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Three sheet photocopy of 1:500 plan of the Royal Army Clothing Depot, Pimlico, 1865; from Public Record Office; with extract from large scale Ordnance Survey Map showing its location. Archives 1998-02-213
Two reels of cine film: 3rd Indian Cavalry 1938-1939; cine film taken by J P N Graham; video copies available (VHS and U-Matic). Film and Videos 1980-09-1
An Order and six medals awarded to Arthur George Alford, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, during World War Two: Order of the British Empire, Member 1945; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star 1940-43; Burma Star 1941-45; Defence Medal 1939-45; British War Medal 1939-45. Medals 1998-10-165
Painted wooden sign, 1945 (c). Equipment, general 1998-10-170
Royal Army Ordnance Corps recruiting video, 1989; VHS video cassette. Film and Videos 1997-11-174
Royal Army Ordnance Corps. The Right Choice. Recruiting video, 1988; VHS video cassette. Film and Videos 1997-11-175
Uniform worn by Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth de Benstead Bennett, 1940 (c), Royal Army Ordnance Corps, India, 1947-1959: No 1 dress tunic; shoulder strap; peaked forage cap; officer's No 1 dress trousers; spurs. Uniforms 1998-12-2
Infantry officer's sword, pattern 1895; blade has the cypher of George V inscribed on it, as well as the maker's name, Henry Wilkinson; usual type guard; scabbard of leather and a scabbard of steel; associated with Lt Col J R Slade-Baker, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Edged Weapons 1960-08-263
Berthier M1916 8 mm bolt action carbine, marked to W R Lee, RASC. Firearms 1965-10-204-104
Collection of papers: three field service post cards sent by George Bock, 1916-1917; eleven 'On Active Service' envelopes sent by George Bock, 1916-1917; Regional Air Watches training course certificate of attendance issued to Mr Edwin Butler, Nov 1940 at Wrexham; publicity leaflets for wartime national savings bonds; ten exercise books used by Pte Ian Milne Ross, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, in 1954 whilst attending a course at the School of Ammunition; file of cyctostyled instruction notes from the School of Ammunition, 1951-1953. Archives 1999-02-117
Two maps collected by Conductor John Milne Ross, Royal Army Ordnance Corps: silk escape map of Burma, 1943; cotton map showing the zones of France (Mar 1944) including German occupied territory, Vichy, and coastal zones. Maps 1999-02-119
Large group photograph of the No 2 Vehicle Park, 15 Vehicle Company (AOD) Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 17 Aug 1944. Photographs 1999-02-121
Sepoy's fringed turban flash worn by Conductor John Milne Ross, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, attached to the Indian Army Ordnance Corps, 1939-1945. Badges 1999-03-33
A pair of identity discs, 1942 (c); belonging Capt K W Maxwell, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Equipment, general 1997-12-49
Three unembossed identity discs, 1942 (c); associated with Capt K W Maxwell, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Equipment, general 1997-12-48
Other ranks No 2 dress tunic for the eighties, frock serge B, 1979 (c), Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Uniforms 1999-03-124
Identity tag of Pte Alan Ball, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, National Service and Territorial Army, 1950-1959. Equipment, general 1995-01-148
Collection of relics associated with the British Army 1914-1960 (c); pane of stained glass window from Ypres Cathedral, collected by Lt Col J M Rogers Tillstone, 1914; two pulley wheels, 1914 (c); fragment of wood from a Handley Page Aeroplane, 1918; 50 papers badges from various regiments, 1920-60 (c); two woollen dolls, one made by a soldier of the Seaforth Highlanders, 1918 (c); steel mess tin handle, 1916 (c); two boot hooks, 1945 (c); three charitable flag-day token flags, 1918 (c); copper charitable flag-day badge, 1918; aluminium washer, 1918; copper halfpenny coin, 1918 (c); white metal model tank, 1919 (c). Associated with World War One, Western Front (1914-1918). Equipment, general 1963-07-36
Clay cannon ball, thought to be used as a practice shot with half charge, nd; associated with the Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Ammunition 1963-10-350
Two Windsor chairs, 1893-1915; with splayed backs, spindle legs and slightly shaped seats; one is stamped, 'MAKER HUGH WYCOMBE 1915 WG', and the other, 'W.C. Y.L.I. GLENISTER MAKER WYCOMBE 1893'; used by the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Hereford, until 1976. Furniture 1977-01-21
Items collected by and relating to Capt R K Mosley, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 1942-1946. Archives 1997-02-14
Items collected by and relating to Capt R K Mosley, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 1942-1946. Maps 1997-02-14
Collection of recruiting literature relating to the British Army, 1983-1994, covering regiments, brigades, transport and logistics, medical and support staff. Archives 1995-02-83
No 2 Mk I .38 in revolver, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 1931 (c) with canvas tank style holster, cleaning rod and lanyard. Firearms 1994-11-279
No 2 Mk I .38 in revolver, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 1931 (c) with canvas tank style holster, cleaning rod and lanyard. Equipment, general 1994-11-279
Lecture notes and other training material of Maj John Max Keyworth, RAOC, 1943-1946, including Cairo Fasa programmes, 1946. Archives 1997-06-39
Colour transparencies from an Army briefing pack. Subjects include British Army equipment, vehicles and activities. Photographs 1997-06-127
Collection of 18 leaflets produced for Army recruiting purposes, various regiments, 1975-1995. Archives 1995-12-146
Letter from 'Colin' with RAOC detail, R A Heavy Battery to 'Kathleen' from Jamestown, St Helena, 20 Jan 1940. Archives 1997-12-6
3 Photographs collected by 'Colin' RAOC, 1947. Photographs 1997-12-7
Certificate awarded in appreciation of good service to Corporal E Cox, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 6 Jun 1946, and signed by the Deputy Quarter Master General; associated with World War Two. Archives 1996-04-178
Three identity tags owned by Pte Arthur Simister, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 1940-1942: pair of War Department issue identity tags, 1940; German POW camp identity tag, 1942. Equipment, general 1982-09-10
Warrant appointing Ng Sheung Kay a Warrant Officer in the Royal Army Corps from 13 Apr 1987. Archives 1996-07-33
Papers relating to Sgt (later Maj) W R Murphy, RA 1894-1902 and Royal Indian Army Ordnance Corps, 1902 (c)-1914. Archives 1993-01-131
Papers relating to Sgt (later Maj) W R Murphy, RA 1894-1902 and Royal Indian Army Ordnance Corps, 1902 (c)-1914. Photographs 1993-01-131
View from Oflag IXA internment camp, of a small village across the river Rhine, with hills and mountains beyond, inscribed below 'OCT 1941'. Watercolour by Lt J W Burghope, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 1944; signed at bottom right. Drawings and Watercolours 1999-10-46
View of part of Oflag IX A/Z or Zweilager at Rothenburg, inscribed at lower left, ''IX A/Z'/ SEPT 1942'. Pencil drawing by Lt J W Burghope, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 1942; initialled at bottom right. Drawings and Watercolours 1999-10-47
View of Spangenberg castle, Oflag IX A/H Oberlager, inscribed verso 'Schloss Spangenburg/ Summer 1944'. Watercolour by Lt J W Burghope, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 1944; signed at lower left. Drawings and Watercolours 1999-10-48
View of large half-timbered farmhouse, inscribed verso 'ERBE BAUERN-GUT/ BERGHEIM', possibly connected with the Oflag at Warburg, 1944. Watercolour by Lt J W Burghope, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 1944; signed at lower left. Drawings and Watercolours 1999-10-49
Circular letters, Order of Service and souvenir postcards relating to North West Europe; probably collected by Edward Marks, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Archives 1994-04-98
Papers of Major O Wright Holmes, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 1939-1982, chronicling in detail his career, most of which was spent in India. Archives 1994-05-25
Programme and invitation card to the farewell visit of HM Queen Elizabeth II, Colonel-in-Chief Royal Army Ordnance Corps, at Blackdown Barracks, 19 Mar 1993. Archives 1993-04-292
British forces Mail Aerogramme from Cpl Steve Reeder, 91 Ordnance Coy at Al Jubayl, to his parents, during the Gulf War, 11 Jan 1991. Archives 1994-06-206
Papers relating to Corporal R Partridge, South Staffordshire Regiment 1944-46, and Royal Army Ordnance Corps 1946-48, serving in the United Kingdom, Canal Zone and Cyprus: a detailed list of the collection is available. Archives 1993-09-78
Papers collected by 24057159 WO2 David Langham, 81 Ordnance Company, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 1982-1994; associated with the South Atlantic (Falklands War) (1982), Archives 1999-11-171
Collection of 106 colour photographs relating to the South Atlantic (Falklands War) (1982), Apr to Jul 1982, taken by 24057159 WO2 David Langham, 81 Ordnance Company, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Photographs 1999-11-172
VIVE LA FRANCE, VIVENT LES ALLIES, 1944 (c). Handkerchief made of pink acrylic fabric, printed in blue, red, white and yellow; with the American and British flags, and a cockerel in the colours of hte French 'tricolour' above a red circle inscribed 'URSS'; the cockeral is also decorated with the 'Cross of Lorraine', the symbol of the French Free Forces; collected by Maj John Max Keyworth, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Crafts 1999-11-183
Handkerchief celebrating the Allies, World War Two, 1944 (c); made of black acrylic fabric, printed in blue, red, white and yellow; with the Russian, British, American and French flags projecting from a tricolour rosette; collected by Maj John Max Keyworth, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Crafts 1999-11-184
Handkerchief celebrating the Allies, World War One, 1917 (c); made of silk, printed in blue, red and yellow; collected by Maj John Max Keyworth, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Crafts 1999-11-185
White peace poppy buttonhole or lapel badge, 1993; given to Maj R J Powell, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Equipment, general 1994-01-121
Collection of papers accumulated by Cpl Jack Robinson, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 1942-1946. Archives 1992-03-222
Locomotive nameplate, 'Greensleeves', 1943-1965 (c); AD 158 was one of the many steam locomotives that shunted in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps Depot, 1943-1965; Greensleeves was named after a member of the Women's Royal Army Corps serving in Bicester. Equipment, general 1993-12-109
Postcard sent by W A Croft, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, to his wife to inform her of his safe arrival from Dunkirk from Margate 31 May 1940. Archives 1990-02-51
Four forms used by WO2 W H Smart, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, during the Gulf War 1990-1991. Archives 1992-04-172
Seven postcards relating to the German invasion of Crete, May 1941, given to Charles Hill, Royal Army Ordnance Corps att Ind Inf BADF W/S; Hill was himself evacuated from Crete. Archives 1992-04-213
Papers relating to 81 Ordnance Coy in the South Atlantic (Falklands War) (1982), includes: three cargo and stowage reports, a press cutting and nominal roll. Archives 1992-04-350
Papers relating to the transport of 81 Ordnance Coy Royal Army Ordnance Corps, to the South Atlantic, May 1982, includes: an Operation CORPORATE admin instruction, loading list and menus; associated with South Atlantic (Falklands War) (1982). Archives 1992-07-74
108 files of manuscript notes, newspaper and magazine cuttings and ephemera relating to the British Army. Archives 1992-07-94
Papers relating to Pte (later WO1) H W D Finch, Suffolk Regiment and Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 1933-1956, includes: Soldier's Service and Pay Book and correspondence. Archives 1992-08-11
Photocopy of manuscript account by WO1 Frank Mountain, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 82 (WA) Division, of the activities of No 5 Air Maintenance Organisation in the Arakan 1944-1945; with Japanese military issue 1/4 rupee note signed by members of an ENSA concert party, 1945. Archives 1992-12-40
Documents collected by Pte Brian Stocks, Royal Army Service Corps, a prisoner of war at Singapore, Feb 1942 to Sept 1945: diaries; catalogues; a photograph; leaflet; currency. Archives 2000-03-154
Papers relating to the history of Stonecutter's Island, Hong Kong 1844-1993; the depot of the Hong Kong Military Service Corps was located on Stonecutter's Island. Archives 2000-07-92
Token, Navy, Army and Air Force Institute (NAAFI), 1944-1945 (c); worth a half franc, used in Europe 1944-1945; associated with L W Slade, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Equipment, general 2000-09-8
Waistbelt, 1899-1902 (c); made of leather and decorated with fourteen cap and collar badges. Equipment, general 2000-09-13
No 4 dress tunic and trousers, Sam Browne waistbelt and shoulder sling, 1948-1980; worn by Col Leslie Collingwood Sharpe, 1st Bn Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own), when Col (Q) C & T 2 MOD and member of Army Dress Committee and afterwards 1964-1980; waistbelt and shoulder sling, both of Indian hide, were specially selected for Col Sharpe by RSM G B A Chittock, Essex Regiment, of Highgate School from a selection at Moss Bros. Equipment, uniform 2000-09-40
Bush jacket and trousers worn by Col Leslie Collingwood Sharpe when OC 28 COMWEL OFP 1966-1967 and OC 3 Sub-depot 3 BOD Singapore, 1967-68, Royal Army Ordnance Corps; garter flashes worn when Collingwood serving with 28th Commonwealth Brigade and at 3 BOD Singapore 1966-1968; hose tops worn by donor at St Barbara's Day parade in Singapore 1967. Uniforms 2000-09-41
Bush jacket and trousers, 1971-1973; worn by Col Leslie Collingwood Sharpe, when commander Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Cyprus 1971-1973. Uniforms 2000-09-43
Pullover, 1951-1979; worn under shooting jacket when target shooting by Col Leslie Collingwood Sharpe, Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) and Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Uniforms 2000-09-45
Shirt 1968-1980; worn by Royal Army Ordnance Corps officers prior to the issue of the 'Shirt Man's, officers'; this example was worn by Col Leslie Collingwood Sharpe, 1968-1980. Uniforms 2000-09-47
Two shirts, man's officer's No 2 dress, 1975-1980; worn by Col Leslie Collingwood Sharpe, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Uniforms 2000-09-48
Field service forage cap and three lanyards, 1971-1975; worn by Col Leslie Collingwood Sharpe, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, when Commanding Officer Ord Dep, Cyprus, 1971-1973, and when GSO1 (W) RARDE 1973-1975. Uniforms 2000-09-49
Universal pattern hosetops, socks, puttees, bootlaces, service dress peaked forage cap chinstraps and slip-on shoulder straps, 1956-1980; worn by Col Leslie Collingwood Sharpe. Uniforms 2000-09-51
Losses register form the Thatcham Sub Depot, Base Ordnance Depot, Bicester, 1968-1995; the commandant of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps (latterly Royal Logistic Corps) sub-depot had the power to write off material (eg lost in transit) to a value of £1000. Archives 2000-10-67
Papers, mainly correspondence, of Miss P M Froom, Auxiliary Territorial Service, 1939-1997. Archives 2000-11-57
Album of 181 photographs compiled by Edward Marks, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, first as a boy soldier, then as a trained soldier, 1938-1946; associated with the United Kingdom, Germany, India, Hong Kong and Malaya. Photographs 1994-04-99
7 photographs collected by Edward Marks, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 1938-1946 (c). Photographs 1994-04-100
Cigarette dehumidifier tin for removing dampness, pattern 1943, 1943-1945; associated with 10569376 Conductor John Milne Ross, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Burma; top of tin contains calcium chloride. Equipment, general 2001-01-561
Programme for a concert given by 10 Vehicle Company at the Royal Army Ordnance Corps Concert Party, ex prisoners of war at No 1 Transit Camp, Bari, Italy, 18 Dec 1943; associated with World War Two, POWs, Italy (1941-1945). Archives 2001-02-8
Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Hand painted and carved wooden shield-shaped plaque, 1950 (c); maker unknown, stamped on the back, 'Made in Gt. Britain'; associated with the Royal Army Ordnance Corps; carved with the Garter around the Shield of the Board of Ordnance, on a striped navy red and yellow ground, an inscribed gold ribbon below the whole. Crafts 2001-02-143
Album of 164 photographs compiled by SQMS Sumsion Royal Army Ordnance Corps, while stationed in the Citadel, Cairo, Egypt, 1945 (c); one of two albums containing a total of 315 images. Photographs 1995-06-88-2
747 photographs of trades in which Women's Royal Army Corps personnel were employed, 1950-1989 (c); relating to signalling, artillery, mechanical roles, intelligence, the medical service, physical training, the postal service, radar, supply, catering and animals. Photographs 1994-07-317
Black plastic case containing medicine capsules, 1990-1991 (c); stamped on front with instructions for use; used by 9th Ordnance Bn Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Gulf War (1990-1991). Medical Equipment 2001-02-476
Iraqi medical kit, 1990-1991; green metal case containing: small bandages; a plastic tube with powder; cotton pads; two yellow tubes, one of which contains a white powder and the other two ampoules; plastic case containing two ampoule syringes sealed in plastic bags; associated with 9th Ordnance Bn Royal Army Ordnance Corps, and the Gulf War (1990-1991). Medical Equipment 2001-02-477
Iraqi medical kit, 1990-1991; green metal case containing: small bandages; a plastic tube with powder; cotton pads; two yellow tubes, one of which contains a white powder and the other two ampoules; plastic case containing two ampoule syringes sealed in plastic bags; associated with 9th Ordnance Bn Royal Army Ordnance Corps, and the Gulf War (1990-1991). Equipment, general 2001-02-477
Swiss wood and canvas snowshoes, sealed pattern, 1960; associated with the Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Equipment, general 1985-12-121
Canadian snowshoes, sealed pattern, 1959; associated with the Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Equipment, general 1985-12-120
Leather ski bindings, sealed pattern, 1957; associated with the Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Equipment, general 1985-12-109
Ski bindings, sealed pattern, 1959; associated with the Royal Army Ordnance Corps; includes cardboard box. Equipment, general 1985-12-107
India General Service Medal 1908-35, with clasp: Malabar 1921-22, awarded to Pte D Frater, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Medals 2001-03-28
General Service Medal 1918-62, with clasp: Bomb and Mine Clearance 1945-49, awarded to Pte H W Taylor, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Medals 2001-03-29
64 photographs taken by Cpl Roy Partridge, South Staffordshire Regiment and Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Cyprus and Egypt, 1946. Photographs 1993-09-79
7 photographs taken from a German prisoner of war on Crete by Charles Hill, Royal Army Ordnance Corps attached No. 4 Ind Inf BAD W/S, May 1941. Photographs 1992-04-214
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
68 photographs taken by Capt A D Stevens, 81 Ordnance Corps, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Falklands Campaign, 1982. Photographs 1993-12-49
40 colour photographs relating to the Royal Army Ordnance Corps during the Gulf War, 1990-1991. Photographs 1992-04-241
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
66 photographs mostly taken by Capt B E Scott, Intelligence Corps India, in India and Burma, 1942-1947; relating to the Far East campaign 1941-1945, World War Two; subjects include POW camps and Japanese POWs, officers messes, a dinner dance, a paddle steamer, Royal Marines, motor transport, photographic van, pagodas, views, a jeep, a cemetry, a Japanese field gun, light tanks, blanket bombing, tank traps and the Viceregal state drive through Delhi. Photographs 1996-07-131
Eight die stamps used by armourers at Weedon to mark any weapon inspected or repaired: 'W' in large star; 'W' in small star; HS in circle (H Sidwell); DP; asterisk; 'L'; 'S'. Equipment, general 1965-01-44
6 photographs, 1910 (c) and 1920; collected by J N Alty; subjects include portraits, groups and inspections; units include the Yeoman of the Guard, 20th (The East Devonshire) Regiment of Foot, Post Office Rifles, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and the Boys Brigade. Photographs 1987-11-98
Shamagh, worn by Sgt David John Miles when serving as an Army Photographer with the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Gulf War (1990-1991), 1991 (c). Uniforms 2001-09-268