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Webley .455 in Mk VI breechloading revolver, 1915 pattern, Captain Robert Grant, Sind Horse and 41st Indian Cavalry 1916-1919, World War One; 6 Kynoch .455 in cartridge cases and lanyard. Firearms 1996-11-57
Webley .455 in Mk VI breechloading revolver, 1915 pattern, Captain Robert Grant, Sind Horse and 41st Indian Cavalry 1916-1919, World War One; 6 Kynoch .455 in cartridge cases and lanyard. Ammunition 1996-11-57
Webley .455 in Mk VI breechloading revolver, 1915 pattern, Captain Robert Grant, Sind Horse and 41st Indian Cavalry 1916-1919, World War One; 6 Kynoch .455 in cartridge cases and lanyard. Equipment, general 1996-11-57
Japanese Taisho 14th Year 8 mm self-loading pistol; used by Major Clarke, Madras Regiment, who served with the Chindits 1944; holster adapted for British webbing; ammunition pouch and lanyard. Firearms 1997-09-75
Japanese Taisho 14th Year 8 mm self-loading pistol; used by Major Clarke, Madras Regiment, who served with the Chindits 1944; holster adapted for British webbing; ammunition pouch and lanyard. Equipment, general 1997-09-75
Letter written by Col C Armstrong, 1st Foot, to his daughter at Masulipatam; the letter was written from a camp at Murgies Pagoda, 5 miles above Prome, 8 Dec 1825, and back stamped with 'Madras/bearing postage' data stamp and rated 'a/10'; Col Armstrong describes attacks on Burmese stocks and the capture of ordnance. Archives 1997-05-90
Manuscript letter from Pte James Douglas, 1st Dragoon Guards, to his family near Edinburgh, describing conditions in Ireland, 23 Jul 1830; the letter was sent at the soldiers' ld rate. Archives 1997-05-98
Manuscript letter from Laurence Halloran, 1st Madras Fusiliers, to his father in Bemonorey, Bellary 17 Jul 1849; the letter was sent at the soldiers' ld rate from India; Halloran comments on the advantages of being in the Company's service, which is beter then the Queen's. Archives 1997-05-101
Photocopied press cuttings relating to the 1st Queen's Dragoon Guards when serving with Implementation Force (IFOR) in Bosnia, during Operation RESOLUTE, 2 Jun to Dec 1996, also typewritten impressions of service in Bosnia by members of the regiment. Archives 1997-06-50
60 photographs of the deployment of the 1st Queen's Dragoon Guards in Bosnia, Jun to Dec 1996, during Operation RESOLUTE for Implementation Force (IFOR). Photographs 1997-06-51
Cigar case possibly owned by Capt Alfred Western Hatchell Hornsby (later Hornsby-Drake), 1880-1886 (c); bearing the badge of the 1st Regiment of Madras Light Cavalry. Crafts 1980-11-110
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
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
Commission for Charles Whyte to be Ensign in the 6th Regiment of Foot, 1856. Archives 1995-06-30
Commission for Charles Whyte to be Lieutenant in the 6th Regiment of Foot, 1858. Archives 1995-06-32
Papers, drawings and photographs relating to Captain Hugh Guthrie and Captain David Dinwiddie and his family; associated with 1st Afghan War (1838-1842). Archives 1995-06-72
Papers, drawings and photographs relating to Captain Hugh Guthrie and Captain David Dinwiddie and his family; associated with 1st Afghan War (1838-1842). Photographs 1995-06-72
Khaki T-shirt, 1st Mechanized Brigade, Provost Unit, 1996, Operation RESOLUTE, Former Yugoslavia, 1996 Uniforms 1997-04-45
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 collected (in the main) by Captain J E C Hartopp, Royal Engineers, 1940-1945. Archives 1999-08-4
The Matabella [sic] War With Col. Whinfields Column, 1896 (c). Pen and ink with wash drawings, some over pencil; artist unknown; illustrated account of the Matabele War on nine sheets of paper, 18 sides. Drawings and Watercolours 1999-08-6
The 1st King's Dragoon Guards, 1914. Colour photolithograph Christmas card after L E Buckell, published by the 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards, 1998 (c). Prints 1999-08-10
13 July 1974 Ferret Scout Car R.R.W. L.A.D. Palace Barracks Holywood. Belfast, 1974. Ink and crayon drawing by Ralph Lillford, dated 13 Jul 1974; from a collection of drawings and sketches made during visits to Belfast and Londonderry in 1972 and 1974 to record the British Army serving in Ulster. Drawings and Watercolours 1999-08-32
Photograph album, 1939-1945; compiled by Colin Campbell, King's African Rifles. Training in Kenya (1-138); King's African Rifles in Abyssinia, March 1941 (139-208); King's African Rifles in Ceylon (209-303); Burma, 1 June 1944, including 2nd and 4th King's African Rifles in action at Leik Hill, air supply, crossing the Chindwin (304-433); Rest camp in Assam (434-450); General Slim presents awards to the 1st Northern Rhodesian Regiment and the 2nd Nyasaland Bn (451-479); General E C R Mansergh, GOC, 11th East African Division, inspects 4th King's African Rifles (480-505); King's African Rifles (draped in parachute silk) celebrate in tribal fashion (506-517); Cuttings regarding the King's African Rifles in Ceylon (518-522); King's African Rifles in Ceylon (523-533); Cuttings regarding East African troops in Burma (534-546); OCTU Njoro Kenya (547-577); Uncaptioned (575-608); associated with World War Two (1939-1945). Photographs 1997-08-57
Copy of Commander-in-Chief's commendation (21 Army Group), awarded to Lt J S Champion (1921-1994), 11th Hussars, May 1945; associated with World War Two, North West Europe 1939-1945. Archives 1995-11-322
Log book of Flt Lt H R Carmichael, 1st Battalion, Dogra Regiment, attached Royal Air Force, 1942-1944; Carmichael was shot down by Japanese anti-aircraft fire and was captured but later escaped. Archives 1997-10-132
Papers relating to the Dogra Regimental Association Archives 1997-10-133
50 photographs collected by the Dogra Regimental Associaton, 1920 (c)-1981. Photographs 1997-10-137
Beaumont Adams .442 in percussion revolver, 1856 (c), (Pistol ML rifled revolver - Deane 54 Gauge); standard service issue damascened and gold plated at a later date, perhaps as a farewell gift to Maj Gen George Mein, Somerset Light Infantry. Firearms 1999-08-141
Beaumont Adams .442 in percussion revolver, 1856 (c), (Pistol ML rifled revolver - Deane 54 Gauge); standard service issue damascened and gold plated at a later date, perhaps as a farewell gift to Maj Gen George Mein, Somerset Light Infantry. Equipment, general 1999-08-141
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
Typescript account by N van der Bijl, of his service with the Royals and Blues and Royals, 1966-1969. Archives 1996-04-12
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
Papers relating to Lt Hugh Gordon, 1st Regiment of Foot 1811-1822, including his journal for 1814-1816; associated with the Napoleonic Wars. Photographs 1996-04-173
Papers relating to Lt Hugh Gordon, 1st Regiment of Foot 1811-1822, including his journal for 1814-1816; associated with the Napoleonic Wars. Maps 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
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
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
Zulu assegai 1879; recovered from Isandlwana by Gen R J C Marter; bent and bound with cowtail; associated with the Battle of Isandlwana, Zulu War (1879). Polearms/Other Weapons 1964-08-77
Zulu assegai 1879; recovered from the Ulundi battlefield by Gen R J C Marter. Polearms/Other Weapons 1964-08-77
Zulu assegai 1879; recovered from the Ulundi battlefield. Polearms/Other Weapons 1964-08-77
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
Items associated with Lt Col G W J Fitz G Stannus, 1st County of London Yeomanry (Middlesex, Duke of Cambridge Hussars) and 20th Hussars, Reserve of officers, 1916 (c): boot brush, marked, 'E S FAZAKERLEY'; document case, possibly for a passport. Equipment, general 1982-08-174
Stable belt worn by Lt Col P S Corbyn, 1st Royal Tank Regiment, 1976-1990 (c). Equipment, uniform 1999-08-151
Items owned by Lt Col G W J Fitz G Stannus, 1st County of London Yeomanry (Middlesex, Duke of Cambridge's Hussars), and 20th Hussars (Reserve): pyjama case, initialled 'G F S'; pyjama case, monogrammed 'G F S'; toilet bag; all in 20th Hussars regimental colours, 1917 (c). Equipment, general 1982-10-16
Papers relating to the career of Lt Georgina Johnstone, Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps and afterwards, 1951-1971; associated with the British Commonwealth Zone Medical Unit and Korea (1950-1953). Archives 1996-07-100
Bamboo self bow, 1885-1887 (c); permanently strung with bamboo strip of string; former property of Col Henry Hay, Bengal, Duke of Cambridge's Own Lancers. Polearms/Other Weapons 1963-07-69
Collection of 23 Army recruiting publicity leaflets and pamphlets, 1988-1996. Archives 1996-08-188
Papers of Lt Col Victor Charles Alexander Munckton, 1/6th Hampshire Battery, Royal Field Artillery 1914-1917, 3rd Skinner's Horse 1917-1923 and 1st and 14th Bns Rajput Regiment 1923-1946; includes papers relating to operations at Akyab 1942 and the Bramble Family. Archives 1996-08-202
They Did Not Fail. Memoirs of Richard Cartwright's service with the Royal Signals, the South Irish Coast Defence Signal Section, Spike Island 1934-1936, the 1st Indian Divisional Signals on the North West Frontier 1937-1940, and later service with the signals intelligence until he left the army in 1956; published by New Millennium, Oct 1997. Archives 1996-09-76
Colonel Gervase Francis Newport Tinley CB (later CMG) (1857-1918), Indian Army, 1910 (c). Oil on canvas, artist unknown, 1910 (c); three-quarter-length, in full dress with medals, his right hand on hip, his left on his sword hilt; his helmet and gloves on a table beside him. Oil Paintings 1999-09-38
Regimental cane, 1935 (c); head is spherical, possibly silver alloy, engraved with a device including a stringed bugle horn surmounted by an imperial crown above a scroll bearing the name of the regiment, Kumaon Rifles; staff is leather covered wood with a metal ferrule; owned by Col L J C Loch. Equipment, general 1983-10-164
Photograph album of General Sir Sam Browne VC, 1859 (c) containing 186 photographs with two loose photographs; including photographs of British officers of the Indian Army, in both uniform and civilian dress, Indian sepoys, European royalty and Indian administrators; a large number are prints of religious subjects and animals. Photographs 1999-09-42
Three bed plates engraved with Arabic script (?) and the user's names: Capt W Hearsey, 1860; Lionel D Hearsey; Capt John Bennet Hearsey. Equipment, general 1984-12-35
Lance with a triangular section head with socket; staff is partly rotted and cut in two; foot bears a steel spike, socket and mouldings; staff is covered with painted decoration of North Indian type with riders, women and animals; attributed to Skinner's Horse. Polearms/Other Weapons 1962-11-213
Three Sudanese spears, 1898; two with leaf shaped, double edged blades and one barbed tang; said to have been captured by 'H Prutheson-Smith'. Lt (later Lt Col) Sir Hugh Bateman Protheroe-Smith is listed amongst the officers of the 21st Lancers who took part and survived the famous charge at the Battle of Omdurman on 2.9.1898 during the 2nd Sudan War (1896-1898). Polearms/Other Weapons 1959-12-130-1
Photocopies of papers, forms and memoirs of Major J T Packard, Royal Army Medical Corps, 1890 (c)-1953; associated with the 2nd Sudan War and the Boer War. Archives 1994-01-221
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 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
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
1656 2000 GRENADIERS GUARDS ASSOCIATION. Colour photolithograph calendar for the year 2000; after D McPherson, published by the Grenadier Guards Association, 1999. Prints 1999-10-21
Letter written by Pte Henry Smyth (Smith), 21st Regiment (Royal North British Fusiliers) from the camp before Sevastopol, 2 Feb 1855; with manuscript transcript and newspaper cutting, also including a transcript, published shortly before his death 189? Archives 1994-02-172
Invitation card and programmes of events relating to the Bicentenary Review of the Royal Horse Artillery by HM The Queen, Woolwich, 3 Aug 1993. Archives 1994-02-193
Transcript of diary kept by QMS D L S Watson, 4th Battery RHA, 1st Division, South African Field Force, 17 Jan to 15 Sept 1901. Archives 1993-01-133
Papers relating to the campaign in Burma, World War Two, 1944-1945 (c): calling card, three currency notes, two booklets and three newspapers. Archives 1993-02-220
Papers relating mainly to the operations of 81st (West African) Divisional Signals in Burma, 1943-45. Archives 1993-02-255
Burma 1943-44, Memories of the First Kaladan Campaign 81st (West African) Division. Archives 1993-02-227
Eleven booklets collected by Maj G H Cresswell, 1st Gambia Regiment relating to West African forces, military law and general training, 1941(c) -1945. Archives 1993-02-257
SIPOVO 1 MECH BGD HQ 7/96, HQ building with British red telephone box and two flagstaffs outside, Bosnia, 1996. Wash over pencil drawing by J H L (Hugh) Beattie, 1996. Drawings and Watercolours 1999-10-57
2 Reports on 81 (WA) Division in Burma 1943-45. Archives 1993-02-238
81 (West African) Division Report on experience on Air Supply, Jan to Jun 1944 Archives 1993-02-240
Drum major's staff, 1st Berkshire Local Militia, 1804-1808 (c); silversmith GD, London. Equipment, general 1988-03-54
Papers of Brigadier Leslie Skipp Lloyd (MC), GS02 Staff College 1933-1934, and Western Desert with 2nd Armoured Division, Mar to Nov 1941. Archives 1994-05-19
'Notes on officers of The King's Dragoon Guards and The Queen's Bays 1685-1757'. Archives 1993-03-82
Transcript text of address given by Lt-Col C R D Gray at the memorial service for Lt-Col H A Williams, MC, 8 Jan 1993. Archives 1993-04-9
Christmas card from Lt Col C D Martin and officers, 59th (The Essex Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Bde, (TA), depicting the launch of the 'Queen Bee' (a seaplane) at Watchet, 16 Aug 1938. Archives 1993-04-10
Papers collated by Lt Col H F N Jourdain relating to his management of a history of the Connaught Rangers, and his collection of medals and other regimental items (1801-1950), together with other related items. Archives 1993-06-150
Papers of Maj J L H R Miller, Unit DAA and QMG HQ 30 Armoured Brigade (1st Lothian and Border Yeomanry) 1944-45. Archives 1993-07-5
Papers collected by Maj A G Russell, 79 Anti-Tank Regiment RA while serving with 21 Army Group, North West Europe, 1944-1945. Archives 1993-07-7
Papers relating to Operation MARKET GARDEN, the surrender of Bergen Belson, and reports on concentration camps, 1945; associated with World War Two, North West Europe (1944-1945). Archives 1994-06-201
Burma 1943-1944. Memories of the First Kaladen Campaign 81st (West Africa) Division. Photocopy of typescript history by Brigadier P J Jeffreys DSO OBE 1946, revised 1992; 81st (West African) Division and the Disaster at Kyauktaw. History by J A L Hamilton, 1st Bn Gambia Regiment. Archives 1994-07-169
Manuscript diary/ notebook kept by Sgt James Wilson, 71st Regiment, while based at Morar Cantonments, Gwalior, India 1858-1859. Archives 1994-07-171
Papers of SQMS H J Robinson, 21st Lancers 1898 (c)-1919: a detailed list of the collection is available. Archives 1993-07-55
Papers of General Charles Edward Bates and members of his family, 1819-1976, including commissions, testimonials to his police work in Madras and his record of service. Archives 1994-09-10
Leaflet distributed at the 1994 Royal Tournament publicising the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC). Archives 1994-09-21
Typescript transcript of letter written by Pte Appleby, 51st Regiment, from camp at Prome, 2nd Burma War, 29 Janaury 1853. Archives 1993-08-89
Papers relating to Pte Harold Gilfin, 21st Lancers and 7th Hussars, 1919-1931. Archives 1994-09-42
Personal Record, Services, and Honorary Distinctions of Sgn Gen Sir Thomas Longmore. Photocopy of privately printed pamphlet, 1890; with typescript copy of the inscription on a marble tablet in Rochester Cathedral to Lt William Robert Moorsom, 52nd Light Infantry, killed at Lucknow 1858. Archives 1994-09-108
Correspondence and papers of members of the Perry family, 1888-1904; associated with Staff Sgt G Perry, King's (Liverpool Regiment); relating to Nasirabad, India. Archives 1994-09-121
Incomplete manuscript memoirs of Ensign (later Maj Gen) Charles William Campbell (1836-1894), Indian Army, Apr 1836 to Apr 1857. Archives 1999-11-101
The First or Grenadier Guards Sergeant's (Past and Present) Club 1994 Annual Dinner, 5 Nov 1994. Booklet, includes menu and roll of members. Archives 1994-11-109
BLACK & WHITE CHRISTMAS NUMBER 1900. ONE OF THE BOYS, 1898 (c). Colour photolithograph, after the watercolour by Percy Anderson, published by Black and White, 1915 (c); a Life Guard, standing full-length haughtily, with a hand on his hip and his sword relaxed by his side, clutching gloves. Prints 1999-11-145
Typescript transcript of a letter from George Thorne, Grenadier Guards, giving details of his service in World War Two. Archives 1994-12-125
Papers relating to recruiting for the Regular and Territorial Armies, 1985-1993. Archives 1994-12-240
Papers of Maj Gen Edward Douglas Loch, 2nd Baron Loch, Grenadier Guards and Army Staff 1893-1927. Archives 1994-12-249
Disbound manuscript order book of Capt Murray's Light Infantry Company 31st Regiment 1796, including orders for the attack on St Lucia. Archives 1993-10-23