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3 photographs compiled by Public Information, HQ 4 Armoured Division, BFPO 15, 1991; showing members of the Women's Royal Army Corps being incorporated into the Royal Army Ordnance Corps and the Army Catering Corps at Bielefeld, Germany. Photographs 1992-04-226
4 copy photographs of a building asssociated with the Army and Royal Air Force in Ceylon, 1935-1945 (c). Photographs 1992-04-230
42 35mm colour slides with transcribed explanatory notes for use by Schools Liaison Officers for the purpose of army recruiting, 1992. Photographs 1996-01-43
20 glass lantern slides collected by Corporal Edwin William Dyer, 24th Coy Army Service Corps, South African War, 1900-1902 (c); themes include Boer leaders and commandos, dead at Spion Kop and native types. Photographs 1996-04-52
4 photographic portraits of NCOs and other ranks of British Regiments, 1900-1920 (c). Photographs 1996-01-41
Photograph showing a group from an unidentified British regiment, possibly in Burma, 1890 (c). Photographs 1996-01-42
Memoir of service written by A W Bradbury in 1968 (c); describes his service with the Hertfordshire Yeomanry, 1913-1917, including service in Egypt, and with the Royal Scots Greys, 1917-1918. Archives 2001-03-195
10 photographs and 2 photocopies of photographs relating to the Royal Artillery and the service careers of Major General Norman Leslie Foster CB DSO and Major General A Maxwell CBE MC, with this regiment, spanning the period 1944-1961 (c); subjects include portraits, poses beside officers of the Nigerian Army and a light aaircraft, and of Maxwell reviewing troops on parade in the Middle East, 1944 (c). Photographs 1996-01-53
20 black and white photographs and one colour photograph relating to Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps, collected by Sergeant Margaret Harding (later Olsen), QMAAC; the black and white photographs show Chadderton Camp near Oldham, Lancashire, 1917-1919; the colour photograph shows a veteran Sergeant Olsen (nee Harding) in uniform, 1990. Photographs 1996-01-57
139 photographs collected by and relating to the Bombay Grenadiers and the Bombay Grenadiers Regimental Association; subjects include a mountain road, a camp, reunions, garden parties, presentation of Colours, an inspection, a march past, trooping the colour, officers and wives, a statuette, memorial windows, rooms and tablets, associated personalities include the Queen, General Auchinleck, Colonel and Mrs Sievwright, Brigadier G L Roberts and Francis Otway; locations in England include the Indian Army Memorial Room Sandhurst, St Paul's Cathedral London, Haselmere Surrey, Bishops Waltham Hampshire and Hurlingham; locations in India, Bareilly, Peshawar, Jabalpur, Maiwand and Ranchi. Photographs 1996-01-63
3 colour photographs relating to the Australian Army produced by Defence Public Relations, May 1987; subjects include barracks, swimming and exercises. Photographs 1993-11-93
15 photographs, with negatives, of the Chief of Staff of 'Live Oak', 1959-1990; subjects include portraits of officers. Photographs 1993-11-105
15 photographs, apparently the former property of a German soldier or soldiers, collected by Maj I D McLean, 8th and 2nd Bns Middlesex Regiment, 1945 (c). Photographs 1993-11-107
18 photographs relating to the London companies, Royal Army Medical Corps Volunteers, probably collected by a member of the Gentry family of Barnes, 1912 (c). Photographs 1993-12-47
68 photographs taken by Capt A D Stevens, 81 Ordnance Corps, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Falklands Campaign, 1982. Photographs 1993-12-49
10 photographs relating to Indian and British officers, camp, trenches, horses and a transport ship, 1914. Photographs 1989-01-15
Collection of 79 photographs, 1914-1918; subjects include portraits, unidentified officers, other ranks and groups, mechanical and animal transport, aircraft, camps, interior of hospital ward, social life and scenes of destruction. Photographs 1989-01-22
Photograph of an informal group seated on a bed in a barrack hut with equipment hung on wall behind; photograph taken by J W H Bray and collected by E C Green; associated with the Royal Army Medical Corps. Photographs 1989-01-27
Typescript memoir of Gnr Walter Stocks's World War Two service with the Royal Artillery, 1939-1949; predominantly concerning his time as a prisoner of war in Italy, Germany and Poland after being captured by German forces at Tobruk. Archives 2001-04-2
Colour photograph of English creamware jug depicting capture of French officer in Portugal, 1810 (c); associated with 71st Regiment of Foot; relating to the Peninsular War, 1808-1814. Photographs 1989-01-28
British Army issue metal trench periscope No 25 in leather case, 1918; made by Beck Limited, 1918; with detachable wooden handle that is screwed into the periscope. Scientific Instruments 2001-04-4
British Army issue metal trench periscope No 25 in leather case, 1918; made by Beck Limited, 1918; with detachable wooden handle that is screwed into the periscope. Equipment, general 2001-04-4
67 photographs collected by General Sir Reginald Byng Stephens, including troops and transport in the Boer War, in particular around Oliphant's River (1901-1902), and officer groups, parades and presentations in Italy with 5th Division during the First World War (1917-1918); associated with the Norfolk Regiment, 15th Brigade, Kings Own Scottish Borderers and the Italian Army. Photographs 1989-02-202
Collection of photographs entered for the 13th Army Photographic Competition, 7 Dec 1988; subjects include sport, transport, training and religion; also relates to various regiments. Photographs 1989-03-26
21 photographs collected by Pte Adelaide Florence Evelyn Haynes, 1944-1945; subjects include portraits, groups, transport and the NAAFI club; associated with the Auxiliary Territorial Service and the United States Air Force. Photographs 1989-03-29
11 photographs relating to the Battle of Spion Kop, Boer War, 1899-1902; photographed by Robert Gell, 1900; subjects include the dead at Spion Kop, guns, Boers and British and nurses. Photographs 1989-04-102
Five photographs of Field Marshal Viscount Slim, 1944 (c)-1945. From a collection of 563 loose photographs; associated with World War Two, Far East (1941-1945). From the Burma Memorial Collection of Maj James Allan. Photographs 1989-04-116-3004
Official photograph of German paratroopers after their assault on Eben Emael, Belgium, photographed on 26 May 1940. Photographs 1992-04-237
66 official photographs, showing the evacuation from Greece, the battle for Crete and its aftermath, April to November 1941. Photographs 1992-04-238
Two photographs collected by CQMS H L Millo BEM, Home Front, World War Two, 1942-1945 (c). Photographs 1992-04-240
40 colour photographs relating to the Royal Army Ordnance Corps during the Gulf War, 1990-1991. Photographs 1992-04-241
2 photographs of British troops and caterpillar tractors during World War One 1914-1918; associated with Jenkin William Jones and the Army Service Corps. Photographs 1996-01-76
Four photographs collected by W Stewart, Royal Navy, relating to the German invasion of Crete, May 1941. Photographs 1992-04-245
3 photographs showing groups; the first possibly of Royal Artillery, 1885 (c) and others showing the Merchant Taylor's School Cadet Corps, 1915 and the Sergeants' Mess No.2 Depot Royal Army Medical Corps, 1920s. Photographs 1996-02-191
63 colour photographs relating to British Forces in Bosnia, 1992-1994. Photographs 1996-02-238
30 photographs collected by Pte Arthur Paisley showing 2nd Bn The Rifle Brigade in Egypt, the Sudan and India, 1904-1906 (c). Photographs 2001-04-23
Photograph of a soldier of 63rd Coy, Independent Parachute Brigade, Royal Army Service Corps, wearing a full kit, including a parachute, climbing aboard a lorry, 1958 (c). Photographs 1992-04-268
120 photographs relating to the British Army in India and the Indian Army, 1889-1915 (c). Photographs 1992-04-276
52 photographs of an Indian unit bridge-building, with views of the North-West Frontier, 1940-1949 (c). Photographs 1992-04-293
3 colour photographs of the Waterloo Column erected in Hannover in 1832 to commemorate the German dead of the battle of Waterloo, 1815; associated with the Hannoverian Army and the Napoleonic Wars; taken by R J Miller, 1996 (c). Photographs 1996-04-43
Collection of 1701 photographs taken by Gale and Polden, Aldershot, showing British regiments and corps, including uniform, kit layouts, mascots, tattoos, portraits of monarchs and soldiers and ceremonial photographs, including the 1937 and 1953 Coronations. Photographs 1992-10-143
7 photographs collected by Maj H R Gatehouse while GSO2 and Touring Officer, BRIXMIS, British Commanders'-in-Chiefs Mission to Soviet Forces in Germany, Dec 1960-Dec 1962, and British Liaison Officer, SOXMIS 1965-1968; themes include meetings, receptions and visits made between senior officers of the Soviet and British Armies and their families in East Germany; personalities include Maj H R Gatehouse, Gen Sir James Cassels, Col Gen I I Yakubovskii, Maj Gen T V Bel'skii, Col Prixodko, Brig A D R G Wilson, Col Bannov and Maj Gen Sharp. Photographs 1996-04-46
Shooting medal, National Rifle Association Rifle Clubs; awarded to 2079 Pte Frederick Charles Sladden, 7th Bn KHGRC [?],1900 (c). From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Medals 2001-04-30
Medal group awarded to T/78491 Driver R Dundas, Royal Army Service Corps, 51st Division: Military Medal, gazetted 2 May 1941; 1939-45 Star; Defence Medal 1939-45; British War Medal 1939-45. Medals 2001-04-36
15 letters, other communications and enclosures addressed to Capt Francis Cobb, Margate Volunteers, 1796-1810; mostly sent from the Ordnance Board and Adjutant-General's Office. Archives 2001-04-56
Photographs World War Two, Far East (1941-1945). From the Burma Campaign Collection of R Moffatt. Including 15 photographs relating to Korea (1950-1953). Photographs 1989-04-117
71 photographs collected by Cpl Edwin William Dyer, 24th Coy ASC; relating to the Boer War, South Africa, 1900-1902 (c); associated personalities are Lord Kitchener, Gen Botha, President Kruger, Gen De Wet, FM Lord Roberts, Mr Wagner and Mrs Berret; themes include portraits of senior officers, equestrian portraits, Boer leaders, orderlies, groups including sporting groups, horses, a railhead, a blockhouse, a review, sleeping quarters, athletics, a cemetry, Boer commandos, British and Boer dead at Spion Kop, an ammunition train, artillery, police, Zulus and topographical views. Photographs 1996-04-51
Trophy cup, Women's Royal Army Corps (TA) inter platoon rifle shooting, 1955 (c); manufacturer unknown; associated with Pam Robinson; two-handled electroplated nickel silver cup attached to a black moulded Bakelite stand with a domed foot and short stem. Silver 2001-04-60
Medal commemorating the Duke of Wellington and medal commemorating Marshal Gerhard Leberecht von Blücher, 1815 (c); made of silver by Loos; associated with Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo (1815). Medals 2001-04-57
Trophy cup, 72nd Independent Coy Women's Royal Army Corps Inter Platoon Drill Cup, 1956 (c); hallmarked for Birmingham, 1931-1932, stamped 'B and W. Ltd.' for an unknown manufacturer, 1931 (c); associated with Pam Robinson; two-handled silver cup with a black plastic plinth with a stepped domed foot and short stem; inscription and three inscribed plinth plaques. Silver 2001-04-61
Gift box of chocolates sent by the Colonies of Trinidad, Grenada and St Lucia to British naval and military troops, 1914-1918 (c); contains one square and one round biscuit, both with handwritten inscriptions and dated 1913. Equipment, general 2001-04-83
Presentation Afghan Khyber knife and brass scabbard, mounted and framed, 1994 (c); presented to Lt Col (retired) Guy Lionel Walter Armstrong by the 6th Punjab Regiment (2/14), the Indian Army regiment he served with the at the beginning of World War Two (1939-1945), which he visited on 10 Dec 1994 at Landi Kotal, Pakistan. Edged Weapons 2001-04-168
Zulu spear, 1879 (c); iron spear head and a wooden shaft, bound with red fibre and hair decoration; associated with the Zulu War (1879). From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Polearms/Other Weapons 2001-04-94
Zulu battle axe, 1879 (c); associated with the Zulu War (1879). From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Polearms/Other Weapons 2001-04-95
Zulu knobkerry, 1879 (c). Brought back to Britain by two brothers serving in the 2nd Bn, 3rd (The East Kent) Regiment of Foot (The Buffs). Associated with the Zuu War (1879). From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Polearms/Other Weapons 2001-04-96
German waterbottle with cap, 1917; inscribed on the front with battle honours on scrolls and a regimental crest; found in German trench near Lens, France. From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Equipment, general 2001-04-113
German waterbottle, 1916; collected by Edwin James Evans, 9 Apr 1916; inscribed with battle honours and a regimental crest; found on the field at Langemarck Road, Ypres, World War One (1914-1918). From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Equipment, general 2001-04-114
Photographic portrait of Maj William Archibald Miller, 1912-1926; associated with the Royal Army Medical Corps. Photographs 1989-05-209
Photograph showing formal group of British and Indian officers, and record of service, 1946 (c); associated with 16th Punjab Regiment and William Herbert Emsden-Lambert. Photographs 1989-07-67
14 photographs relating to the St Nazire Commandos during World War Two 1939-1945; collected by L/Cpl Robert Thomson, Essex Regiment attached Commandos; subjects include portraits of Thomson, groups in the Prisoner of War camp Stalag VIII B, the probable inauguration of a monument to the St Nazaire Commandos in 1947 and the Arrowhead Arete Great Gable inscribed verso 'Closed this today, the second time 1 Dec 1941'. Photographs 1996-04-172
Collection of 8 photographs relating to the Royal Army Education Corps, 1954; relating to a larger collection containing oil paintings, drawings and prints. Photographs 1989-08-90
74 photographs collected by L G Newman, of British Army headresses, 1901-1914. Photographs 1992-06-23
The Torch, May 1954; copy of a journal associated with the Royal Army Education Corps. Archives 1989-08-89
Photographic portrait of John Henry Knowler, Army Commandos, wearing the badly damaged steel helmet now in the possession of the National Army Museum; associated with World War Two, 1944 (c). Photographs 1989-08-106
537 loose photographs collected by FM Lord Harding of Petherton, 1904-1957; subjects include British Army; Royal Air Force; Machine Gun Corps; relates to Germany and Cyprus; World War One, Egypt and Palestine and World War Two, Italy and Korea; pictured are FM Lord Harding of Petherton and Lady Harding of Petherton, Harry Broadhurst and FM Earl Alexander of Tunis. Photographs 1989-08-145-1
15 cloth badges worn by Col Patrick Emerson, 1954 (c); sewn onto a khaki cloth. Badges 2001-04-170
Colonel's battle dress blouse, 1945 (c); worn by Col H R Grace, Army Staff. From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Uniforms 2001-04-180
Major general's frock coat, Army Staff, 1912 (c). From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Uniforms 2001-04-204
Colonel's No 1 dress tunic, Army Staff, nd. From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Uniforms 2001-04-184
Colonel's service dress tunic and trousers, Army Staff, post 1952. From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Uniforms 2001-04-190
Major general's service dress tunic, Army Staff, nd. From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Uniforms 2001-04-194
British War Medal 1939-45 awarded to Capt H R W Crocker, Indian Army Ordnance Corps. From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Medals 2001-04-250
India Service Medal 1939-45 awarded to Capt H R W Crocker, Indian Army Ordnance Corps. From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Medals 2001-04-251
Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, Army, with clasp: India awarded to Sub Conductor H R W Crocker, Indian Army Ordnance Corps, 1933 (c). From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Medals 2001-04-252
Battle dress blouse, worn by Col H R Grace, Army Staff, 1945 (c). From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Uniforms 2001-04-211
Order of the British Empire, Member, Military Division, pattern 1934-1937 awarded to Sgt (later Capt) H R W Crocker MBE, 1934 (c). From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Medals 2001-04-245
1914-15 Star awarded to Pte (later Capt) H R W Crocker MBE, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Associated with World War One (1914-1918). From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Medals 2001-04-246
British War Medal 1914-20 awarded to Pte (later Capt) H R W Crocker MBE, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Associated with World War One (1914-1918). From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Medals 2001-04-247
Allied Victory Medal 1914-19, with oakleaf for mention in despatches awarded to Pte (later Capt) H R W Crocker, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Medals 2001-04-248
India General Service Medal 1908-35, 2 clasps: Waziristan 1919-1921, Afghanistan N. W. F. 1919 awarded to Sgt (later Capt) H R W Crocker, Indian Ordnance Department. From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Medals 2001-04-249
Two photographs of British soldiers, in a march past on parade and a group portrait, India, 1935 (c). Photographs 1992-07-45
Series of 284 photographs showing themes relating to the British Army from the end of World War Two in 1945 to the evacuation of Aden, 1967; taken by Tom Pocock. Photographs 1996-06-157
10 photographs taken by E D and R B Holmes, father and son respectively, who ran a studio in Peshawar, 1897-1945 (c); including photographs of Lord Roberts and his staff on his last visit to Khyber, views of Kashmir and Permenant Staff at 67 Reception Camp, including Maj M C Holmes, 10/11th Sikhs. Photographs 1992-07-106
15 photographs collected by Terrence Braun, relating to British Forces in World War Two, particularly in the Middle East; presented to the Military Historical Society 8 Oct 1960. Photographs 1992-07-109
Dervish flag captured at Omdurman by Major Brian Mahon, Egyptian Army, September 1898. Flags and Colours 1969-07-22
Officer of the Army Motor Reserve, 1910 (c). Watercolour by Francis Barraud; full-length, in riding jodhpurs and holding a whip in his right hand; signed lower right 'Francis Barraud'. Drawings and Watercolours 2001-04-311
Two picture postcards of members of the Women's Land Army, World War One, Home Front, 1918. Photographs 1992-07-116
40 photographs collected by Lt Col F J Paterson, 4th Indian Grenadiers, 1944-1946 (c). Photographs 1992-07-122
German officer's spiked helmet, pickelhaube, with badge of spread eagle on front, 1914-1918 (c); inscribed on cast badge. From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Equipment, general 2001-04-289
13 photographs relating to the Central India Horse, with captions supplied by the donor,1882-1950; the photographs were found among the papers of Maj John Gardner; Gardner was Adjutant, he commanded A Sqn and, for a brief time, B Sqn in the desert, 1939 (c); he died of dysentery; the photographs were handed to the Central India Horse Dinner Club in 1989. Photographs 1992-07-141
13 glass negatives taken by Miss K J MacFee,1881-1952; showing manoeuvres in the Frensham area, Surrey, 13 May 1909, and cadets at Chorleywood, Hertfordshire, 24 May 1915. Photographs 1992-08-25
Photograph taken outside 'The White Hart' inn, believed to show men of Eversley, Hampshire, leaving for the war, 1914. Photographs 1992-08-27
52 photographs taken and collected by Lt Col J A C Greenwood, 4th Indian Division, World War Two, Eritrea and the Middle East, 1941-1943, and Italy 1944. Photographs 1992-08-37
German discus grenade, World War One, 1914 (c)-1918; with metal tag. From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Ammunition 2001-04-305
German rifle grenade, World War One, 1914 (c)-1918. From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum. Ammunition 2001-04-306
Eight flags from Lord Roberts, 1900 (c): three union flags and five Boer flags. Flags and Colours 1971-01-26
French Infantry colour, eagle finial and sash captured by Captain Alexander Kennedy Clark, 1st (or Royal) Dragoons, Battle of Waterloo, 1815; one of one hundred presented by Napoleon to his army in 1815, replacing those of 1804, which had been destroyed during his exile; inscribed, '105' to represent the 105th Regiment of Foot. Flags and Colours 1971-10-24
Flag taken at the Battle of Omdurman by 9th Sudanese Regiment, presented to Major C S Spong, Army Medical Corps, 2nd Sudan War, 1898. Flags and Colours 1972-07-29
A collection of 57 colours, Foreign Armies, 1799-1897, formerly in the Royal Hospital Chelsea. Flags and Colours 1972-09-47
Copy photograph bearing the caption 'Office Staff, 434 Company, Army Service Corps, December 1917'; including CSM O'Brien in the photograph. Photographs 1992-08-358