ms letters to his father and family (1854-1872), and ms letters from his brother, Lt Col Henry James Harvey (1840-1921) covering his own commission into the King's Own Scottish Borderers (1856-1857), and covering trench experiences at Sevastopol, the Battle of the Chernaya (1855), barrack life, troop morale, and the cholera epidemic at Peshawar. Archives 1997-07-47
Photocopy of certificate of meritorious service awarded to Corporal A R Kemp, King's Shropshire Light Infantry, in Kenya, 1956. Archives 1995-06-74
Diaries of Pte F Lambert, 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment, India and Burma, 1889-1893, and South Africa, 1899-1901. Archives 1995-06-75
Study by Geoffrey Wilson on John Gamble and the first British military telegraph. Archives 1995-06-76
Papers relating to the service of Captain Raymond Bazley Johnson DSO 1898-1921, initially with 6th Inniskilling Dragoons during the Boer War, with the Royal Naval Air Service (armoured cars) in 1915, and finally with the 2nd Reserve Regiment of Dragoons, including diaries (1900-1901), discussion on tactics employed by the Cavalry and during the Boer War, and his search for a position within the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (1915). Archives 1995-06-78
Typescript memoir of Pte D J Polley, 224 Corps, Machine Gun Corps: 'Such a Quest'. Archives 1997-07-60
Three documents written by Col P G Williams OBE: 'Brixmis in the 1980s: the Cold War's 'great game'', memories of liaising with the Soviet Army in East Germany; Brixedit; 'Tactical command in Bosnia; operation Grapple 3: Nov 1993 - May 1994', text of a lecture, Sept 1994 to the Army Staff College. [RESTRICTED: CLOSED UNTIL 2025] Archives 1997-07-61
Papers of Harold Clayton, 1901-1958. Archives 1995-06-80
Papers of Harold Clayton, 1901-1958. Maps 1995-06-80
Papers relating to Mrs Coomer's service in the Auxiliary Territorial Service, 1939-1945. Archives 1995-06-82
Letter of Lieutenant Lawrence Edward Grace Oates, to his mother, written during the Boer War while serving with Rimington's Column, Frankfurt, 12 Jan 1902, with transcript. Archives 1995-07-62
12 photographs with captions of British forces in Bosnia, taken by Fleur Mainwaring, liaison officer of the Multi-National Division, South West. Photographs 1997-07-62
4 mounted photographs: three of 9th Battalion Middlesex Regiment, Arundel Camp 1938; one of Machine Gun Platoon, Commanders Course, Small Arms School, Netheravon, 1940. Photographs 1997-07-63
Press cutting relating to the reconstruction of France after World War One devastation, 1930 (c) with a training programme and daily orders for 926 AA (M) troop, RASC, 1943. Archives 1997-07-66
72 press photographs of the start of World War One (1914-1918), 1914. Photographs 1997-07-67
Regimental stick, 1915; pale brown malacca cane with a white metal ferrule and head; the head bears the device and name of the London Scottish Regiment; owned by Pte A C Adams, 14th (County of London) Bn The London Regiment (London Scottish). Equipment, general 1982-02-16
Baker rifle, Ayrshire Volunteer Rifle Battalion, 1812 (c). Firearms 1990-07-8
Booklet of printed letters sent by Harold Robert Newton (1917-1941) to his family, 1936-1945; Newton attended Sandhurst, January 1936 to October 1937, spent his Unattached List Indian Army year with the North Staffordshire Regiment, October 1937 to October 1938, and served with the 5/7th Rajputs in India October 1938 to September 1940; he then moved with his regiment to Hong Kong and was killed during the Japanese invasion. Archives 1999-07-92
Collection of photographs of Palestine taken at the end of World War One (1914-1918), 1918: seven views of Gaza; a wrecked British tank, 'War Baby' outside Gaza; unloading supplies at a divisional dump, Gaza railway station; view of El Erab; view of Jericho; view of Tarta, in the Judaean hills; three of the Jerusalem road; one of a military column on the Jerusalem road; unidentified landscape; seascape. Photographs 1999-07-93
Eight regimental canes, made by J R Gaunt and Son, 1930 (c); produced for the following regiments: South Staffordshire Regiment; Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment); Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own); two for the Royal Military College Canada; Royal Army Medical Corps; King's Own Scottish Borderers; Canadian Army, 48th Highlanders. Equipment, general 1982-02-44
Chinese .60 in bolt action single shot jingal, 1900 (c); Chinese copy of the German Kummer rifle incorporating Ward and Beaumont patents; manufactured at the Southern Tientsin Arsenal in 1895; taken during the Boxer Rising in 1900. Firearms 1959-07-158
Winchester .44 in lever-action repeating rifle, 1899-1902 (c); used in the Boer War by General Christian de Wet and handed to the Royal Irish Rifles at the end of the War; octagonal barrel; hammer and end cap of magazine missing. Firearms 1960-09-121
Glass ambrotype photograph of a corporal of the 84th Foot, (c) 1860. Photographs 1997-07-68
Three regimental canes, 1920 (c): South Staffordshire Regiment or South Lancashire Regiment (Prince Of Wales Volunteers); Connaught Rangers; Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Equipment, general 1982-02-79
Notebooks, lecture precis and soldier's release book of WO2 Tizzard (1920-1988), Royal Artillery and later REME. Archives 1997-08-41
Three canteen tokens, used by the Royal Regiment of Artillery, 1890 (c): Royal Artillery canteen Woolwich, one penny; Royal Artillery Institute Bangalore, one penny; Royal Artillery canteen Woolwich, one shilling. Equipment, general 1982-03-49
Two cloth maps: South Burma, Malaya and Northern Sumatra; Ordnance Survey map of Watford and High Wycombe, 1912. Maps 1997-08-42
Papers associated with Maj Elise Sylvia Jacobs, Women's Royal Army Corps, 1939-1956; includes Soldier's service and pay book and East Africa's certificate of good service, 1956; associated with World War Two (1939-1945) and Kenya (1952-1960). Archives 1997-08-44
Khaki T-shirt, 1st Mechanized Brigade, Provost Unit, 1996, Operation RESOLUTE, Former Yugoslavia, 1996 Uniforms 1997-04-45
6 photographs and two photographic Christmas cards relating to Maj Elise Sylvia Jacobs, WRAC, 1940-1955. Photographs 1997-08-45
Uniform of Capt R F Pearson MC, 8th (King George's Own) Light Cavalry, 1929 (c); mess jacket, shoulder cord, mess vest and overalls. Uniforms 1997-09-3
Canteen token, 1890 (c); made of brass, denomination half penny; obverse bears the name of the regiment, 9th Lancashire Artillery Volunteers; the reverse bears a cannon, in relief breechloading and spoked wheels, on a grassy ground. Equipment, general 1982-03-52
Memoir of the eruptions of Vesuvius, by Eric Griffin of 67th (BR) General Hospital, Naples, 1944; Griffin helped in the evacuation of villagers. Archives 1997-08-46
6 copy photographs of the eruption of Vesuvius, 1944, taken by Eric Griffin, RAMC of the 67th (BR) General Hospital at Naples. Photographs 1997-08-47
Two canteen tokens, 1890 (c); one made of bronze, one penny, used by the King's Royal Rifle Corps; one made of brass, two penny, used by the 10th Volunteer Bn (2nd London RVC) King's Royal Rifle Corps, made by Neal. Equipment, general 1982-03-53
Papers relating to members of the Edwards and Morton families, particularly Colonel G R Edwards (1810-1894), 2nd Madras Light Cavalry, and Lt Col E R Morton, 1855-1913. Archives 1995-07-68
Papers and photographs from Maj M C Holmes' files relating to his military service with the Lincolnshire Regiment, 1913-1920 and the 10/11th Sikh Regiment, 1940-1946. Archives 1997-08-48
Papers and photographs from Maj M C Holmes' files relating to his military service with the Lincolnshire Regiment, 1913-1920 and the 10/11th Sikh Regiment, 1940-1946. Photographs 1997-08-48
Papers of Col M D M Humphrey, Women's Royal Army Corps, 1961-1966. Archives 1997-08-50
Uniform of Col Jill Hands, Women's Royal Army Corps, 1978 (c): three officer's No 2 dress skirts and No 2 dress tunic. Uniforms 1994-04-61
Map case, 1945; cylindrical in shape, steel covered in canvas; used by Staff Officers of the 23rd Indian Division in Malaya and Java, 1945-1946. Equipment, general 1982-04-676
Items owned by Pte S B Budworth, Northern Cyclist Battalion, 1915: regimental cane, made of brown malacca with a steel head bearing the regimental device; identity tags, made of compressed red paper and impressed with the owners name. Equipment, general 1982-04-691
Letter from the Office of the High Commissioner for Rhodesia offering T R Wade an appointment in the British South Africa Police; with form explaining conditions of service. Archives 1995-07-71
Regimental 'Sweetheart' brooch, 1915; made of dark brown, transparent horn, edged in a gilt strip; circular inset in gilt with the device of the Northern Cyclist Battalion, including, a twelve spoked bicycle wheel surmounted by a crown, all upon crossed rifles, and impressed, 'ARMY CYCLIST CORPS'; owned by Pte S B Budworth, Northern Cyclist Battalion, 1915. Crafts 1982-04-691
Booklet of stamps issued by An Post (Irish Post Office) commemorating Irish soldiers around the world, 'The Wild Geese' (4 different), with two loose stamps featuring the Royal Dublin Fusiliers (1914) and the 250th anniversary of the battle of Fontenoy (1745-1995). Archives 1995-07-75
'Location of Hospitals and Casualty Clearing Stations British Expeditionary Force 1914-1919. Photocopy of record, compiled by the Ministry of Pensions in 1923; associated with World War One. Archives 1995-07-77
Flintlock jezail, 1809-1900; supposedly collected by Maj D H Acworth of 55th Coke's Rifles who served in the Mohmund campaign of 1908 (?), barrel 56 in long and bound to stock with ornamental brass bands; the muzzle is flared and the barrel has ornamental panels forged into it; butt of North West Frontier Police with mother of pearl inlay and carving; East India Company lock. Firearms 1950-10-30
Two regimental canes, 1950 (c); owned by Major Peter Henry Edward Borwick, Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's Own). Equipment, general 1982-04-798
Vickers-Maxim .303 in machine gun, 1898; associated with Pte John Barry VC, Royal Irish Regiment; manufactured by Vickers, Sons and Maxin, with some parts of Maxim, Nordenfeldt and Company, London; associated with the Boer War (1899-1902). Firearms 1951-12-41
Flintlock trade musket, 1800 (c); commercially manufactured; stock covered in red and black lacquer; barrel 37 in long; lock made at the Tower. Firearms 1952-04-75
Photocopy of the memoirs of Maj John Ffrench, 6th Rajputana Rifles, 1940-1947, written in 1989; associated with World War Two. Archives 1995-07-79
Rules of the Women's Royal Army Corps Headquarters Mess, 1965, with a note on the proposing of toasts. Archives 1995-07-80
Thompson M1 .45 in sub machine gun, 1943 (c); used by the Indian Army in the Burma Campaign, World War Two. Firearms 1963-12-251
Papers of Sergeant Edward Alfred Bickle, Royal Fusiliers, 1939-1945: National Service certificate of registration; soldier's service and pay book; two receipts; leave pass, 1941; two envelopes; clothing coupons; a US Army song book, 1941; Bickle's will, 17 Jan 1944; team sheet for a Christmas football match; pay book receipt; six letters to his mother from Cairo, April to October 1945; telegram to Bickle, 1945; greetings card; 'Horse shit cigarettes' carton. Archives 1999-08-1
Photographs relating to Maj M C Holmes, 10/11th Sikh Regiment; India, 1915-1920; staff of 13 Prisoner of War Camp, Bairagarh, Bhopal State, 1941 until 1943 and 67 Rest Camp, Poona, 1943; Attock fort, Punjab North West Frontier border; conferring with Afridi tribesman. Photographs 1997-08-49
Papers of Maj T A E Prentice, 9th Battalion 19th Hyderabad Regiment; associated with World War Two 1939-1945. Archives 1995-07-83
Model 1896 Mauser 7 mm bolt action magazine rifle, 1898 (c). Brought back from the Boer War (1899-1902) by Capt (later Lt Col) Francis Goddard, Royal Munster Fusiliers. Firearms 1961-10-8
Lee-Metford Mk I* .303 in bolt action magazine rifle, 1890; issued to the South Staffordshire Regiment in August 1901. Firearms 1961-10-44