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Description | Object Type | NAM Accession Number |
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Pair of chain link burnishers, 1950 (c); square piece of heavy duty hide with chain links fixed through pierced edges; the links form a chain mail front. | Equipment, general | 1982-04-785 |
Soviet 7.62 mm PKT machine gun, 1980 (c); with solenoid trigger for use in armoured vehicles, used by Iraqi forces during Gulf War 1990-1991. | Firearms | 1996-08-230 |
'Location of Hospitals and Casualty Clearing Stations British Expeditionary Force 1914-1919. Photocopy of record, compiled by the Ministry of Pensions in 1923; associated with World War One. | Archives | 1995-07-77 |
Flintlock jezail, 1809-1900; supposedly collected by Maj D H Acworth of 55th Coke's Rifles who served in the Mohmund campaign of 1908 (?), barrel 56 in long and bound to stock with ornamental brass bands; the muzzle is flared and the barrel has ornamental panels forged into it; butt of North West Frontier Police with mother of pearl inlay and carving; East India Company lock. | Firearms | 1950-10-30 |
Flintlock smoothbore jezail, 1800-1900; barrel 44 in long and bound to stock with brass bands; East India Company lock; forestock brass covered; butt highly curved with some pearl inlay intact. | Firearms | 1950-12-18 |
Two regimental canes, 1950 (c); owned by Major Peter Henry Edward Borwick, Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's Own). | Equipment, general | 1982-04-798 |
Vickers-Maxim .303 in machine gun, 1898; associated with Pte John Barry VC, Royal Irish Regiment; manufactured by Vickers, Sons and Maxin, with some parts of Maxim, Nordenfeldt and Company, London; associated with the Boer War (1899-1902). | Firearms | 1951-12-41 |
Flintlock trade musket, 1800 (c); commercially manufactured; stock covered in red and black lacquer; barrel 37 in long; lock made at the Tower. | Firearms | 1952-04-75 |
Mess tin with khaki drill cover, 1917; owned by J D Maxwell; made by the Sutherland Metal Company, Birmingham. | Equipment, general | 1982-05-2 |
Details, including photocopies of documents in the India Office Library, relating to the career of Maj Gen G C Ponsonby, Bengal Army. | Archives | 1995-07-78 |
Photocopy of the memoirs of Maj John Ffrench, 6th Rajputana Rifles, 1940-1947, written in 1989; associated with World War Two. | Archives | 1995-07-79 |
Iron ration tin, 1914 (c); made of sheet steel with tinned seams; impressed, 'DINNER/ COCOA'; the front bears the remains of a printed paper label; the cap at the top and bottom are secured with metal strips and opened with a key operated by a tab (missing at one end). | Equipment, general | 1982-05-3 |
Winchester lever-action .44 in rifle M1866 1870 (c); octagonal barrel. | Firearms | 1996-08-244 |
Rules of the Women's Royal Army Corps Headquarters Mess, 1965, with a note on the proposing of toasts. | Archives | 1995-07-80 |
Sharps Model 1855 .577 in breechloading sporting capping carbine, 1856 (c); falling block breechloading probably for the Maynard metallic cartridge of 1856. | Firearms | 1963-12-251 |
Copy of Captain R C W Hill's prisoner of war and escape diary, 21 Jun 1942 to 15 Jan 1944, with a resume of his career (pp7) and another short account entitled, 'Jaundice'; Hill served with the 4th Durham Survey Regiment, Royal Artillery. | Archives | 1995-07-82 |
Respirator case, 1941; khaki drill square case for suspended filter type respirator; back is double ply and forms two narrow pockets; front is lower then the sides which form flaps; printed inside with the maker, M and Co (?); webbing suspension strap; inside the case is a smaller bag with brass bound ventilation holes. | Equipment, general | 1982-05-39 |
Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk I** .303 in bolt action rifle, 1908; converted from Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk I in 1915 at Enfield for the Navy. | Firearms | 1963-12-251 |
Austen Mk I 9 mm sub machine gun, 1942-1945 (c); with bakelite grips and camouflaged with green paint. | Firearms | 1963-12-251 |
Thompson M1 .45 in sub machine gun, 1943 (c); used by the Indian Army in the Burma Campaign, World War Two. | Firearms | 1963-12-251 |
Matchlock torador, 1857-1859; bell mouthed barrel secured by thongs and insulated wire to stock; stock slightly curved and chamfered; used in the Indian Mutiny and recovered during railway construction at Jhansi in 1898. | Firearms | 1963-02-24 |
Papers of Sergeant Edward Alfred Bickle, Royal Fusiliers, 1939-1945: National Service certificate of registration; soldier's service and pay book; two receipts; leave pass, 1941; two envelopes; clothing coupons; a US Army song book, 1941; Bickle's will, 17 Jan 1944; team sheet for a Christmas football match; pay book receipt; six letters to his mother from Cairo, April to October 1945; telegram to Bickle, 1945; greetings card; 'Horse shit cigarettes' carton. | Archives | 1999-08-1 |
Photographs relating to Maj M C Holmes, 10/11th Sikh Regiment; India, 1915-1920; staff of 13 Prisoner of War Camp, Bairagarh, Bhopal State, 1941 until 1943 and 67 Rest Camp, Poona, 1943; Attock fort, Punjab North West Frontier border; conferring with Afridi tribesman. | Photographs | 1997-08-49 |
Papers of Maj T A E Prentice, 9th Battalion 19th Hyderabad Regiment; associated with World War Two 1939-1945. | Archives | 1995-07-83 |
Model 1896 Mauser 7 mm bolt action magazine rifle, 1898 (c). Brought back from the Boer War (1899-1902) by Capt (later Lt Col) Francis Goddard, Royal Munster Fusiliers. | Firearms | 1961-10-8 |
Lee-Metford Mk I* .303 in bolt action magazine rifle, 1890; issued to the South Staffordshire Regiment in August 1901. | Firearms | 1961-10-44 |
Vickers Berthier .303 in Mk III machine gun, 1933 (c); issued to the Indian Army in 1933; with bipod and magazine. | Firearms | 1962-08-44 |
First draft of the regimental history of the Sikh Light Infantry, 1941-1947, by John Hookway, 1995; associated with World War Two, Far East. | Archives | 1995-07-84 |
Ten photographs of Sgt Edward Alfred Bickle, Royal Fusiliers, 1940 (c)-1945: Pte Bickle and three colleagues, UK; LCpl Bickle, UK; Cpl Bickle, 1943, in tropical dress; two of Cpl Bickle, Cairo, 1944; two of Sgt Bickle and a friend, Feb 1945; two of Sgt Bickle, Ismailia, 10 Jul 1945; Sgt Bickle and a friend. | Photographs | 1999-08-2 |
32 photographs relating to the service of Col M D M Humphrey, Auxiliary Territorial Service and Women's Royal Army Corps, 1940 (c)-1990. | Photographs | 1997-08-51 |
Martini-Metford/Enfield .45 in breech-loading artillery carbine, 1899-1902 (c).Commercially produced by British Small Arms Company, Birmingham, 1898 (c). Drilled at the chamber to deactivate. It belonged to Capt Lancelot Hamber (1862-1926) who served in the East Lancashire Regiment during the Boer War (1899-1902). Carved inscription on butt. | Firearms | 1965-11-57 |
Research notes of Mr Jack Brewin, principally concerning the Free French and Vichy French during World War Two, 1939-1945. | Archives | 1995-07-87 |
Sergeant of Foot Guards' Brunswick .704 in rifle, 1847; two groove barrel; subsequently fitted with sling-bar and ring; intended for issue to the Cape Mounted Rifles. | Firearms | 1978-05-44 |
Short Magazine Lee-Enfield .303 in bolt action rifle No 4 Mk I, 1941 (c); sectioned for instructional and training purposes. | Firearms | 1978-11-54 |
Vickers .303 in Mk I medium machine gun, 1918 (c); with mounting, dated 1944, and tripod Mk IV dated 1942. | Firearms | 1978-11-57 |
Lewis .303 in Mk I light machine gun, 1914; manufactured by the Birmingham Small Arms Company. | Firearms | 1978-11-58 |
Bren .303 in Mk I light machine gun, 1938 (c); issued to the British Army. | Firearms | 1978-11-59 |
Vickers Berthier .303 in Mk III light machine gun, 1935-1945; adopted by the Indian Army in 1933. | Firearms | 1978-11-60 |
Sten Mk III 9 mm sub machine gun, 1942 (c); manufactured in England and Canada; issued to the British Army in World War Two. | Firearms | 1978-11-66 |
Two ledger books held by the War Office, 1915-1940, dealing with honours and awards: Honours and Awards: circulars, army orders and royal warrants, 1915-1918; Honours and awards, policy 1939-1940, particularly towards the French. | Archives | 1999-08-3 |
Transcript account of the battle of Castella, 1813, by Captain T Molloy, 27th Regiment of Foot. | Archives | 1995-07-88 |
Papers relating to Colonel Guy Hamilton Russell, Indian Army, 1911-1972; associated with the 3rd Afghan War 1919. | Archives | 1995-07-89 |
Books and papers of James Whitfield, Superintendant of the Ordnance Factory at Dehra Dun. | Archives | 1997-08-52 |
Mess tin cover and case, for mounted troops, 1915; made of tinned steel; lid covers the body and each bears a pair of loops through which is threaded a strap; wire handle folds inside the body of the tin; two notches in the lid allow it remain in place when the handle is extended; two semi circular containers fit in to the body, with a knife made by Robert F Mosley, Sheffield; khaki drill case. | Equipment, general | 1982-05-41 |
Percussion jezail, 1791; converted from a flintlock jezail; fitted with an East India Company lock made by Henshaw; the butt is short and deeply curved having both Northern and Central Indian characteristics; the barrel is attached to stock by ten brass capucines and the muzzle is bound by with brass wire. | Firearms | 1963-11-33 |
Winchester Model 1895 .30 in lever-action magazine rifle, 1905 (c); red band on butt indicates issue to the Home Guard in World War Two; box magazine, sling swivels and a bayonet fitting; with associated sling. | Firearms | 1963-12-251 |
Arisaka Type 99 7.7 mm bolt action magazine rifle, 1939-1945; used by the Japanese Army in World War Two. | Firearms | 1963-12-251 |
Items of equipment owned by Lt J A F Barthorp, F Coy 1st Bn Northamptonshire Regiment, 1920 (c): waterbottle, manufactured privately to War Department recommended type; compass case, made by L F and Company, 1915 (c); map case, containing a pencil made by Cumberland Pencil Company Limited and a protractor made by Aston and Mander Limited, 1913; binocular case. | Equipment, general | 1982-05-70 |
Items of equipment owned by Lt J A F Barthorp, F Coy 1st Bn Northamptonshire Regiment, 1920 (c): waterbottle, manufactured privately to War Department recommended type; compass case, made by L F and Company, 1915 (c); map case, containing a pencil made by Cumberland Pencil Company Limited and a protractor made by Aston and Mander Limited, 1913; binocular case. | Scientific Instruments | 1982-05-70 |
Typescript copies of 13 letters by G H B Beaumont of life in Barkly West during the Boer War, 1899-1902, with an explanation of how the bridge over the River Vaal was saved; with facsimile of 'The Ladysmith Lyre'. | Archives | 1995-07-92 |
Swinburne-Henry .45 in breechloading carbine, 1874; issued to the Natal Mounted Police who were formed in 1874 by Major T.G. Dartwell and were involved at the Battle of Isandlwana. | Firearms | 1965-10-204-117 |
Papers relating to the 53rd Sikhs Frontier Force and the Zakka Khel expedition, 1908-1924; associated with India, North West Frontier, Bazar Valley Field Force (1908). | Archives | 1995-07-93 |
Smooth bore Pattern 1867 percussion cavalry carbine, 1868 (c); issued to the Bengal Light Cavalry; with a swivel type ramrod; fixed V back sight; slide and suspension ring; barrel affixed with two steel bands. | Firearms | 1966-05-13 |
Afghan matchlock torador used in the 2nd Afghan War, 1878-1880; presented to Major Shaw of the Indian Army, whilst he was commanding a detachment in Waziristan, by the King of all the Waziris, who had used it to snipe at Lord Roberts during the Afghan War; the stock is strongly curved, made of hard dark brown wood and equipped with a folding pronged tripod rest, of wood with iron filaments and is covered with a thick saddle of camel-skin. | Firearms | 1966-10-9 |
Mauser 7 mm bolt action carbine, 1896 (c); used by the Boers; the stock was at one time broken off and has been repaired. | Firearms | 1967-08-5 |
Notebooks, regional and trench maps, unused notebooks, printed booklets of Captain Siegfried Sassoon, World War One, Western Front (1914-1918). | Archives | 1995-08-11 |
Notebooks, regional and trench maps, unused notebooks, printed booklets of Captain Siegfried Sassoon, World War One, Western Front (1914-1918). | Maps | 1995-08-11 |
Westley Richards .45 in breechloading percussion 'Monkey Tail' carbine, 1880 (c); civilian sporting model made by Williamson of London. According to a plaque on the butt the weapon was captured from a Boer named Fourie by Lt Col George Frederick Gildea on 20 Dec 1880. Associated with the Transvaal War (1880-1881). | Firearms | 1969-07-6 |
2 photographs of Gen Claude Auchinleck visiting the ordnance factory at Dehra Dun, 1945 (c). | Photographs | 1997-08-53 |
Two photographs of the Gordon Highlanders in India, 1927 (c). | Photographs | 1997-08-54 |
Seven photographs of Maj M C Holmes of 10/11th Sikh Regiment and family 1944, including a photo of his widow with his medals and his grave, 1990 (c). | Photographs | 1997-08-55 |
33 photographs regarding the Indian Army; collected by Capt A Lerwill. | Photographs | 1997-08-56 |
Two items of equipment, both with War Department marks, 1943: paraffin lamp; thermos flask. | Equipment, general | 1982-05-71 |
Commission signed by Lord Rockingham appointing William Danby, Deputy Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire, 1779. | Archives | 1995-08-12 |
Certificates accompanying the award of the Saudi Arabian Kuwait Liberation Medal to Sergeant T H Smith, Royal Anglian Regiment; associated with the Gulf War, 1990-1991. | Archives | 1995-08-33 |
Photocopied recommendation for the award of the Military Medal to Gunner J Hogan, 8th Canadian Field Regiment, for extinguishing a fire in an ammunition dump, 15 Oct 1944. | Archives | 1995-08-34 |
Items of equipment, 1915-1942 (c): respirator, case and anti-dimming outfit, 1942; leather shaving case, containing a pewter box and a purple leather razor case, 1915 (c); waterbottle ad holder, 1915 (c) | Equipment, general | 1982-05-72 |
Photocopied and typescript papers relating to Captain C A Carthew, 16th Bengal Cavalry, including his service record, detailed journal of shooting expeditions, Apr to Sept 1868, and material relating to the 2nd Afghan War and his death. | Archives | 1995-08-35 |
Lee-Enfield India Pattern Mk I* .303 in bolt action cavalry carbine; issued to Assam Valley Light Horse; presented to Lt Col J S Elliot VD on his retirement; used by the Home Guard during World War Two when it was fitted with modern sling swivels. | Firearms | 1973-09-20 |
Lee Metford Mk I .303 in bolt action carbine, 1895. Issued to 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) in 1900 as weapon number 885. Nitro-Proof marks present; indistinct marks on butt indicate possible issue to 19th Lancers. | Firearms | 1973-09-60 |
Vickers-Berthier .303 in Mk III machine gun, 1935 (c); adopted by the Indian Army in 1933 and manufactured at the Indian Small Arms Factory, Ishapore; with spare barrel. | Firearms | 1974-06-29 |
Photocopy of the 1946 7th Bn King's Own Re-Union Association Handbook, listing the names of the members. | Archives | 1995-08-36 |
Carabine a Tige Model 1853; manufactured at Chatellerault, France 1856. | Firearms | 1974-07-30 |
Martini-Henry Mk II .450 in breechloading rifle, 1875. | Firearms | 1974-07-34 |
Bolt action Swift training rifle, 1940 (c); used for training the Home Guard. | Firearms | 1974-07-36 |
Royal Birthday. The story, recounted to an unknown person by Colonel C M Lane (MC), 2/15th Punjab Regiment, of the parade at Tandjong Priok prisoner of war camp, Java, on the occasion of George VI's birthday, 6 Jun 1942. | Archives | 1995-08-37 |
Pattern 1857 East India Company Sappers and Miners .577 in rifled carbine, 1857. | Firearms | 1975-03-13 |
Pattern 1907 Mk II short fencing musket, 1907 (c); converted from a Mk II Martini-Henry rifle, dated 1885; used for sport and physical training. | Equipment, general | 1975-08-33 |
Fencing musket No2, previously known as Mk X No1; components bear Ordnance ownership, view and sale marks; used for sport and physical training. | Equipment, general | 1976-10-5 |
Ferguson flintlock breechloading rifle, 1780 (c); made by Sir Joseph Hunt, probably for Volunteer Company in American War of Independence; designed by Captain Patrick Ferguson (1744-1780); rifled with 7 grooves, right-hand twist; replacement ramrod. | Firearms | 1976-11-74 |
Lee-Enfield No4 Mk I/2 .303 in bolt action, skeleton action, magazine rifle, 1949 (c); used for training and instructional purposes. | Firearms | 1976-12-96 |
Printed troop order issued to the Eagle Troop of Berwickshire Cavalry by Captain John Spottiswoode, at Spottiswoode, 24 Sept 1803. | Archives | 1995-08-38 |
Biographical study of Lt Col Charles John Aris (b 1874), 16th Lancers and 6th Dragoon Guards, who served during the Boer War and World War One, Western Front, 1893-1929, rising from the ranks to a commission. | Archives | 1995-08-39 |
Snider Enfield Mk I* .577 in centre-fire rifle, 1867 (c); lock dated 1860; Snider breechloading conversion of Enfield rifle-musket. | Firearms | 1977-09-125 |
Short Magazine Lee-Enfield .303 in skeleton action rifle, 1915 (c); used for instructional purposes. | Firearms | 1978-02-45 |
Sten Mk IIS 9 mm silenced sub machine gun, 1942 (c); issued to British Special Forces 1942-1960 (c). | Firearms | 1978-02-46 |
Breechloading experimental rifle; Gras breech and Pieri thumb trigger; British proof marks on barrel 1875 (c). | Firearms | 1979-07-7 |
New Land Pattern Sergeant's .78 in flintlock carbine, 1832 (c); barrel length 33.25 in, 6 in lock. | Firearms | 1979-07-50 |
Example of British Forces Mail Aerogramme sent from Gornji Vakuf during Operation GRAPPLE 5, 1995, Bosnia. | Archives | 1995-08-40 |
Late East India Company Pattern .75 in flintlock musket, 1838 (c); lock bears cypher of Queen Victoria. | Firearms | 1979-07-52 |
East India Company Pattern .75 in (11 bore) flintlock musket, 1820 (c); lock bears East Indian Company crest. | Firearms | 1979-07-53 |
Certificate accompanying Silver Jubilee Medal issued to Rifleman E G Hadley, 1st Bn King's Royal Rifle Corps, 6 May 1935; issued from Viceregal Lodge, Simla. | Archives | 1995-08-41 |
Paget .66 in flintlock cavalry carbine, 1808 (c). | Firearms | 1979-07-54 |
Enfield Pattern 1853, .577 in Percussion Rifle Musket, 1854. First pattern, lock dated 1854. | Firearms | 1979-07-60 |
Martini-Henry .450 in Mk II breechloading, lever-action rifle, 1876. | Firearms | 1979-07-61 |
Pattern 1904 Mk I short fencing musket, 1904-1907 (c); used for training purposes. | Equipment, general | 1979-07-62 |
Translation of a booklet given to Brigadier Alexander Cosby Fishburn Jackson detailing the regulations and privileges associated with the Order of Kutuzov; Jackson was presented with the award by the Russian ambassador in Tehran, 1944 (c). | Archives | 1995-08-42 |
Japanese Arisaka 6.5 mm bolt action carbine with integral folding bayonet, Meiji 44th Year, issued to Imperial Household Cavalry 1944 (c). | Firearms | 1979-07-130 |
Browning M1918 .30 in automatic rifle, 1939-1945; used by the Home Guard in World War Two; manufactured by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company. | Firearms | 1979-10-60 |
Short Magazine Lee-Enfield .303 in No 4 Mk I rifle, 1931; complete with sling and fitted with alloy butt-plate; manufactured for troop trials. | Firearms | 1980-03-82 |