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Two postcards, one telling the story of the L40 million raised by the tank 'Julian' during its tour round Britain, the other, 'Hard Hit! Lean Hard!' is an image of Christ helping a wounded British soldier; with admission ticket to the Royal Canadian Air Force Headquarters Easter Dance, 12 Apr 1944; associated with World Wars One and Two. Archives 1996-03-34
Contemporary typescript copies of the diary and 10 letters of Captain Christopher Egerton Balfour, Kings Royal Rifle Corps, during the Boer War, Oct 1899 to Mar 1900; the writer was a relative of Arthur Balfour. Archives 1996-03-36
Cavalry lance, 1820 (c); according to the donor associated with a guidon of the 26th Light Dragoons; head is four faceted with a ball below. Polearms/Other Weapons 1987-08-33
Album of approximately 200 pages with 1,000 cut-out magazine portraits of British officers who served in the Boer War, 1899-1902; the compiler is unknown, but the album passed into the hands of Major Richard de Berry, Royal Irish Fusiliers. Archives 1996-03-39
Lecture notes from number 1 Auxiliary Territorial Service, OCTU, Edinburgh, 1942-1943; in 3 parts. Archives 1997-10-157
Scrapbook of the county of London branch, WRAC Association, 1953-1957. Archives 1997-10-158
Notification that Rifleman H Rogers, 9th Bn The London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) was wounded, 3 Oct 1916, and admitted to No 26 General Hospital, Etaples, France. Archives 1996-03-40
Suggestions and comments book plus a photograph of the staging camp ATS, Calais, Nov 1945 to Jun 1947. Archives 1997-10-159
Suggestions and comments book plus a photograph of the staging camp ATS, Calais, Nov 1945 to Jun 1947. Photographs 1997-10-159
Minute book of the WRAC Association golden jubilee celebrations committe 1969. Archives 1997-10-160
Material relating to the WRAC staff college at Frimley Park, Camberley. [2 of the 5 Items are RESTRICTED: CLOSED UNTIL 2014] Archives 1997-10-161
Photocopied documents relating to the wartime service of Captain (later Lord) Bruce Bernard Weatherill with the 19th Lancers, 1940-1945; includes typescript reminiscences of another officer in the regiment, Louis Curzon, and a photocopy of the 80pp booklet, '19th King George V's Own Lancers War News September 1939 - December 1945'. Archives 1996-03-43
Photocopies of papers relating to Lt Patrick Wright Anderson, Black Watch, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, 1892-1921; Anderson died as a result of wounds received during World War One. Archives 1996-04-8
Farrier's axe, 1800-1840; blade marked with the monogram of the Royal Horse Guards. Polearms/Other Weapons 1985-05-27
Two pigsticking spear heads, 1900 (c); leaf shaped heads with edged central ribs; both stamped with the maker's mark; used by Capt Robert Grant. Polearms/Other Weapons 1978-11-4
Papers relating to Lt Col J A B Baker, 2nd Bn Suffolk Regiment 1939, and 2nd Punjab Regiment 1938-1962. Archives 1996-04-10
Typescript account by N van der Bijl, of his service with the Royals and Blues and Royals, 1966-1969. Archives 1996-04-12
British South Africa Police identification card issued to Denis Read, 3 Jun 1946. Archives 1996-04-13
Printed programme for the review of the British South Africa Police by HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, British South Africa Police Training Depot, Salisbury, 30 May 1960. Archives 1996-04-14
30 letters written by Trooper William Kuhn, British South Africa Police, Boer War 1899-1902. Archives 1996-04-15
Papers relating to the Garner family, including Samuel Garner, 1st Battalion 10th Regiment and 47th Regiment 1843-1908; and Bandsman H Garner, British South Africa Police, 1900-1921; associated with the Boer War. Archives 1996-04-16
Pattern 1896 lance (Ffoulkes, Flag Pattern 1860); ash shaft, triangular section head,discoloured buff leather sling and brown thing grip, brass loop; made in Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield. Polearms/Other Weapons 1972-05-8
Press cutting of an extract from a letter written by Colonel Sergeant Hubert Kelly, 88th Regiment, 14 Sept 1855, describing the assault on the Redan, Crimean War. Archives 1996-04-17
Minutes of the ATS Benevolent Fund grants sub-committee, 1944-1950. Archives 1997-10-162
Pattern 1816 lance (Ffoulkes); shoe stamped, '12 RL E 45'. Polearms/Other Weapons 1972-05-8
Photocopies relating to Mrs Annie Fox, wife of Sergeant-Major Fox, 94th Regiment of Foot, who though wounded at Bronkhurstspruit, 5 Dec 1880, Transvaal War, ministered to the dying and wounded of the regiment, and was awarded the medal of the Royal Red Cross; with photocopies of obituaries 1888 and copy photograph of portrait. Archives 1996-04-20
Minutes of the committee on post war dress for QAMNS and ATS, 1946-1949. Archives 1997-10-163
Collection of Army recruiting leaflets and pamphlets, various regiments, 1984-1995. Archives 1996-04-23
Equipment used by Lt S C H Tighe, 2nd Bn 14th Punjab Regiment, 1935 (c): binoculars and case, 1916; waterbottle and holder; two identity tags; whistle. Scientific Instruments 1982-07-6
Equipment used by Lt S C H Tighe, 2nd Bn 14th Punjab Regiment, 1935 (c): binoculars and case, 1916; waterbottle and holder; two identity tags; whistle. Equipment, general 1982-07-6
Bound manuscript account by Colonel William Northcote Davies of his service with the 9th and 5th West Middlesex Rifle Volunteers and the 11th Battalion The London Regiment (Finsbury Rifles) and its antecedents, 1872-1933. Archives 1996-04-26
Three copies of 'Jimmy', the magazine of the Royal Corps of Signals in the Middle East, Christmas 1942, Spring and Summer 1943; exercise book containing manuscript diary of 59 Operating Troop, 4th Air Formation Signals, with loose nominal rolls, Jul 1942 to Aug 1944; relating to William Watson, Royal Corps of Signals, World War Two, Middle East 1939-1945. Archives 1996-04-28
Papers relating to Lt Evan Walter Jones, Artist's Rifles, World War One, Western Front 1914-1918. Archives 1996-04-30
Papers relating to Lt Evan Walter Jones, Artist's Rifles, World War One, Western Front 1914-1918. Maps 1996-04-30
Seven commissions belonging to Major John Briggs, 82nd Regiment of Foot, 1856-1875; with portrait photographs of John Briggs (?) and Colonel William Briggs. Archives 1996-04-33
Papers collected by Miss E M Santer, Auxiliary Territorial Service, 1944-1995. Photographs 1996-04-37
Seven copies of the 'Vital Spark', the journal of the Hastings Electronics and Radio Club which include contributions by Eric Vast relating to his services with the Royal Signals during World War Two. Archives 1996-04-40
Papers collected by Major J R Gatehouse whilst GS02 and Touring Officer, BRIXMIS, British Commanders'-in-Chiefs Mission to Soviet Forces in Germany, Dec 1960 to Dec 1962 and British Liaison Officer, SOXMIS 1965-1968. Archives 1996-04-45
Papers collected by Major J R Gatehouse whilst GS02 and Touring Officer, BRIXMIS, British Commanders'-in-Chiefs Mission to Soviet Forces in Germany, Dec 1960 to Dec 1962 and British Liaison Officer, SOXMIS 1965-1968. Maps 1996-04-45
Three Oliver pattern waterbottles, 1890 (c); with white hardwood bodies,slightly convex and oval in section; top and bottom bound with iron bands; spout is threaded inside and the stopper screws into it; the first bottle is possibly associated with the 4th or 5th Volunteer Bn Highland Light Infantry, and the third with the Scots Guards. Equipment, general 1982-07-54
Photocopies of certificates presented to CSM John Henry Shuttle, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 1908-1918 (c), Royal Irish Regiment 1918-1922 (c) and 238 (No 721 Sqn ATC) Spotter's Club 1943, covering his training, overseas service with the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, and on the disbandment of the Royal Irish Regiment (1922). Archives 1996-04-47
Transcript regimental history: 'The Connaught Rangers an abridged history with special reference to regimental operations in France and Gallipoli in the Great War, 1914-1918'. Archives 1997-12-4
Papers relating to Corporal Edwin William Dyer, Army Service Corps, Boer War 1899-1902. Archives 1996-04-50
Letter from 'Colin' with RAOC detail, R A Heavy Battery to 'Kathleen' from Jamestown, St Helena, 20 Jan 1940. Archives 1997-12-6
3 Photographs collected by 'Colin' RAOC, 1947. Photographs 1997-12-7
Copy photograph taken from group, 2/Lt Arthur Bradley, attached to 6th battalion King's own Yorkshire Light Infantry, killed in action 24 Aug 1917. Photographs 1997-12-8
Typescript account by Bombardier G D Austin of his service with 336 Battery 135th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 1920-1946; contains extracts from Lt Col Philip Toosey's diary of the campaign in Malaya and Singapore, January to February 1942, World War Two, Far East (1941-1945). Archives 1996-04-159
Photocopies of orders, maps and photographs relating to the deployment of 2nd Bn Royal Regiment of Fusiliers in Operation FRESCO, providing emergency fire fighting cover during the Fire Brigade industrial action on Merseyside, Aug 1995. Archives 1996-04-161
Letter written by Trumpeter Edwin Graves, 16th Company, Western Division, Royal Garrison Artillery, Aug 1896, from Agra, India. Archives 1996-04-162
Bound typescript memoirs of Sergeant Ron Cox's service with the Westminster Dragoons and the 2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry 1942-1947, including Operations EPSOM and GOODWOOD, World War Two, North West Europe. Archives 1996-04-166
Tin boxes associated with Maj Harold Egbert Fletcher Richardson, 1st Garrison Bn, Seaforth Highlanders, 1918 (c): medicine pastille tin, manufactured by Proctor's, 'Pinelyptus'; shaving soap tin, by Gibb's Cold Cream; shaving soap tin, 'Erasmic'. Equipment, general 1982-08-17
Papers relating to L/Cpl Robert Thomson, Essex Regiment attached Commandos, 1939-1961; Thomson was captured while on the St Nazaire Raid, 28 Mar 1942, North West Europe (1939-1943). Archives 1996-04-171
Album of 387 photographs including 10 loose ones compiled by Capt (later Maj) Wynne Howes-Roberts, 1st Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles, India, Malta and UK, 1935. Photographs 1997-12-11
Papers relating to Lt Hugh Gordon, 1st Regiment of Foot 1811-1822, including his journal for 1814-1816; associated with the Napoleonic Wars. Archives 1996-04-173
Album of 347 photographs including 6 loose ones compiled by Capt (later Maj) Wynne Howes-Roberts, 1st Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles, India and UK, 1936-1937. 347 photographs including 6 loose ones compiled by Captain (later Major) Wynne Howes-Roberts, 1st Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles, India and UK, 1936-1937. Khwaja Khizar camp (1-8, 13, 14); telephone in use (18); signallers (16); Popham panel for signalling to aircraft (17); troops resting (36) signallers wearing gas mask (42); wireless set at Kohcol HQ (53); training camp (54-61); Lachi camp (62-69); 10th Bn Abbottabad: mess (97,100); Waziristan operations, 1937 (121-211) including motor transport, Crossley armoured cars, Miranshah Fort, Spinwari (?) Fort, light tanks of No 2 Coy RTC (147-150); aircraft in bombing operations (151-166); Dandil (?) camp (168); Desalli Scout Post (170-179), Tochi scout (181); building a sangar (189); picquets (201-204, 206); sepoys playing cards (2050); Wali (?) Frontier Constabulary Post (228-230); troops entraining in armoured wagon, tank (248, 270); presentation of medals by Sir John Coleridge (257); inspecting picquet, Serai North (262); Vickers machine gun section (264-266); machine gun covering troops on road protection duties (283); signallers (284); using wireless (285); journey to UK by rail and sea (292-341). Photographs 1997-12-12
Album of 330 photographs compiled by Capt (later Maj) Wynne Howes-Roberts, 1st Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles, India, Portugal, UK and Australia, 1938-1939. Photographs 1997-12-13
Two late nineteenth century knobkerries, typically Zulu; associated with Col A Courtney, Cameronians, South Africa during the Boer War; one with a leather binding over a split in the wood. Polearms/Other Weapons 1971-09-6
Certificate awarded in appreciation of good service to Corporal E Cox, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 6 Jun 1946, and signed by the Deputy Quarter Master General; associated with World War Two. Archives 1996-04-178
Lance, 1820 (Ffoulkes); ash staff with a white leather sling bond on the thong; double edged blade with a raised centre rib and concave fullers; ball moulded on socket, side bars, one with three stanchions for a guidon; label attributes to an officer of the 19th Light Dragoon Lancers, 1817-1821. Polearms/Other Weapons 1968-10-4
Album of 168 photographs compiled by Maj Wynne Howes-Roberts, 1st battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles, India, North-West Frontier, 1939-1940. Photographs 1997-12-14
Lance, 1868 (c); bamboo with a three edged head (Ffoulkes); associated with the 21st Lancers whose monogram is inscribed on the shoe. Polearms/Other Weapons 1968-10-4
Pattern 1883 lance; bamboo with a three edged head, leather sling, brass loop to leather carbine-protecting rapping, approved 1883; associated with with the 21st Lancers whose monogram is inscribed on the shoe; made by the Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield. Polearms/Other Weapons 1968-10-4
Pattern 1868 lance; bamboo with a three edged head, leather sling and protector 1868 type (Ffoulkes); associated with with the 12th Lancers whose monogram is inscribed on the shoe. Polearms/Other Weapons 1968-10-4
Copy of an obituary and correspondence (1994-1995) relating to the death in an air crash on Cyprus of Capt E G Pavey, RA and AAC, 7 Ap 1966; copies of death certificate, newspaper report and two photographs of the grave. Archives 1997-12-16
Copy of an obituary and correspondence (1994-1995) relating to the death in an air crash on Cyprus of Capt E G Pavey, RA and AAC, 7 Ap 1966; copies of death certificate, newspaper report and two photographs of the grave. Photographs 1997-12-16
Indo-Persian mace, six vaned head cast in iron, with decorative motifs and protuberances; pointed and grooved terminal; forged shaft consisting of steel chain links welded onto steel backing rod, traces of gilding; associated with Lt Col W H M Jackson, 81st Regiment. Polearms/Other Weapons 1967-08-1
Six lances, 1867; associated with the 16th Lancers; ash shafts, steel heads and shoes, red and white pennants and white leather slings.Previously 1967-06-40-21 TD 14/07/2021 Polearms/Other Weapons 1967-06-40-1
Regimental history: 'Memories of the old and bold', a collection of memories and anecdotes of life in the Gloucestershire Regiment 1913-1987. Archives 1997-12-20
Diary: 'Day by day in Africa', Aug 1944 to Feb 1946, kept by Lt J A G Burchell of the Essex Regiment attached Northern Rhodesia Regiment plus menus and guides to South Africa and Southern Rhodesia and map of itinerary. Archives 1997-12-21
Collection of polearms associated with Lord Robert Stephensons Baden-Powell: pig-sticking spear with lead butt weight; pike made from a triangular bayonet head; lance with a screw fitting shoe for extension or weight. Polearms/Other Weapons 1964-10-100
Collection of polearms associated with Lord Robert Stephensons Baden-Powell: Maasai spearhead with no shaft; spear head with rounded blunt point, possibly unfinished Maasai spear; Nilotic fish spear with a barbed iron head; flint tipped spear associated with the Admiralty Islands; Lignum vitae (?) wooden representation of assegai. Polearms/Other Weapons 1964-10-100
One of four photograph albums compiled by Lt J A G Burchell of the Essex Regiment attached to the Northern Rhodesian Regiment. Photographs 1997-12-22-1
Collection of polearms associated with Lord Robert Stephensons Baden-Powell: three Masai throwing spears with barbed heads; two Masai throwing spears with leaf shape heads. Polearms/Other Weapons 1964-10-100
Collection of polearms associated with Lord Robert Stephensons Baden-Powell: four assegais or spears with leaf shaped blades; one spear with a head shaped from a British bayonet. Polearms/Other Weapons 1964-10-100
Naga spear, 1914-1918 (c); bound with red and black monkey fur; iron head with curved barbs under the blade point; shaft has a painted iron foot; presented to Maj Campbell by the 39th Manipur Labour Company during World War One. Polearms/Other Weapons 1964-09-35
Pattern 1868 Indian Army bamboo lance, 1900 (c); steel head, bamboo shaft, globular shoe with spike; leather sling is bound to the sling with copper wire; crimson and blue pennant, Hodson's Horse (?). Polearms/Other Weapons 1964-04-70
Spear head, associated with the Naga Hill Tribes; double edged blade is forged integral with socket and a slight central rib; associated with Maj C B Judge, 2nd Gurkha Rifles. Polearms/Other Weapons 1963-12-224
Caltrop, 1860; iron four pronged crow's foot; reputedly used at the Taku Forts, 2nd China War (1856-1860). Polearms/Other Weapons 1963-10-195
Papers relating to Gen Sir Herny Hastings A Wood and his son Col Hastings St Leger Wood, 1877-1933. Archives 1997-12-23
Two pattern 1868 lances, 1898; bamboo bound with leather, leather strap and a red and white pennant; three sided point head; 1868 pattern (Ffoulkes) shoe; according to the RUSI records carried by Lancers Morton and Sherring, 21st Lancers, at the Battle of Omdurman, 2nd Sudan War (1896-1899), 1898. Polearms/Other Weapons 1963-10-165
Photographs relating to the careers of Gen Sir Henry Hastings A Wood and his son Col Hastings St Leger Wood, 1880 (c)-1930. Photographs 1997-12-24
Infantry Officer's sword, 1892; patent solid hilt, earlier pattern converted in 1897; made by Henry Wilkinson, Pall Mall; used by Maj W E Logan Stewart, Welch Regiment, attached to 1st Mounted Infantry, during the Boer War and his son (?) Capt J Logan Stewart, 44th Division, killed at Dunkirk; with pre 1901 service scabbard, 1899 (?) and Dress steel scabbard. Edged Weapons 1999-08-143
Zeiss prismatic binoculars, x 8 mag, pattern 1894, 1900; with leather case; carried by Major W E Logan Stewart, Welch Regiment, attached to 1st Mounted Infantry during the Boer War; made by Carl Zeiss Jena, London. Scientific Instruments 1999-08-144
Horse's tail relic, from Blackie, the charger ridden by Maj W E Logan Stewart, Welch Regiment, attached to 1st Mounted Infantry, 1910 (c); contained in a tin box. Equipment, general 1999-08-145
Items of equipment owned by Maj Harold Egbert Fletcher Richardson, 1st Garrison Bn, Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's), 1918-1920 (c): dispatch case; tin box containing a nest of four glasses; passport holder. Equipment, general 1982-08-18
25 diaries kept by General Sir Walter King Venning as an officer with the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 1902-1903, 1905-1906 and 1912-1918; as a staff officer 1924-1925, 1927 and 1931; as Director General of the British Supply Mission, Washington 1943-1946; and in retirement 1947-1953. Archives 1996-05-11
Service documents of WO1 Sheila Dorothy Julian, ATS and WARC, 1944-1966. Archives 1997-12-25
Photocopies of 7 completed questionnaires returned to Martin Middlebrook for the compilations of his 1978 book 'The Kaiser's Battle'; the respondents explain what happened to them on 20 and 21 March 1918. Archives 1997-12-29
Papers collected by Sgt T Streeter, Royal Engineers and 4th battalion Devonshire Regiment (TA). Archives 1997-12-30
Collection of equipment owned by Maj A I Fraser DSO, 9th Hodson's Horse, 1914-1917 (c): tent and tent pegs; canvas kitbag; sleeping bag or valise; camp bed; wirecutters and case. Equipment, general 1982-08-19
Collection of equipment owned by Maj A I Fraser DSO, 9th Hodson's Horse, 1914-1917 (c): tent and tent pegs; canvas kitbag; sleeping bag or valise; camp bed; wirecutters and case. Furniture 1982-08-19
Photographs of Sergeant T Streeting, Royal Engineers and 4th battalion Devonshire Regiment (TA). Photographs 1997-12-31
2 Copy photographs of sergeants of the 3rd Dragoon Guards in India between 1884 and 1889; Albert Gowers, the great-grandfather of the donor is marked with an X. Photographs 1997-12-32
Items of equipment owned by Maj A I Fraser DSO, 9th Hodson's Horse, 1914-1917 (c): white cotton sheet; linen cover; tie case; khaki grey sleeping bag sheet. Equipment, general 1982-08-20
Papers relating to Pte A E Dazeley, 9th Bn Essex Regiment, World War Two 1914-1918. Archives 1996-06-137
Papers relating to Reverend Laurence Hosier Lermit, Indian Army 1883-1892, and his son Major Henry Walter John Lermit, Lancashire Fusiliers 1895-1938. Archives 1996-06-138
Papers relating to Reverend Laurence Hosier Lermit, Indian Army 1883-1892, and his son Major Henry Walter John Lermit, Lancashire Fusiliers 1895-1938. Photographs 1996-06-138
Photograph album compiled by Lt J F Warren of the Burma Rifles whilst escorting the Sino-Burma boundary commission, Nov1935 to May 1936 in the Wa states. Photographs 1997-12-34
Photographs of 26th King George's own Light Cavalry in Aden 1916 (c) and India 1920 (c). Photographs 1997-12-35
Writing box, 1860 (c); wood covered in leather; made by Allen, London, with lock made by S Mordon and Co, London; containing a tinder box made by Berry, a piece of chamois leather, one propelling pencil and one ivory handled pencil, and a bullet; owned by Maj A I Fraser DSO, 9th Hodson's Horse. Equipment, general 1982-08-21