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Six sound cassettes: oral history interview with Maj Roy St Andrew Rutherford, recalling his service in 1/16th Punjab Regiment, 1943-1946, and 1st Bn The Loyal Regiment, 1946-1968. Interviews conducted on 18 June 1993 and 1 March 1994. (Transcript Available) Sound Recordings 1994-04-4
Nine sound cassettes: oral history interview with Capt Ruthen B Monteath, recalling his service in the Calcutta Scottish 1938-1940 and 3/17 Dogra Regiment, including operations in Malaya and Singapore, 1940-1942. Interview conducted 18 March 1994.(Transcript Available) Sound Recordings 1994-04-5
Four sound cassettes: oral history interview with Capt Stuart Alexander Guild, Royal Artillery 1942-1947, including service in Burma, French Indo-China and Malaya, World War Two, and post war service in the Territorial Royal Artillery, Army Cadet Force and Royal Artillery Council Scotland involvment. Interview conducted on 28 February 1994. Sound Recordings 1994-04-7
Three sound cassettes: oral history interview with Maj Robert Grant, 2/7th Rajput Regiment, 1940-1947, Royal Army Service Corps 1948-1950, including service in Burma, 1941-1942 and 1944. Interview conducted on 3 March 1994. Sound Recordings 1994-04-9
Three sound cassettes: oral history interview with Mr Edward James Gilbert who joined the Army in Nov 1914 and served as a driver with the Royal Horse Artillery on the Somme, Sept 1915 to Feb 1916, and then on the Salonika Front until the end of World War One (1914-1918). Interview conducted on 27 November 1992.(Transcript Available) Sound Recordings 1994-05-381
Nut, plunger, spindles, locking, portable cooker, No 1 Burner Unit SB type F, nd; working pattern, sealed 1956 (c). Equipment, general 2002-07-262
Six sound cassettes: oral history interview with Mr William Lunn who served with the 6th Bn Green Howards 1914-1919, World War One, Gallipoli and World War One, Western Front (1914-1918). Interview conducted on 27 May 1997.(Transcript Available) Sound Recordings 1994-09-14
The Advance of the Anglo-Egyptian Force upon Omdurman. Coloured lithograph, published by Jewett and Hemming, New York, 1900 (c); associated with the Battle of Omdurman, 2nd Sudan War (1896-1899), 1898. Prints 2002-07-309
Five sound cassettes: oral history interview with Dvr Frank Sellars covering his career in the Territorial and Royal Field Artillery 1913-1919, World War One, Western Front (1914-1918). Interview conducted on 31 August 1994.(Transcript Available) Sound Recordings 1994-09-15
His Excellency George Monck, Generall of all the Forces in England, Scotland and Ireland, etc. Etching, produced by Gaywood, 1660 (c). Prints 2002-07-277
Oral history interview with Robert Bethel (1895-1976) conducted by his daughter Monica Leys; Robert Bethel served in the Army Service Corps during World War One, Gallipoli and Egypt and Palestine, although much of the interview deals with his early reminiscences as a slaughterer. Sound Recordings 1994-10-58
Three sound cassettes: oral history interview with Mrs E M Jones, who served as a techinical storewoman and physical training instructor with the Auxiliary Territorial Service, and briefly in the Women's Royal Army Corps, 1946-1949. Interview conducted on 17 October 1994. Sound Recordings 1994-11-106
Without a Match, 1915 (c). Two-tone lithograph, nd; published by 'De Reszke', 1915 (c); inscribed 'Rilette' lower left; advertisement for cigarettes, Series No 38; associated with World War One, Home Front (1914-1918). Prints 2002-07-317
Two sound cassettes: oral history interview with Capt Kenneth Stacey, recalling his service in the UK with the Royal Army Service Corps 1939-1942 and as a Royal Artillery Cadet 1942; in India and Burma with 8th Mahratta Anti-Tank Regiment 1943-1945 and as Adjutant of the German prisoner of war camp at Vilvorde, Belgium November 1945 to September 1946. Interview conducted on 11 November 1994.(Transcript Available) Sound Recordings 1994-12-128
To You, 1915 (c). Two-tone lithograph, nd; published by 'De Reszke', 1915 (c); inscribed centre 'Rilette'; advertisement for cigarettes, Series no 32; associated with World War One, Home Front (1914-1918). Prints 2002-07-323
Album of four sound discs, 'Modern Languages for the Forces. German Bill und Jock in Deutschland', produced by the Linguaphone Institute Limited. Sound Recordings 1994-12-235
First Class Smoking, 1915 (c). Two-tone lithograph, nd; published by 'De Reszke', 1915 (c); inscribed 'Rilette' lower left; advertisement for cigarettes, Series no 40; associated with World War One, Home Front (1914-1918). Prints 2002-07-324
Iohannes, Herzog von Marleborow etc General Capitain der Englischen Troupen, 1700 (c). Engraving by I C Weigel, nd; published 1712 (c). Prints 2002-07-285
Poupees a habiller - costumes des allies de la grand guerre, 1916 (c). Coloured etching, nd; published as part of the 'Imagerie d'epinal Serie de guerre, no 33', by Pellerin and Company, Paris, 1916 (c). Prints 2002-07-327
Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left, 'J.Berne-Bellecour 1916' by Jean-Jacques Berne-Bellecour, 1916; British Infantry in greatcoats and peaked forage caps advancing through a ruined town; associated with World War One, Western Front (1914-1918). Oil Paintings 2002-07-357
The Memorable Attack upon the French Camp on the Hills of Famars near Valenciennes by the Hanoverian Corp de Garde [and] Combined Armies under the Command of His Royal Highness, 23 May 1793. Stipple engraving by D Orme after M Brown, nd; published by Dan Orme, London, 1796. Prints 2002-07-334
'Into The Valley Of Death' The 17th Lancers In The Charge Of The Light Brigade At Balaclava, 1854. Colour photolithograph after John Charlton, nd; published in the Supplement to the Graphic Christmas Number, 1906. Prints 2002-07-339
A scene near Cox Heath or the Enraged Farmer, 1780 (c). Coloured engraving, nd; published by R Sayer and J Bennett, 1780 (c). Prints 2002-07-351
Overpainted portrait photograph showing the head and shoulders of Maj Gen Sir R A K Montgomery in service dress, 1920; photographer: Swaine Studios. Photographs 1985-04-93
38 copy photographs relating to 23rd Norfolk Rifle Volunteers, 1857-1898. Photographs 1985-04-94
Two sound cassettes: oral history interview with Maj Ashley Martin Greenwood MC relating to his service with the Royal Artillery and Long Range Desert Group, 1939-1946. Associated with World War Two (1939-1945). Interview conducted on 6 April 1995. Sound Recordings 1995-05-91
Two sound cassettes: oral history interview with Mrs Joan Nicholls, recalling her service in the Auxiliary Territorial Service as a Special Wireless Operator, No 2 Y Wing, Beaumanor, Leicestershire, Feb 1942 to Feb 1945. Sound Recordings 1995-05-92
Taped recollections of Lt Col G M Stirling Webb, recalling his early life and military career in the Indian Army, 1919-1947. Sound Recordings 1995-08-49
Sound cassette: oral history interview with Capt Bertram E E Scott who served in the Intelligence Corps India, Burma 1944-1945 photographing Japanese equipment and entrenchments. Interview conducted on 23 August 1995. Sound Recordings 1995-09-112
Audio tape of Gulf War US press conference with Gen N Schwarzkopf and commercial tape, 'La Revolution, L'Empire: Marches et Refrains de l'Armee Francaise'. Sound Recordings 1995-12-154
Recording of the BBC radio programme, 'Ad Lib' in which Robert Robinson interviewed six former officers of the Indian Army, 1997. Sound Recordings 1997-10-77
Three sound cassettes: oral history interview with Sgt Peter Cole, recalling his service with the Royal Army Service Corps from boy soldier onwards; he served in the UK, Korea and Malaya, 1950-1960. Interview conducted on 5 July 1994. Sound Recordings 1996-01-89
184 photographs compiled by Cpl Joseph Egerton, Shropshire Yeomanry, later 10 Bn King's (Shropshire Light Infantry), relating to his service in Egypt and Palestine, 1916-1918; associated with World War One, Egypt and Palestine (1914-1918). Photographs 2002-05-1
Photograph of local inhabitants taking an interest in a British tank during Exercise AGILITY, Germany 1949. Photographs 1992-11-144
Loose photographs mounted on sheets covering military and social aspects of army life in Malaya, 1958-1960. Photographs 1992-11-152
Seven photographs, some hand painted; showing groups, portraits and Frontier Constabulary, Indian Army taken by the studio of R B Holmes, 1920-1945 (c); with a poster advertising an exhibition of Holmes' work in New Zealand, 1953-1954. Photographs 1992-11-153
21 official photographs of British and Colonial forces on the Western Front, Italy and Egypt, and the production of war material in Britain, 1916 (c). Photographs 1992-11-171
Seven copy photographs relating to a parade of the British troops and sailors in Russia, March-April 1919. Photographs 1992-12-80
Two sound cassettes: oral history interview with Maj G L Boyagis, recalling his service with the Royal Indian Army Service Corps, 1942-1946. Sound Recordings 1996-01-102
40 photographs collected by Maj Gen Sir William Stratton, 1938-1956 (c). Photographs 1992-12-84
Group photograph of 12th Divisional Ammunition Park, 176 Co (MT) ASC, Mobilised for European War, May 1915. Photographs 1992-12-155
41 photographs of the invasion of Shanghai by the Japanese, taken by Pte R Nicholson, Durham Light Infantry, 1938. Photographs 1992-12-158
Danish breastplate, 1700 (c); made for British service Armour 1971-09-20
One cannon back sight, 1836 and one cannon fore sight, 1822. From Russian cannon captured at the Redan, Siege of Sevastopol, Crimean War (1854-1856), 20 Sep 1855. Scientific Instruments 1963-10-220
Five sound cassettes: oral history interview with Lt Col Alec Halliley OBE, Royal Leicestershire Regiment, Sherwood Foresters and Royal Garhwal Rifles. Interview conducted on 22 May 1996.(Transcript Available) Sound Recordings 1996-05-124
Telescope mounted on a wooden skeleton rifle stock, 1855 (c); brass plated with white metal; made by Andrew Ross, London; used by FM Lord Raglan during the Crimean War. Scientific Instruments 1963-10-214
Telescope mounted on a wooden skeleton rifle stock, 1855 (c); brass plated with white metal; made by Andrew Ross, London; used by FM Lord Raglan during the Crimean War. Equipment, general 1963-10-214
History: Forgotten Armies: National Servicemen in the Middle East. Typescript of an unpublished work by Adrian Walker, consisting of 16 transcripts of interviews with national servicemen who served in the Middle East, 1947-1948; with floppy disc and CD ROM versions and separate transcript of an interview. Archives 2002-07-358
History: Forgotten Armies: National Servicemen in the Middle East. Typescript of an unpublished work by Adrian Walker, consisting of 16 transcripts of interviews with national servicemen who served in the Middle East, 1947-1948; with floppy disc and CD ROM versions and separate transcript of an interview. Film and Videos 2002-07-358
15 transcripts of interviews with national servicemen who served in Malaya, 1948-1960, compiled by Adrian Walker; with a list of the troops who participated in the conflict in Malaya (1948-1960). Archives 2002-07-359
Brass bilge valve for ship, 1852 (c); recovered by Mr Tromp Van Diggelen from the wreck of the HMT Birkenhead which sank off the coast of South Africa; associated with the 8th Cape Frontier War (1850-1853), 1852. Scientific Instruments 1961-12-47
Steel helmet and body shield; belonged to Capt O T Crawshay who served in the Boer War (1899-1902) and World War One (1914-1918). Armour 1973-03-9
Collection of uniform items relating to officers, nd; associated with Army Staff, Cavalry, Yorkshire Dragoons, Imperial Yeomanry, West Yorkshire Yeomanry Cavalry, 11th Prince Albert Hussars. Uniforms 2002-07-366
German-made Turkish clinometer, 1914 (c)-1918 (c); captured by 76th Punjabis, Euphrates, 5 July 1915; made of brass and triangular in shape; in wooden case. Scientific Instruments 1961-06-38
Three sound cassettes: oral history interview with Lt Philip A Osmond, Royal Artillery and Royal Indian Artillery recalling his service with 19th Middlesex Home Guard, 1941-1943, Royal Artillery training units and OCTU's, UK, 1943-1945 and Indian Mountain Artillery units, 1945-1947. Interview conducted on 29 November 1995. Sound Recordings 1996-01-31
Two audio cassette tapes of army recruiting radio advertisements, 1996; produced by the Central Office of Information. Sound Recordings 1996-06-142
Four sound cassettes: oral history interview with Mrs Katherine Mary Cubitt recalling her service in the Auxiliary Territorial Service, 1940-1944, and as an Army wife in Malaya, 1955-1957. Interviews conducted on 8 September 1995 and 30 January 1996. Sound Recordings 1996-06-152
Eight Army recruiting advertisements broadcast on commercial radio, 1995: 'Exam Questions A'; 'Exam Questions B'; 'Chopper'; 'Corporal B'; 'Baby'; Turn Up'; 'Response'; four minute compilation of additional recruiting advertisements. Sound Recordings 1996-07-134
Three sound cassettes: oral history interview with Brig William Morgan Tilson Magan CBE, 1928-1945. Interview conducted on 24 July 1996.(Transcript Available) Sound Recordings 1996-08-185
Five radio commercials broadcast on Uk radio, July 1996: '6 weeks'; 'Still'; 'Radio Operator'; 'Skills 1'; 'Skills 2'. Sound Recordings 1996-08-186
Four sound cassettes: oral history interview with Capt Leonard Owen Worsley, 2/18th Royal Garhwal Rifles, covering his service 1944-1950. Interview conducted on 29 August 1996. Sound Recordings 1996-08-389
51 audio cassettes of recordings of oral history interviews conducted by Adrian Walker with national service men who were in active service, 1948-1960. Sound Recordings 1996-09-82
Three sound cassettes: oral history interview with Lt Col Robert John Going covering his service with Duke of Wellington's Regiment, Hyderabad Regiment and Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 1936-1967. Interview conducted on 17 September 1996.(Transcript Available) Sound Recordings 1996-10-31
Copies of documents, Dec 1915-Feb 1917, relating to H A Saunders (AF B 2512A); including two notices and a certificate of discharge. Archives 1987-01-25
Audio cassette recording of the BFBS 'Sitreps' programme relating to the Women's Royal Army Corps College, 1984. Sound Recordings 1996-10-86
Height measuring rule, 1877 (c); contained in leather covered wooden tube, with brass ferrule and silver cap, hallmarked London 1877-1878; owned by Lt Col Seaward Longhurst, Royal Vetinary Corps. Scientific Instruments 1960-07-190
Two audio cassette tapes of reminiscences interspersed with songs spoken and sung by SSM J L St Romaine, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, concerning his experiences in the campaign in Burma, 1944 (c)-1945. Interview conducted in 1995. Sound Recordings 1996-10-87
Tin food bowl, 1942; manufacturer unknown; inscribed, 'P.O.W./ Glodok - Prison/ 19/ 42/ Java/ Franny/ Moss', carved by Gnr Moss Simon in Glodok Prison, West Java; part of a collection of material relating to Gnr Moss Simon, 77th Welsh Regiment, Royal Artillery, taken prisoner of war by the Japanese in Java on 8 Mar 1942; associated with World War Two, POWs, Far East (1941-1945). Crafts 2002-08-4
Tin identity bracelet, 1942 (c); probably made and inscribed by Gnr Moss Simon, 77th Welsh Regiment, Royal Artillery while a prisoner of war, 1942 (c); part of a collection of material relating to Gnr Moss Simon, 77th Welsh Regiment, Royal Artillery, taken prisoner of war by the Japanese in Java on 8 Mar 1942; associated with World War Two, POWs, Far East (1941-1945). Crafts 2002-08-5
Telescopic gunsight, German, 1907; in steel box; manufactured by Carl Zeiss, Jena; taken by the 20th (Service) Bn Northumberland Fusiliers (1st Tyneside Scottish) at the Battle of Arras 1917. Scientific Instruments 1960-05-286
Pair of fibre identity discs of Gnr Moss Simon, Royal Artillery, 1939-1945; discs relate to his time spent in prisoner of war, 1942-1945; part of a collection of material relating to Gnr Moss Simon, 77th Welsh Regiment, Royal Artillery, taken prisoner of war by the Japanese in Java on 8 Mar 1942; associated with World War Two, POWs, Far East (1939-1945). Equipment, general 2002-08-6
Single sheet Christmas card, 1917, illustrated with silhouettes of the 98th CP Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps on the march, and bearing a four-verse poem based on the song, 'There's a long, long trail-a-winding'; collected by Robert Stirling Maxwell Housden of Sulhamstead, Berks, who served in the unit. Archives 1987-01-29
Papers of Maj B Harper-Nelson relating to his service in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Somaliland Scouts and King's African Rifles, 1953-1961. Archives 1987-01-30
Trench set: mark II wireless transmitter set, 1918 (c); contained within a khaki painted wooden box; associated with Royal Engineers (Signals). Scientific Instruments 1960-05-201
Selection of martial music of the Indian Army, performed by the Indian Army Band. Sound Recordings 1992-11-158
Three sound cassettes: oral history interview with Douglas Shiel who joined the Army aged as an apprentice electrician in 1995 aged 15; after three years in Chepstow he joined the Royal Army Ordnance Corps and served in Palestine with the Leicestershire Regiment and in Crete with an anti-aircraft unit before being surrendered to the Germans and spending the next four years as a prisoner of war in Salonika and Berlin; interviewed by Mark Nicholls, 11 May 1990. Sound Recordings 1990-05-31
Eight sound cassettes: oral history interview with Lt John Love who was commissioned into the Argyll and Sutherland HIghlanders on the outbreak of World War Two, and served with the 10th Bn until mid 1940; he was then offered a place in the Colonial Service and served in northern Malaya for a year until the Japanese invasion; after moving down to Singapore he rejoined the 2nd Bn and was taken prisoner at the fall of Singapore in 1942. Interviewed by Mark Nicholls, 1990. Sound Recordings 1990-06-13
Two sound cassettes: oral history interview with Lt Col Robert Nathaniel Boyd who served with 1st Bn Northern Rhodesian Regiment from 1938, seeing action in the evacuation from British Somaliland and the subsequent conquest of Italian East Africa; returning to Northern Rhodesia, he joined the newly formed 3rd Bn, serving subsequently on Madagascar, in Ceylon, and in the Arakan, 1944-1945. Interview conducted on 23 January 1990. Sound Recordings 1990-01-41
Notes and copies of two magazine articles, 'Mixed Service Organisation (MSO) The Beginning and Build Up', 1986 (c), about the units raised from Yugoslav and Polish prisoners of war, who worked for Allied Forces in Post-War Germany. Archives 1987-01-33
Two sound cassettes: oral history interview with Brian Lloyd Morris who joined the Artists Rifles in 1937 and was commissioned in October 1939 into the Royal Army Service Corps, serving with 12th Troop Transport Coy during the campaign of May 1940; in Dec 1940 he volunteered for a transfer to the Indian Army Service Corps and spent the next three years at Multan training drivers for the Indian Army. Interview conducted on 24 January 1990. Sound Recordings 1990-01-42
Offprint: The Amateur Military Tradition in Britain; from War and Society, Vol 4 No 2, December 1986; discusses the origins of the amateur military tradition in Britain, a result of the faith in the navy to protect the shores from outside invasion, and the fear of a standing army. Archives 1987-01-34
Four sound cassettes: oral history interview with WO2 G B Payne who joined the East Yorkshire Regiment in 1930 and went out to India in the winter of 1932; Payne remained in the Army until 1963, serving in Germany, Egypt, Libya and the Far East before returning to RMCS Shrivenham where he continued to work as a civilain clerk after discharge. Interview conducted on 30 January 1990. Sound Recordings 1990-01-48
Copies of two guides to Cairo and one to Alexandria, 1942-1944 (c); produced for the use of servicemen visiting the towns on leave, World War Two (1939-1945). Archives 1987-01-35
Two sound cassettes: oral history interview with Charles Stewart who joined the Wiltshire Regiment as a boy soldier in 1931 and served with the regiment as a bandsman and stores clerk from 1938 to 1943; as a corporal he applied for a commission in the Indian Army and served as a Lieutenant in the Royal Indian Army Service Corps from 1944 to 1946; interview conducted by Mark Nicholls, 7 February 1990. Sound Recordings 1990-02-11
Two sound cassettes: oral history interview with Bdr Harry Hartill who joined the Royal Artillery for three years in Jan 1936, spending most of those with 27th Field Bde at Colchester and witnessing the introduction of mechanisation; interview conducted by Mark Nicholls, Feb 1990. Sound Recordings 1990-02-13
Three sound cassettes: oral history interview with Edward Robert Mansell who served in the Royal Artillery during the retreat to Dunkirk, World War Two, North West Europe; interview conducted by Mark Nicholls, Feb 1990. Sound Recordings 1990-02-14
Papers relating to Percy Bantock Neville of Enfield: Certified Copy of Attestation, 16 Nov 1915; Classification Certificate, 7 Oct 1916; Registration Card, 7 Oct 1916; Military Service Acts, 1916 Certificate of Exemption, 7 Feb 1917. Archives 1987-01-36
Sound cassette: oral history interview with Pte Arthur Sidney Gowen who was called up in 1940, serving with 4th Bn Royal Norfolk Regiment, he embarked for Basra in late 1914, but on the outbreak of war with Japan the convoy was diverted to India; Gowen's battalion was subsequently sent to Singapore in Jan 1942. Sound Recordings 1990-02-23
Two sound cassettes: oral history interview with Lt Peter Collister who served with 1st Bn Gloucestershire Regiment during the retreat from Burma in 1942, when he was wounded, and in the return during 1945 when seconded to 2nd Bn The Dorset Regiment; in between he served in Calcutta; interview conducted by Mark Nicholls, 6 Feb 1990. Sound Recordings 1990-02-9
Sound cassette: oral history interview with Maj David Charles Purves who joined the Indian Army in 1942 and saw service in Burma and Saigon with 4th Bn 2nd Burma Rifles. Sound Recordings 1990-03-16
Field glasses, 1902; blackened brass and tin, with leather covering in centre section and leather case; owned by Capt J D Ferguson, Royal Army Medical Corps, during the Boer War, 1902; made by Booth. Scientific Instruments 1959-07-192
Five printed propaganda leaflets, probably dropped over North West Europe, World War Two (1939-1945), 1944 (c); three aimed at German troops, two at the Allies. Archives 1987-01-39
Magazine: 'The Rock No 9', November 1941, produced for the garrison of Gibraltar, World War Two (1939-1945); contains humorous and topical articles. Archives 1987-01-40
Seven copy photographs from originals collected by Capt Edward Cyril Sparrow, Royal Army Medical Corps, Macedonia, 1916-1918; relating to 37th General Hospital, Macedonia, Greece; associated with World War One, Salonika (1914-1918). Photographs 2002-08-11
Two sound cassettes: oral history interview with Capt Ralph Esmond Selby Tanner who served with 7 Commando on Crete, where he was Evelyn Waugh's batman and, having been commissioned, with the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in Burma during the retreat of 1942. Interview conducted on 18 April 1990.(Transcript Available) Sound Recordings 1990-04-238
Folder of papers relating to Capt George Arthur Saw, Indian Army and Corps of Royal Engineers, 1914-1933, comprising record of service, certificates, orders and letters. Archives 1987-01-41
Two sound cassettes: oral history interview with Mrs Barbara May Standish who volunteered for service with the Voluntary Aid Detachment, Indian Army in 1944 and worked in Poona, Shillong, Comilla, Chittagong and Bangkok between 1944 and 1946. Sound Recordings 1990-04-242
Sound cassette: oral history interview with Joy Young who joined the Voluntary Aid Detachment in 1939 and served with the Royal Army Medical Corps between 1940 and 1943, and with 125 IGH in the Arakan between 1944 and 1946. Interview conducted on 8 May 1990. Sound Recordings 1990-05-27
Two sound cassettes: oral history interview with S/Sgt A E Mitchell, covering the period, 1939-1941. Interview conducted on 10 January 1990. Sound Recordings 1990-01-12
Machine gun sight, 1917; taken from a German gun at Pilcken Ridge, Belgium, 28 Aug 1917 by Lt Col H F N Jourdain, Connaught Rangers. Firearms 1956-02-922