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| Description | Object Type | NAM Accession Number |
|---|---|---|
| Report on Tibet Reliefs by Maj W A Colbourne, 1st Bn 15th Punjab Regiment, Gyantse, 1937: organisation and preparation of Relief before leaving Indian Station; the move from Calcutta to Gyantse; notes on Gyantse and Yatung; report on the active move carried out by this Detachment compiled by Lt H B Hudson; notes on Tibetan etiquette for the use of officers visiting Tibet, compiled by Mr Richardson, British Trade Agent, Gyantse; letter from the Choktey Jangpon, 4 Jun 1938, with translation. | Archives | 1999-02-19 |
| Photograph album of 125 photographs compiled by Maj W A Colbourne, 1st Bn 15th Punjab Regiment, relating to the Tibet relief expedition led by him in 1937. | Photographs | 1999-02-20 |
| Two sound cassettes: oral history interview with Mr Percy Desmond Caldicott who served with the Royal Artillery, 1939-1946, first with a heavy anti-aircraft battery in Great Britain and then in a training capacity in India. Interview conducted on 26 January 1999.(Transcript Available) | Sound Recordings | 1999-02-21 |
| Two sound cassettes: oral history interview with Capt Peter Marr, recalling his experiences when seconded from the Northumberland Fusiliers to the Sarawak Rangers, 1961-1964. Interview conducted on 18 September 1998. | Sound Recordings | 1999-02-22 |
| Three sound cassettes: oral history interview with Mr Peter George Scott, recalling his service with the 64th Road Construction Company and the 21st Airfield Construction Group, Royal Engineers, in Great Britain and Western Europe, 1943-1947; three cassettes. Interview conducted on 24 November 1998. | Sound Recordings | 1999-02-23 |
| Eleven shoulder titles and formation badges, Army Commandos, 1941-1945 (c). | Badges | 1985-12-90 |
| Vetterli-Vitali M1871 10.35 magazine rifle with cleaning rod; stated by donor to be smuggled into Northern Ireland for use of Protestant Volunteer Forces; this seems to be confirmed by the stamped Hand of Ulster, 1912 (c). | Firearms | 1988-09-48 |
| 7.92 mm self-loading Gewehr Model 43 rifle, 1943-1945 (c); used by the German Army in World War Two; gas operated and air cooled; cocking handle on left hand side of the rifle; crude manufacture (late war). | Firearms | 1963-12-251 |
| Double barrel 12 bore drilling shotgun with .38 in rifle barrel underneath; barrel marked Ernest Steigleder, Berlin, Suhl; the trigger guard is of horn; butt has a cheekpiece; of the type issued to the Luftwaffe. | Firearms | 1965-10-204-3 |
| Walther Gewehr 41(W) 7.92 mm self-loading rifle, 1941 (c); with magazine and flash eliminator. | Firearms | 1982-04-753 |
| German 13 mm bolt action anti-tank Mauser Model 1918 rifle, 1918; known as the Mauser Tank-Gewehr M1918; captured by 4th Bn Middlesex Regiment at Biticcourt near Bapaume; associated with World War One, Western Front (1914-1918). | Firearms | 1992-08-154 |
| Hungarian 8 mm Mannlicher M1895 bolt action rifle, 1909. | Firearms | 1992-08-170 |
| Mosin-Nagant 7.92 mm rifle M1891, 1901; possibly captured in Russia 1919. | Firearms | 1992-08-177 |
| Japanese 6.5 mm Arisaka rifle, Meiji 38th year type, 1930 (c); with arisaka bayonet, scabbard and frog. | Firearms | 1993-04-55 |
| Japanese 6.5 mm Arisaka rifle, Meiji 38th year type, 1930 (c); with arisaka bayonet, scabbard and frog. | Edged Weapons | 1993-04-55 |
| Japanese 6.5 mm Arisaka rifle, Meiji 38th year type, 1930 (c); with arisaka bayonet, scabbard and frog. | Equipment, general | 1993-04-55 |
| Percussion .704 in rifle, 1843; exact copy of the Brunswick Rifle of Belgian manufacture; with original red leather sling; associated bayonet similar to 1837 pattern Brunswick and dark leather scabbard with brass mouthpiece and chape and the socket for the loading rod incorporated; captured by the 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers) from a Russian Rifle Regiment in the Crimean War (1854-1856). | Firearms | 1973-09-34-1 |
| Percussion .704 in rifle, 1843; exact copy of the Brunswick Rifle of Belgian manufacture; with original red leather sling; associated bayonet similar to 1837 pattern Brunswick and dark leather scabbard with brass mouthpiece and chape and the socket for the loading rod incorporated; captured by the 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers) from a Russian Rifle Regiment in the Crimean War (1854-1856). | Equipment, general | 1973-09-34-1 |
| Percussion .704 in rifle, 1843; exact copy of the Brunswick Rifle of Belgian manufacture; with original red leather sling; associated bayonet similar to 1837 pattern Brunswick and dark leather scabbard with brass mouthpiece and chape and the socket for the loading rod incorporated; captured by the 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers) from a Russian Rifle Regiment in the Crimean War (1854-1856). | Edged Weapons | 1973-09-34-1 |
| Berdan .42 in single shot bolt action rifle Model 1871, 1885 (c); Russian inscription on barrel corroded; four notches on butt. | Firearms | 1978-11-53 |
| Model 1891/24 Mannlicher-Carcano 6.5 mm bolt action carbine, 1930 (c). | Firearms | 1978-11-56 |
| Fallschirmjagergewehr FG42 7.92 mm automatic rifle, 1942-1945; with bayonet; no magazine; used by German parachute troops in World War Two, in France and Italy. | Firearms | 1981-01-6 |
| Albini-Braendlin .60 in breechloading rimfire single shot rifle, 1857 (c); manufactured in Birmingham and used in Belgium, where it was used in 1867, to convert rifles; the breech hinges forward similarly to W Mont Storm Patent. | Firearms | 1963-12-251 |
| Model 1896 Mauser 7 mm bolt action magazine carbine, 1899 (c); commercially produced and used in the Boer War; originally the property of the late Major Longueville; with associated leather sling, which is probably original. | Firearms | 1966-02-16 |
| Model 1896 Mauser 7 mm bolt action magazine carbine, 1899 (c); commercially produced and used in the Boer War; originally the property of the late Major Longueville; with associated leather sling, which is probably original. | Equipment, general | 1966-02-16 |
| Mauser M1896 7 mm bolt action rifle, Boer Forces, Battle of Colenso Dec 15 1899, Boer War; recovered by (?) 2/Lt R Macleod, Royal Dublin Fusiliers (Macleod was wounded at Colenso). | Firearms | 1996-11-56 |
| Heckler and Koch, 7.62 mm G3A2 self-loading rifle 1974, British proof markings. | Firearms | 1996-07-93 |
| Heckler and Koch 7.62 mm G3FS self-loading rifle 1985 (c), plastic furniture and bipod. Heckler and Koch, 7.62 mm G3A2 self-loading rifle 1974, British proof markings. | Firearms | 1996-07-94 |
| Mauser KAR98 German 7.92 mm bolt action carbine 1940; Wehrmacht markings; associated with World War Two (1939-1945). | Firearms | 1996-07-97 |
| Japanese Arisaka 38th year 6.5 mm carbine; type used by British Army in World War One. | Firearms | 1996-08-214 |
| Russian .65 in flintlock carbine, stock damaged, front barrel band missing, Crimean War. | Firearms | 1996-08-247 |
| MP44 self-loading 7.92 mm rifle, 1944; also known as the Sturmgewehr or assault rifle; German forces, late World War Two. | Firearms | 1996-08-248 |
| Mauser Gewehr 98 7.92 mm bolt action rifle, 1901; used by the German Army in World War One, 20 shot magazine. | Firearms | 1996-08-249 |
| Model 1896 Mauser 7 mm bolt action rifle, 1896 (c); used by the Boers 1899-1902; inscription on butt to L J Denyssen and dated 1900; with remains of sling. | Firearms | 1996-08-250 |
| KAR 98 7.92 mm bolt action carbine, 1908 (c); associated thin leather sling. | Firearms | 1996-08-251 |
| KAR 98 7.92 mm bolt action carbine, 1908 (c); associated thin leather sling. | Equipment, general | 1996-08-251 |
| Turkish Mauser Model 1903 7.65 mm bolt action rifle 1905 (c). | Firearms | 1996-08-267 |
| Gewehr 88 8 mm bolt action magazine rifle, 1890; manufactured by Osterreichische Waffenfabrik Gesellschaft; excellent condition. | Firearms | 1965-10-204-120 |
| Mauser K98 7.92 mm bolt action rifle, 1939-1942; used in World War Two by the German Army; with associated leather sling. | Firearms | 1965-10-204-114 |
| Mauser K98 7.92 mm bolt action rifle, 1939-1942; used in World War Two by the German Army; with associated leather sling. | Equipment, general | 1965-10-204-114 |
| Mauser Karabiner 98 7.92 mm bolt action magazine carbine, 1918. | Firearms | 1965-10-204-49 |
| Mauser Gewehr 98 7.92 mm bolt action rifle, 1916. Used by the German Army in World War One (1914-1918). Cleaning rod intact, which is unusual as cleaning rods were removed before World War One; stock has a bushed washer. | Firearms | 1965-10-204-29 |
| Remington .40 in breechloading rolling block rifle, 1870 (c); a military version with no identifying marks, but was probably used by Egyptian forces in 1870 (c); screw and retainer plate on lock missing; firing-pin missing; cleaning rodmissing; with bayonet bar on barrel. | Firearms | 1968-04-8 |
| Mauser 8 mm M1896 7 mm bolt action rifle; Boer War souvenir template carving on butt. | Firearms | 1990-04-1 |
| Mauser Gewehr 98 7.92 mm bolt action rifle, captured by Middlesex Regiment 1917. | Firearms | 1992-08-172 |
| German 7.92 mm Mauser Gewehr 98 rifle 1899; associated decaying leather sling. | Firearms | 1992-08-191 |
| Boer Mauser 7 mm bolt action carbine M1896, 1899 (c); carving on butt relating to B C Hartingh, Utrecht. | Firearms | 1992-08-193 |
| Boer Mauser 7 mm M1896 carbine belonging to Christiaan Botha, brother of General L Botha. | Firearms | 1992-09-229 |
| Model 1896 Mauser 7 mm bolt action magazine carbine, 1899-1902; brought back from the Boer War by Lt Col Goddard; fitted with cleaning rod; sold out of service marks on butt. | Firearms | 1961-10-8 |
| Mauser 7 mm bolt action sporting rifle, 1899-1902 (c); used in the Boer War and given to J.S. Foerien by Kruger; the rifle was captured at Vrede in the Orange Free State; manufactured by Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken Berlin; halfstocked with chequered pistol grip and cheek rest; oval white metal plate inset in stock inscribed 'J.S. Foerien'. | Firearms | 1962-03-22 |
| Mauser Model 1896 7 mm bolt action magazine rifle, 1899-1902 (c); used by Boer Forces. | Firearms | 1963-11-100 |
| Mauser 7 mm bolt action carbine, 1899; used by the Boers; inscription on butt plate relates to weapon's capture by Corporal Room of the 1st Battalion Royal Irish, 1899; no cleaning rod or upper sling swivel; frame dated 1896. | Firearms | 1963-12-251 |
| Russian .709 in percussion musket, Model 1845, 1847. Used by the Russian Army in the Crimean War (1854-1856). Recovered after the Battle of the Alma, 1854. | Firearms | 1963-12-251 |
| French flintlock musket, 1864; design of the weapon is 1760-1830 and has ring-necked cock and Suhl type nosecap and trigger; manufactured in Liege; butt marked St. Etienne 1864; with associated ramrod. | Firearms | 1963-12-251 |
| MP44 self-loading 7.92 mm assault rifle, 1944-1945 (c); also known as the Sturmgewehr or assault rifle; with magazine; German forces, late World War Two; (Note marked SIG44, late production). | Firearms | 1963-12-251 |
| Approximately 16 mm breechloading Krnka rifle, 1861; converted from a muzzle loading rifle similar to ones produced by P.J. Matherle of Liege and exported to Russia; a bow and arrow on the barrel bands and Cyrillic script on the locksuggest Russian issue; brass butt-plate and nose cap, steel barrel bands and ramrod; hinged breechblock in a brass housing. | Firearms | 1964-05-59-39 |
| Matchlock and bipod, Tibetan expedition 1888. | Firearms | 1961-12-29-2 |
| Matchlock, Tibetan expedition 1888. | Firearms | 1961-12-29-1 |
| KAR98 Mauser 7.62 mm bolt action carbine, Israel 1958 (c). | Firearms | 1996-05-8 |
| Belgian 7.65 mm bolt action carbine, M1889 fortress artillery 1895 (c); associated sling. | Firearms | 1996-08-258 |
| Belgian 7.65 mm bolt action carbine, M1889 fortress artillery 1895 (c); associated sling. | Equipment, general | 1996-08-258 |
| Berthier M1916 8 mm bolt action carbine, marked to W R Lee, RASC. | Firearms | 1965-10-204-104 |
| Smoothbore longarm used by Mau Mau forces, Kenya (1952-1960). Dummy magazine carved in local wood. | Firearms | 1999-02-51 |
| Browning 126 auto 5 L32A1 12 bore self-loading shotgun 1980 (c). Type used by Special Air Service; Belgian proof marks. | Firearms | 1983-07-38 |
| Dacoit 12 bore home made shotgun, 1943 (c); crude wooden stock fitted with 6-8 inch piece of pipe into which are cut three sockets: one for the barrel, which is missing; one for the hammer, a tap fitted to a spring; and one for the activator. | Firearms | 1961-10-7 |
| Home made Dacoit shotgun; with shoulder butt made of welded triangular metal; the barrel twist clips onto butt and breech pipes; cartridge fired by spring loaded pin and external trigger and catch; used by the Dacoits in central India. | Firearms | 1961-10-7 |
| Percussion rampart gun, 1841 (c); with a bell mouth and a pivot for fitting into a socket and probably used by the Merchant Marine; fitted with an unmarked 1841 type lock; brass butt plate, trigger guard and ramrod pipes; associated ramrod. | Firearms | 1963-12-251 |
| 12 bore home made breechloading shotgun, 1930-1932; made by rebels during the Burmese rebellion; steel tube barrel; hinged with a door hinge and secured by a hook and eye for a padlock; bound with wire; teak butt. | Firearms | 1964-04-68 |
| Riot gun XL48E1 converted from Webley and Scott 1.5 in No4 Mk I signal pistol; extra barrel length added; fitted with Sten skeleton stock; Northern Ireland. | Firearms | 1977-05-68 |
| Riot gun converted from Webley and Scott 1.5 in No 3 Mk I signal pistol, 1940; adapted to fire baton rounds; wooden butt. | Firearms | 1977-05-71 |
| Gas riot 1.5 in gun, 1970 (c); manufactured by Federal Laboratories Incorporated, USA. | Firearms | 1978-11-75 |
| 12 bore double-barrelled shotgun, 1930 (c); used by the Local Defence Volunteers and the Home Guard in World War Two. | Firearms | 1983-05-73 |
| Faultless US gas gun disguised as pen 1945, used by Special Operations Executive. Associated with World War Two (1939-1945). | Firearms | 1985-07-56 |
| Faultless US .38 in gas gun disguised as pen 1945, used by Special Operations Executive. | Firearms | 1993-04-367 |
| Squires Bingham 12 bore M30R pump action shotgun 1975 (c); British nitro proofs; manufactured in the Philippines. | Firearms | 1996-07-86 |
| 12 bore combat pump action shotgun, La Franchi Spas 1985 (c); used by special forces. | Firearms | 1996-08-263 |
| Single barrelled BSA 12 bore shotgun 1955 (c), used in Malaya and Kenya 1950s; British nitro proofs. | Firearms | 1996-08-272 |
| Home made Mau Mau smoothbore .50 in gun, 1952-1956 (c); rough hewn wood and crudely shaped stock; barrel made from thin piping open at both ends for loading; activated by a door bolt and strong elastic which are missing; wood casing held together by wire, some of it electric coil wire; with associate sling of woven string; found in office of 70th Supply Department of the East African Army Service Corps which was disbanded in 1956. | Firearms | 1965-03-48 |
| 13/16 bore 'Trade Gun' percussion rifle, 1840-1870 (c); this weapon is stamped Sam Buckley and Company London, but as no records of this company can be found the rifle cannot be dated; the lock and trigger guard are decorated with engraved scrollwork; set trigger as well as ordinary trigger; the butt has been severely cracked at the grip; no ramrod. | Firearms | 1964-05-59-56 |
| Remington .43 in rolling block single shot rifle, 1874 (c); said to have been captured after the battle of Tel-el-Kebir in 1882; the Remington had been adopted by the Egyptians in 1870 and had been developed in the 1860's in the USA with production starting in 1867; firing-pin is missing. | Firearms | 1964-05-60 |
| Chatellerault M1884 .45 in bolt action tube magazine rifle; the bolt action is similar to the 1860's Chassepot, but is fed by a tube magazine similar to the 1866 Winchester; a lever on the right of the mechanism selects either single shot ormagazine loading; the bolt is locked home at the rear by the bolt handle; ramrod on left side of the barrel. | Firearms | 1964-05-60 |
| Pattern 1815 .625 in flintlock Baker rifle, converted to socket bayonet, 1815-1823 (c); with cheekpiece; ramrod missing; forestock slightly cracked; forward swivel loop broken away. | Firearms | 1965-01-29 |
| Model 1896 Mauser 7 mm bolt action magazine carbine, 1900 (c); with associated leather bucket which appears to have been intended for a Lee carbine; captured from P P Botha during the siege of Ladysmith by S O Everitt; steel fittings, saddle ring and upper sling fittings; sword bar bayonet fittings. | Firearms | 1964-07-49 |
| Model 1896 Mauser 7 mm bolt action magazine carbine, 1900 (c); with associated leather bucket which appears to have been intended for a Lee carbine; captured from P P Botha during the siege of Ladysmith by S O Everitt; steel fittings, saddle ring and upper sling fittings; sword bar bayonet fittings. | Horse Furniture | 1964-07-49 |
| Bobbejaanbout (Baboon thigh butt) musket, 1800 (c)-1850. Assembled in Cape Colony from imported parts on a stinkwood stock. Used by Dutch settlers in South Africa. | Firearms | 1964-05-59-3 |
| Snider-Enfield .577 in breechloading percussion carbine, 1872; 24 in barrel, which is artillery length, rifled and with a sword bar; no ramrod or barrel bands; lock mechanism broken. | Firearms | 1964-05-59-2 |
| Matchlock torador, date unknown, late eighteenth century (?); gilt ornamentation at breech and muzzle, covered touch-hole; white metal ornamentation on stock, with metal butt plate; brass ornamented ramrod; length of barrel 52 in. | Firearms | 1964-04-70 |
| Matchlock torador, date unknown; barrel is damaged; with associated ramrod. | Firearms | 1964-04-70 |
| VZ52 7.62 mm self-loading rifle, 1956 (c); manufactured in Czechoslovakia and used by the Egyptian Army at Suez; folding bayonet and 10 round magazine; safety catch by trigger guard. | Firearms | 1963-12-251 |
| Percussion trade carbine, 1916; converted by cutting down a rifle; brass bands, trigger guard and butt plate; large cockingpiece on hammer; ramrod; captured at Saadani, German East Africa by HMS Vengeance on 1 August 1916; manufactured 1830-1860 (c). | Firearms | 1963-12-251 |
| Lieutenant-General Viscount Hugh Gough (1799-1869), Army Staff, 1850 (c). Oil on canvas painting, artist unknown; full-length portrait, in general officer's dress, an Indian servant kneeling to buckle on his sword; in gilt wood frame. | Oil Paintings | 1999-02-24 |
| General Hugh Viscount Gough GCB (1779-1869), 1856 (c). Mezzotint engraving by George Saunders, after Francis Grant, published by Henry Graves and Company; full-length portrait wearing a civilian tweed coat over his general's frock coat. | Prints | 1999-02-25 |
| Matchlock jezail, 1790-1810 (c); probably manufactured in Afghanistan; fitted with East India Company lock of English manufacture; seven grooved octagonal bore; seventeen brass bands on barrel; turquoise bejewelled pistol grip;associated ramrod. | Firearms | 1963-12-251 |
| Flintlock musket, 1799-1801 (c); apparently owned by a Turk who participated in Abercrombie's Campaign in Egypt in 1801; smooth bore; stock of Turkish shape and inlaid with mother of pearl, the butt piece made of bone or ivory and with a brass swivel; silver bands; lock possibly of European manufacture. | Firearms | 1963-12-251 |
| Bren .303 in Mk I light machine gun, 1943; manufactured at Enfield; with associated spare barrel, related items: 50 round magazine and anti-aircraft tripod. | Firearms | 1982-04-763 |
| Dedication of the British Veteran's Association Surrey West Branch Standard at the Garrison Church, Aldershot, 20 October 1996. Christmas greetings card produced by the British Korean Veteran's Association, 1998 (c), reproduction of an oil painting. The Rev Owen, reading prayers, the standard is held by Col K Briant CBE, with Cpl G Elcombe, Pte G Smith and S/Sgt A Guy accompanying him. | Prints | 1999-02-26 |
| Pattern 1914 Enfield .303 in bolt action sniping rifle, 1917; with Aldis offset telescopic sight dated 1916; manufactured by Aldis Bros, Birmingham. | Firearms | 1982-04-807 |
| Short Magazine Lee-Enfield .303 in bolt action rifle No 1 Mk III, 1913; Lithgow Small Arms Factory; marks show condemnation to Drill Purpose and sale to County Association for Cadets. | Firearms | 1982-07-81 |
| THE KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY, 1920 (c). Cigarette silk, originally part of a sheet called, 'Regimental colours V' issued by cigarette manufacturers B Muratti, Sons and Co, Manchester and London. The King's Own Light Infantry colours with the Regiment's name beneath. | Prints | 1999-02-27 |
| Short Magazine Lee-Enfield .303 in bolt action rifle No 1 Mk III, 1914; Birmingham Small Arms Company; marks show condemnation to Drill Purpose and sale to County Association for Cadets. | Firearms | 1982-07-81 |