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| Description | Object Type | NAM Accession Number |
|---|---|---|
| Memoir giving an account of events leading up to the death in action of Lt Thomas Bernard Vickers, Royal Engineers 1/61st Pioneers attached 14 Field Co 2nd QVO Sappers and Miners, Waziristan, 16 July 1921. | Archives | 1990-08-100 |
| Record of Service for Col William Ernest Victor Abraham, Royal Engineers, 1921-1937. | Archives | 1990-08-124 |
| Papers of Brig James Freeman Godwin, Royal Engineers, Paiforce, Jan 1943 and Burma, 1944-1945. | Archives | 1990-09-25 |
| Account of the wartime service of Maj Denys Max Thomson Morland, MC, Royal Engineers, France 1914-1918; compiled by Maj Morlands son, Mr Tim Morland, 1990. | Archives | 1990-12-73 |
| Proficiency badge, skill in driving (mechanised units), Royal Artillery, 1927, sealed pattern, 1927. | Badges | 1991-12-85 |
| Two group photographs of Regulars and Volunteers, 1870 (c); associated with the River Severn Submarine Miners, Vol Royal Engineers, 1893 (c). | Photographs | 1991-05-9 |
| Copy portrait photograph showing the head and shoulders of WO1 George Campbell (DCM), Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 1945 (c). | Photographs | 1987-02-19 |
| 57 photographs relating to Maj R O H Glass, Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Middle East, 1940 (c)-1949; photographs include portraits, groups, orders group, vehicles and their repair, sport and aircraft; associated with World War Two, Middle East. | Photographs | 1991-06-75 |
| Collection of 38 agency photographs, many of them French, relating to aspects of British Army life, 1932-1939; subjects include drill, manoeuvres, exercises, and inspection. | Photographs | 1991-07-161 |
| Three portrait photographs collected by L/Cpl Herbert William Laws, Royal Engineers, 1910 (c); photographs are a head and shoulders portrait and group photographs of officers and NCOs. | Photographs | 1991-09-134 |
| Photograph collected by Maj Gen Sir William Twiss, 1909, showing British military manoeuvres, possibly at Blenheim Palace. | Photographs | 1987-03-32 |
| NX 25451 Cpl. Herrod. R.A. 2/6 Austr. Fld Engineers. RAF A.I.F. 8th July '44 Nakron Pathon. [sic] Thailand. Watercolour by Gnr Jack Bridger Chalker, Royal Artillery, 1944; signed lower right, 'J Chalker'; associated with World War Two, Far East, POWs (1939-1945). | Drawings and Watercolours | 2002-04-890 |
| Four documents issued to QMS James Miller, Royal Engineers, 1874-1895; items include School of Military Engineering certificate of qualification in Building Construction, 1887; First Class Certificate of Education, 1889; Certificate of Discharge, 1895; Certificate of Character on Discharge, 1895. | Archives | 1990-08-47 |
| Uniform, Gen Sir George Cooper, Army Staff, 1950-1983: Tunic, No 1 dress, 1950; Mess jacket, 1956; Mess vest, 1956; patrol collar. | Uniforms | 1997-07-7 |
| 28 photographs showing: groups; wireless station; aircraft; hospital ship; motor vehicles; troops protecting a convoy; destruction of rebel headquarters; victory celebrations, Baghdad; topographical views; collected by Capt Hugh Shellshear Pocock, Royal Engineers, 1916-1919 (c); associated with World War One (1914-1918). | Photographs | 1987-07-13 |
| 76 colour transparencies of regimental cap badges, 1981. | Photographs | 1987-07-16 |
| Two kastane swords, Ceylon, 1900 (c); brought to England by Maj Clarence Craig J P (Royal Engineers Temp) of Tyrella, Co Down. | Edged Weapons | 1963-09-603 |
| Collection of Divisional Orders issued by Lt Gen Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton (1853-1947) for Hamilton's Force during the Boer War; copies addressed to OC 9th Coy RE, 10th Division; collected by David Lyell, who served as a subaltern in the company. | Archives | 1986-01-85 |
| Embroidered badge, Corps of Royal Engineers, 1918 (c); associated with Sapper H H Day. | Badges | 1992-01-29 |
| Katar and scabbard; blade has central rib; black metal hilt, richly embellished with gold kuftgari leaves; of fine quality; wooden scabbard, covered with worn red velvet, with silver braid binding and ornamental silver chape; brought home with other relics, by Lt Col E Hemery, RE; associated with the Indian Mutiny. | Edged Weapons | 1961-11-206 |
| Indian kard, 1857-1859 (c); no sheath; single edged blade, covered with etchings; steel hilt decorated with silver kuftgari; pommel formed into formal representation of the neck and head of a leopard with a hinged tongue; brought home with other relics, by Lt Col Hemery, RE; associated with the Indian Mutiny. | Edged Weapons | 1961-11-206 |
| Jambiya and scabbard, possibly north Indian, late eighteenth or early nineteenth century; double edged, flat, slightly curved, and watered blade, with gold kuftgari decorations and pieced flange linking blade to hilt; ivory hilt, decorated with pecking; wooden scabbard covered with yellowish velvet; brought home with other relics, by Lt Col C Hemery, RE; associated with the Indian Mutiny. | Edged Weapons | 1961-11-206 |
| Jambiya, 1857-1859 (c); with wide, curved, double edged blade; iron, double-concave hilt, with silver kuftgari floral decoration; most parts of the silver worn away; brought home with other relics, by Lt Col C Hemery, RE; associated with the Indian Mutiny. | Edged Weapons | 1961-11-206 |
| Manuscript letter, 1880; written by Cpl James Tomkin, Corps of Royal Engineers, to his friend Mr Ratcliffe; not dated, but probably in the summer of 1880, after the Conservative election defeat, and before he left for Hong Kong in the autumn. | Archives | 1986-02-79 |
| Indian short sword and scabbard; single edged, slightly curved blade; crude black wooden grip and facetted bulbous pommel; iron ferrule and 's' shaped guard; brown leather scabbard, simply bent to form sheath; with traces of light brown fur and cord bindings; recovered by A V Anderson, RE, Moplah Rebellion, 1921-1922. | Edged Weapons | 1959-04-239 |
| Microfilmed collection of printed papers, 1944-1947; collected by Mr Blackmore during World War Two (1939-1945), during which he was involved in production of the 4th Division weekly newspaper 'The Quadrant'. | Maps | 1986-03-99 |
| Stampless envelope, July to August 1917; sent to a soldier of the Royal Engineers on active service with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force; with various strikes explaining that the soldier could not be traced. | Archives | 2002-05-40 |
| Painted relief model of the town of Kut-al-Amara and surrounding land during the siege, 5th December 1915 to 29th April 1916; and a framed a lettered order of battle of the siege of Kut-al-Amara. | Equipment, general | 1965-04-59 |
| Four papers collected by Ian Joseph Steel, 4/10th Baluch Regiment, during the Battle of Keren, 3 Mar 1941; comprising of three maps and a manuscript order; associated with World War Two, Middle East (1939-1945). | Maps | 1986-04-24 |
| Four papers collected by Ian Joseph Steel, 4/10th Baluch Regiment, during the Battle of Keren, 3 Mar 1941; comprising of three maps and a manuscript order; associated with World War Two, Middle East (1939-1945). | Archives | 1986-04-24 |
| Five painted plaster over wood figures representing Middlesex units, 1865 (c). | Models | 1960-12-175 |
| Bringing up supplies at night, 1918 (c). Watercolour by 2/Lt Richard Tennant Cooper (1885-1957), 16th Bn Middlesex Regiment and Royal Engineers, 1918 (c); associated with World War One, Western Front (1914-1918). | Drawings and Watercolours | 1994-08-70-54 |
| Six model figures representing soldiers of the Middlesex units, 1865 (c). | Models | 1959-02-35 |
| 37 stereoscopic photographs relating to the Boer War (1899-1902), Underwood and Underwood, 1900. Treatment of casualties in hospital and on the battlefield; infantry firing from cover and trenches; infantry storming a kopje; firing a 4.7 in naval gun; infantry and transport crossing a river; destruction of railway; observation balloon; engineers making a road; prisoners of war; trainload of refugees from Kimberley; Boer leaders; Boer dugouts and trenches; pontoon bridge; artillery in action; cemetery near Ladysmith. Boxed, with separate viewer. | Photographs | 1988-07-24 |
| 16 photographs relating to the Royal Artillery and the Royal Engineers, 1890 (c). | Photographs | 1988-08-95 |
| A collection of 34 photographs relating to different theatres in World War Two 1940-1944 (c); includes the Home Front (1939-1945), the Mediterranean (1939-1945), the Eastern Front (1941-1945), the Middle East (1940-1943), the Far East (1941-1945), and New Guinea, 1940-1944 (c). | Photographs | 2002-06-6 |
| Seven photographs showing portraits of senior British officers and Count Todleben 1865-1868 (c). | Photographs | 1988-08-101 |
| Collection of 15 maps of North Africa, Sicily, and Italy, used during World War Two operations in those areas. | Maps | 1986-06-89 |
| Packing note form for a sack of equipment belonging to Royal Engineers, Ludd, packed at Kantara E, possibly in Cyprus, 5 May 1919; associated with uniform and other items worn by Lt H G Barker, Staffordshire Yeomanry, attached RAOC. | Archives | 1986-06-94 |
| Papers relating to postal and telecommunications in the Trieste-Venezia Giulia areas collected by Maj H A Hayward, Royal Signals, Chief of Post and Telecommunications, Allied Military Government, 1945-1954. | Archives | 2002-06-67 |
| Collection of eleven printed maps of the Western Front, apparently the property of an officer named Parkin, World War One (1914-1918). | Maps | 1986-08-57 |
| Three photographs showing Capt Henry Marriott Paget, Corps of Royal Engineers, 1912-1918. | Photographs | 1988-10-16 |
| 13 photographs of graves of British and Indian Army Officers in Highland Road Cemetery, Eastney, Southsea, Hants, 1834-1938; including copies of biographical notes about the deceased. | Photographs | 1988-10-17 |
| Facsimile of a map drawn by Gen Charles George Gordon, Royal Engineers at Khartum, March 17 1874, of his route from Suakin to Berber and Khartum. | Maps | 1986-11-40 |
| Typed extracts from the letters and diaries of Lt Henry Curtis Gallup, describing his service in World War One, Mesopotamia, 1915-1918; some of the volumes include press cuttings, maps and other documents. | Archives | 1986-11-43 |
| 19 copy photographs relating to the Russian campaign, 1918-1919; collected by Capt J A Emery. | Photographs | 1985-04-67 |
| 139 copy photographs relating to Capt G Ray Ellis, Corps of Royal Engineers, World War Two in North West Europe, 1944-1945; photographers: Capt G Ray Ellis and Peter Bailey. | Photographs | 1985-04-77 |
| 1536 photographs taken by Central Office of Information of the regiments and corps of British Army in the 1950s and 1960s. | Photographs | 1992-10-144 |
| 216 photographs relating to the Royal Garrison Artillery, India, 1904-1912; collected by Lt E E Charles. | Photographs | 1985-04-79 |
| Sound cassette: oral history interview with Maj R T Gerrard, recalling his service with the Royal Engineers in the UK 1939-1940, and with the Madras Sappers and Miners in India, Iraq and Burma, 1941-1945. Interview conducted on 16 February 1994. | Sound Recordings | 1994-04-81 |
| Plate, two piece, title, Royal Engineers, nd; standard pattern, sealed 2 May 1939. | Equipment, general | 2002-07-264 |
| Commercial audio cassette, 'The Sappers', The Band of the Corps of Royal Engineers, Music Masters MMC 0686, 1992. | Sound Recordings | 1994-05-392 |
| 38 copy photographs relating to 23rd Norfolk Rifle Volunteers, 1857-1898. | Photographs | 1985-04-94 |
| Four sound cassettes: oral history interview with Capt Leslie Graham Williams who served with the Royal Engineers in the UK, India and Burma 1939-1945, and in the Territorial Army 1949-1963. Interview conducted on 16 November 1994. | Sound Recordings | 1995-06-23 |
| Three sound cassettes: oral history interview with Mr W P Winston who in 1939, joined the Johore Volunteer Engineers as a sapper, was commissioned into the Singapore Royal Engineers in Feb 1942 and, after escaping from Singapore, joined the Indian Engineers. Interview conducted on 3 May 1995. | Sound Recordings | 1995-06-93 |
| Sound cassette: oral history recollections recorded by Maj R J Simmons, 59th Field Coy, Royal Engineers, of service in North West Europe, 1939-1940 and the Evacuation from Dunkirk, 1940. | Sound Recordings | 1995-12-152 |
| 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 |
| Prismatic compass, 1861-1896 (c); made of brass, with leather case; made by Baker, London; owned by Robert J H Parker, Royal Engineers. | Scientific Instruments | 1967-05-77 |
| Photographic developing tray and utensils in wooden box, 1871 (c). Belonged to Lt Horatio Herbert Kitchener, Royal Engineers. Contains: photographic developing tray; glass; photographic triangle; cloth; animal skin; handkerchief; paper; polish; padlock; newspaper; 32 glass bottles of chemicals. | Equipment, general | 1966-04-30 |
| 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 |
| Military sketching board, 1914 (c), owned by 2/Lt H Caffyn, Royal Engineers; compass, 1914 (c); steel whistle, 1912 (c), made by J Hudson and Company, Birmingham; prismatic compass, 1914 (c); three compass cases, 1914 (c); clinometer, 1914 (c), made by Watkin. | Equipment, general | 1963-10-2 |
| Six transcripts of interviews with national servicemen who served in Cyprus, 1955-1960; compiled by Adrian Walker; also a conclusion, glossary, bibliography and list of the troops who participated in the conflict; associated with Cyprus (1954-1959). | Archives | 2002-07-365 |
| 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 |
| Six sound cassettes: oral history interview with Lt Col George Reginald Riddick recalling his service as a boy soldier with the Royal Artillery, 1930-1935, as an officer with 3/6 Rajputana Rifles 1937-1947, and with the Royal Mechanical Engineers 1947-1981. Interview conducted on 17 July 1996. | Sound Recordings | 1996-12-16 |
| 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 |
| Ten sound cassettes: oral history interview with WO2 Leslie William Townsend who joined the Army as an apprentice tradesman in 1939; after completing his apprenticeship at Fort Darland and Chepstow, Townsend passed through No 3 Training Bn Royal Engineers at Newark and Aldershot, and School of Military Engineering, Chatham, before trying to obtain a commission in 1943-1944. | Sound Recordings | 1990-06-373 |
| 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 |
| Four sound cassettes: oral history interview with Maj John Douglas Anderson covering his military service during World War Two, Far East (1941-1945). Interview conducted on 8 September 1993. | Sound Recordings | 1993-10-130 |
| Two sound cassettes: oral history interview with Sgt Geoffrey Wickham, Non-Combatant Corps, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, REME and Royal Army Education Corps; interviewed by Peter Boyden, 19 November 1992. | Sound Recordings | 1993-03-62 |
| Two sound cassettes: oral history interview with Capt R P E Ascham, Royal Artillery, Royal Deccan Horse, Indian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 1939-1946; interviewed by Peter Boyden. Interview conducted on 22 February 1993. | Sound Recordings | 1993-03-65 |
| Memoirs of the army service of Col Norman Musgrave Dillon, 1914-1946, much of which he spent in the Royal Tank Corps on the Western Front, in Egypt and India. | Archives | 1987-03-9 |
| Four sound cassette tapes: oral history interview with Brig Edward Francis Egerton Armstrong CBE, covering his career with the Royal Engineers, 1917-1955. Interview conducted on 28 July 1992.(Transcript Available) | Sound Recordings | 1992-09-179 |
| Photocopied catalogue of Commeline Family Papers in the Gloucestershire Record Office, 1879-1884; including letters written by Lt Charles Ernest Commeline, Royal Engineers, from South Africa during the Zulu and Transvaal Wars. | Archives | 1987-03-16 |
| Five sound cassette tapes: oral history interview with Maj Gen William Maurice Broomhall CB DSO OBE, covering his military career with the Royal Engineers, 1915-1951. Interview conducted on 10 July 1992.(Transcript Available) | Sound Recordings | 1992-09-175 |
| Three press cuttings relating to the 'Death Railway'; associated with Maj T le M Spring-Smyth, Bengal Sappers and Miners Group, Royal Indian Engineers, who was attached to the Sirmoor Field Company, Indian State Forces; items include the front page of The Burma Star an article from 'The Burma Star' and one from BKK World, both dated 31 Jan 1980; associated with World War Two, POWs, Far East (1941-1945). | Archives | 2002-08-37 |
| Memorial scroll, 1919 (c); in the form of a printed sheet with pictures of memorials on the Western Front, and a cartouche in the centre, in which are fixed details from a Commonwealth War Graves Commission Register relating to L/Cpl Caveney, killed on 29 Sept 1917, and commemorated at Voormezeele Enclosures No 1 and 2, Belgium; associated with World War One (1914-1918). | Archives | 1987-03-29 |
| Collection of 80 scientific, gunnery and surveying instruments, 1914-1965. | Scientific Instruments | 1977-10-59 |
| Formation badge, 33rd Indian Corps, 1942-1945; associated with Brig J F Godwin, Royal Engineers and Madras Sappers and Miners; associated with World War Two, Far East (1941-1945). | Badges | 1990-09-32 |
| Formation badge, 34th Indian Corps, 1945 (c); associated with Brig J F Godwin, Royal Engineers and Madras Sappers and Miners; associated with World War Two, Far East (1941-1945). | Badges | 1990-09-31 |
| Copies of papers relating to the defences of the Bristol Channel, comprising extracts from the report of the Morley Committee of 1882 on Defences of Commercial Ports of the UK, Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers Works committee Minutes 853 and 960, 1888 on the Revision of the Armaments of the Severn, and photograph of map of Flathom showing batteries etc; with related correspondence of 1963. | Archives | 1987-03-72 |
| Parallel rule, 1870 (c); owned by Lt C W Haig, Royal Engineers; made by Elliott, 56 Strand, London; in mahogany carrying box. | Equipment, general | 1977-10-33 |
| Altimeter, 1890 (c); used by Col Sir Sydney Burrard, Royal Engineers; in leather carrying case; the altimeter operates by gauging the temperature at which water boils at differing altitudes. | Scientific Instruments | 1977-10-32 |
| Stainless steel wristwatch, 1940; bought by Lt Col C A Swetenham, Royal Engineers and worn by him during operations in World War Two (1939-1945) and Malaya (1948-1960). | Scientific Instruments | 1977-03-37 |
| Papers from the photograph album of Capt J W Kettle, Royal Engineers; comprising five invitations to messes and social functions, not dated, four letters, 1909-1916, and a programme for 'Dean Court Athletic Sports', 11 Jul 1914. | Archives | 1987-03-82 |
| Papers of Lieutenant General Gerald Ellison covering his military career both in the field and on the Staff (1882-1940), in particular his roles during the South African War (1899-1902) and the Dardanelles Campaign (1915-1916), and as Secretary of the Esher Committee on War Office Reconstitution (1905-1906), and covering his advocacy of military service, Army reorganisation, and his role as an official historian for the Dardanelles Campaign, including diaries, essays, operational orders, pamphlets, committee papers, programmes, memorials, invitations, and extensive correspondence with military peers and colleagues. | Archives | 1987-04-35 |
| Typewriter, 1940 (c); used until 1989 by Sgt P Holland, Royal Engineers, 873 Moumont [?] Sqn (Volunteers). | Scientific Instruments | 1990-06-207 |
| 27 photographs taken by 10th Coy, Royal Engineers, Abyssinia (1867-1868); associated with Royal Engineers, 4th (King's Own Royal) Regiment of Foot, 127th Baluch Light Infantry, 33rd (Duke of Wellington's) Regiment of Foot and 45th (Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot. | Photographs | 1983-10-127 |
| Album of 72 photograph taken by the Royal Engineers with the Suakin Field Force; associated with Staff, Grenadier Guards, 9th Bengal Cavalry, 15th Sikhs and 28th Bombay Native Infantry; associated with the 1st Sudan War (1884-1885). (Album dimensions: 25.5 x 35.5 x 5 cm). | Photographs | 1972-11-91 |
| Two letters from C/Sgt M B Buckley, 21st Coy Royal Engineers, to his uncle and mother, 1858-1859; with a letter from Frank Buckley, Naval Brigade, 14 Jan 1858; associated with the 2nd China War (1856-1860) and the Siege of Gwalior, Indian Mutiny (1857-1859). | Archives | 1987-06-28 |
| Map titled, '1 to 20,000 France Sheet 62D NE Edition 2E (local)', corrected to 28 May 1918; showing trench lines to the east of Bray-sur-Somme, south of Albert, World War One. | Maps | 1987-07-26 |
| Collection of papers associated with Lt Gen Colin Campbell, Lt Governor of Gibraltar, 1750-1850 (c); associated with American War of Independence (1775-1783), Wars of the French Revolution, Netherlands (1793-1795) and Peninsular War (1808-1814). | Archives | 2002-08-144 |
| Records relating to estates of soldiers who died in service, 1902-1960. | Archives | 1991-02-333 |
| Photograph album containing 211 photographs compiled by Maj Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), 1944-1945. Locations in North West Europe, mainly France and Belgium; associated with World War Two, North West Europe (1944-1945). | Photographs | 1975-03-63-19 |
| Mine detector, No 4A, with battery case, headset, and cables, and canvas holdall, 1944 (c); associated with World War Two, North West Europe (1944-1945). | Scientific Instruments | 1994-05-113 |
| Mine detector, No 4A, with battery case, headset, and cables, and canvas holdall, 1944 (c); associated with World War Two, North West Europe (1944-1945). | Equipment, general | 1994-05-113 |
| Photograph album of 49 photographs compiled by Rudolf George Jelf, King's Royal Rifle Corps, Chitral, 1895; associated with Chitral Relief Force, Khyber Rifles, 14th Sikhs and India, North West Frontier. (Album dimensions: 38 x 54 x 6 cm). | Photographs | 1965-09-137 |
| Rangefinding equipment for fieldglasses, 1882-1890; designed by Capt Charles McGuire Bate, Royal Engineers; patent Number 4871; made by Messrs Elliot Bros, London. | Scientific Instruments | 1992-12-75 |
| Photograph album of 162 photographs compiled by Maj Gen Dennis Reed dealing with the 10th Indian Division in Italy and Germany; associated with World War Two, Italy (1943-1945) and World War Two, Middle East (1940-1943), 1941-1943. (Album dimensions: 30 x 38 x 3 cm). | Photographs | 1957-10-8 |