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| Description | Object Type | NAM Accession Number |
|---|---|---|
| Cotton document wallet containing envelopes and postcards, 1916 (c); a bullet is embedded in the postcards and the wallet is reported to have saved the life of A/Cpl Ernest Albert Edward Fankini, 13th Bn London Regiment, World War One (1914-1918). | Equipment, general | 1997-08-81 |
| Princess Mary gift box for tobacco, 1914; no contents; associated with A/Cpl Ernest Albert Edward Fankini, 13th Bn London Regiment. | Equipment, general | 1997-08-80 |
| Lock for a kit bag, with a leather strap, 1939 (c); associated with Capt G W J Tomlinson, World War Two (1939-1945). | Equipment, general | 1997-08-79 |
| Fabric covered documentation box, 1930-40; used to store company conduct sheets; made by A E Walker Limited. | Equipment, general | 1997-08-76 |
| Orilux torch, privately purchased, 1914 (c), with batteries in their original brown paper packaging; carried by Col R A Hay, Royal Engineers whilst on active service at the front during World War Two; made by J H Stewart Limited. | Equipment, general | 1997-07-37 |
| Orilux torch, privately purchased, 1914 (c), with batteries in their original brown paper packaging; carried by Col R A Hay, Royal Engineers whilst on active service at the front during World War Two; made by J H Stewart Limited. | Scientific Instruments | 1997-07-37 |
| Fourteen assorted leather, webbing and cloth pieces of equipment, Australian Pattern 1908-14, dating from 1915-17. | Equipment, general | 1997-06-103 |
| Knapsack, Royal Artillery, post 1856 type, 1862 (c). Made by G W, 1862. | Equipment, general | 1997-05-5 |
| Two Howdah cloths and a cushion, 1790 (c); the cloth was worn over the back of an elephant, with a Howdah, or Palanquin, strapped on top; taken at the fall of Seringapatam; reputedly owned by Tipu Sultan of Mysore.Items converted from loan 1966-01-4. | Equipment, general | 1997-04-120 |
| Gas cape in a brown and green camouflage material, 1941; issued to Mr Broughton and mended with parcel tape by him. | Equipment, general | 1997-04-6 |
| Leather wallet, 1940 (c); owed by Capt M A R Trotobas, leader of the 'Farmer' circuit of the Special Operations Executive, 1942-1943; Trotobas was killed in occupied France in 1943 attempting to avoid capture. | Equipment, general | 1997-03-50 |
| Silver proficiency medal, possibly a shooting medal, 1910 (c), awarded by the British South Africa Company to Sergeant G Dale, South Rhodesian Volunteers; made by Mappin and Webb. | Medals | 1999-03-34 |
| Shoulder belt plate, 1820-1830, Honourable Artillery Company; possibly an NCO's. | Badges | 1999-03-35 |
| First World War Tribute Medal 1914-19: Marsden Colliery, County Durham; commemorative medal celebrating the return of the Marsden Miners in World War One; awarded to Pte Frederick Bulmer, of either the East Yorkshire Regiment or the Durham Light Infantry; manufactured by Fattorini and Sons, Bradford, Yorkshire 1919 (c). | Medals | 1999-03-36 |
| Malacca walking stick, NCO, with embossed nickel silver knob, 1939 (c); owned by Captain M A R Trotobas, leader of the 'Farmer' circuit of the Special Operations Executive, 1942-1943; Trotobas was killed in occupied France in 1943 attempting to avoid capture. | Equipment, general | 1997-03-49 |
| Two tins of blackcurrant jam rations, 1945 (c); labels missing. | Equipment, general | 1997-03-29 |
| Buff leather cavalry ammunition expense pouch, 1880 (c); possibly intended for Martini-Henry carbine ammunition. | Equipment, general | 1997-03-27 |
| Camel hair sleeping bag, 1899 (c); used by Alfred Leonard Purkis, 43rd Company Imperial Yeomanry, during the Boer War and World War One; made by Jaeger. | Equipment, general | 1997-03-26 |
| Primus stove, No 1 Junior, 1916 (c), with a tin of spare parts; associated with 2nd Lieutenant F L Kemsey-Bourne, 10th Bn Royal Warwickshire Regiment. | Equipment, general | 1997-01-5 |
| Wooden painted signboard from 'Hellfire Corner', Ypres; with a white canvas bag belonging to Lt W S Storie, Royal Army Service Corps, who brought the sign back to Britain after World War One (1914-1918); believed to be the last signboard used at this position, Nov 1918. | Equipment, general | 1996-08-303 |
| Military issue green towel; issued to Lt Col Nicolas William Andrew Tomlison, Royal Engineers by the British Army in Hong Kong, during the 1970s. | Equipment, general | 1996-07-81 |
| Hollow wooden bolt; replica of a bolt used for messages by British prisoners of war in Hong Kong, 1944 (c); the 'thread' unscrews to expose a hollow interior and the thread is of turned rings only. | Equipment, general | 1996-06-126 |
| Civilian postal datestamp for Bloemfontein, capital of the Orange Free State, 1899 (c). Metal and wood circular stamp made by D G Berr, London, 1899 (c). | Equipment, general | 1996-05-5 |
| Webley .455 in Mk VI revolver 1918; marked to P W G Hume (subsequent purchaser or other rank). Associated with World War One (1914-1918). | Firearms | 1989-02-163 |
| Housewife of James Anderson, Berkshire Regiment, containing complete sewing kit, including: 1 green and 1 fawn hank of thread; a packet of needles; 3 fibre buttons; 4 bone buttons; 5 metal buttons in a paper packet; a thimble and an identity disc made from a flattened penny. | Equipment, general | 1996-03-28 |
| Webley .455 in Mk V revolver, 1914, wooden grips and lanyard; Home Guard (?); good example World War One Webley; Mk V only lasted 1914 and 1915. | Firearms | 1989-02-164 |
| Webley .455 in Mk V revolver, 1914, wooden grips and lanyard; Home Guard (?); good example World War One Webley; Mk V only lasted 1914 and 1915. | Equipment, general | 1989-02-164 |
| Webley .455 in Mk IV breechloading revolver, 1900; Imperial Yeomanry; dry firing attachment. | Firearms | 1989-02-165 |
| Leather writing box or compendium, 1857 (c), containing 4 quill pens in the interior flap; associated with Lt J Briggs, 88th Regiment of Foot and the Siege of Lucknow. | Equipment, general | 1996-01-178 |
| Webley .455 in Mk V breechloading revolver, 6 in barrel; associated holster marked to North Staffordshire Yeomanry, 1915 (c). | Firearms | 1989-05-62 |
| Webley .455 in Mk V breechloading revolver, 6 in barrel; associated holster marked to North Staffordshire Yeomanry, 1915 (c). | Equipment, general | 1989-05-62 |
| Pouch containing 32 coins from Belgium, Holland and Germany, 1940-1944; associated with Pte Edward Pitman, Royal Pioneer Corps; coins produced by the mints of each country. | Equipment, general | 1996-01-105 |
| Clasp knife, British Army issue, 1946; made by Wilson, Sheffield. | Edged Weapons | 1996-01-104 |
| Composite toilet, writing and dressing chest, 1840 (c); used by Major General Sir Henry Havelock, 95th Regiment and 13th Regiment, in India up to 1857 and the Indian Mutiny. | Furniture | 1995-12-332 |
| Federation of Rhodesian and Nyasaland blanket; associated with J E Morgan, British South African Police, 1960 (c). | Equipment, general | 1995-07-40 |
| Swagger stick which belonged to Bandsman K Prior, Royal Army Medical Corps, 1980 (c). | Equipment, general | 1995-07-32 |
| First field dressing, 1981 (c); associated with Major General B W Davis, BRIXMIS, British Commanders'-in-Chiefs Mission to Soviet Forces in Germany. | Medical Equipment | 1995-07-28 |
| Torch, 1981 (c); associated with Major General B W Davis, BRIXMIS, British Commanders'-in-Chiefs Mission to Soviet Forces in Germany. | Equipment, general | 1995-07-27 |
| Magnifying glass, 1981 (c); associated with Major General B W Davis, BRIXMIS, British Commanders'-in-Chiefs Mission to Soviet Forces in Germany. | Equipment, general | 1995-07-26 |
| Groundsheet and cape from a personal tour kit belonging to Major General B W Davis, BRIXMIS, British Commanders'-in-Chiefs Mission to Soviet Forces in Germany. | Equipment, general | 1995-07-25 |
| Queen Victoria gift chocolate box, 1900; powdered chocolate and fabric inside (now sealed in separate bags); associated with A Toser, Roberts Horse and 9th Lancers; made by Cadburys. | Equipment, general | 1999-03-37 |
| Webley Mk V .450/455 in commercial revolver 1915; officer's private purchase; carried by Capt G K Green, Worcester Regiment; black leather holster. | Firearms | 1989-05-64 |
| Webley Mk V .450/455 in commercial revolver 1915; officer's private purchase; carried by Capt G K Green, Worcester Regiment; black leather holster. | Equipment, general | 1989-05-64 |
| Webley .455 in Mk II breechloading service revolver, 1896 (c); broad variety of hammer, Bakelite grips. | Firearms | 1989-05-65 |
| Webley .455 in Mk IV breechloading service revolver, 1902; issued 1914 to 'QA' (?). | Firearms | 1989-05-66 |
| Webley .455 in Mk I breechloading service revolver, 1893 (c); manufactured by Webley and Scott, Birmingham; first issued in 1893 and in 1897, in service with 19th (Princess of Wales's Own Hussars, Defence of Ladysmith, Boer War (1899-1902). | Firearms | 1989-05-67 |
| Webley .455 in Mk IV commercial revolver; private purchase to Dr Childs Royal Army Medical Corps 1910 (c); holster marked R W Stibb 1917; made by Agnew and Son, and designed by Webley and Scott Limited. | Firearms | 1989-05-69 |
| Webley .455 in Mk IV commercial revolver; private purchase to Dr Childs Royal Army Medical Corps 1910 (c); holster marked R W Stibb 1917; made by Agnew and Son, and designed by Webley and Scott Limited. | Equipment, general | 1989-05-69 |
| Webley .455 in Mk VI service revolver, 1916 (c); associated with 1st Dragoon Guards; with a leather holster made by L B Grout. Associated with World War One (1914-1918). | Firearms | 1989-05-70 |
| Webley .455 in Mk VI service revolver, 1916 (c); associated with 1st Dragoon Guards; with a leather holster made by L B Grout. Associated with World War One (1914-1918). | Equipment, general | 1989-05-70 |
| Webley .455 in Mk VI breechloading service revolver, 1918; near perfect example. Associated with World War One (1914-1918). | Firearms | 1989-05-71 |
| Webley .455 in Mk VI breechloading revolver and .22 Parker Hale adaptor 1918 (c); this is the form of adaptor put forward by Capt W E Robinson at the end of World War One; it takes cartridges in a cylinder cut on a slope; the barrel is permanently sleeved down with a Morris tube. | Firearms | 1989-05-72 |
| Webley .455 in Mk V breechloading service revolver; issued 1915. | Firearms | 1989-05-73 |
| Webley .455 in Mk V breechloading service revolver, 1900 (c); issued 1916 (c) to Royal Artillery; issued after manufacture of Mk IV had ceased. | Firearms | 1989-05-74 |
| Luger parabellum 9 mm P08 automatic pistol, Erfurt; relic condition from Passchendaele 1916; chequered wood grips and original label; side plate missing and magazine broken; associated with World War One, Western Front (1914-1918). | Firearms | 1989-06-31 |
| Hiscock Parker .22 in repeating magazine, cardboard box. | Firearms | 1990-06-1 |
| Knubley (?) flintlock pistol, of Sgt Major J Motion, 93rd Highlanders, Indian Mutiny (1857-1859), 1790 (c); coat of arms on butt plate. | Firearms | 1990-12-4 |
| Webley RIC M83 .455 in centre-fire revolver (1883 pattern) 1883. | Firearms | 1991-08-52 |
| Webley .450/455 in WG Target Model centre-fire revolver 1890 (c); associated with the Imperial Yeomanry. | Firearms | 1991-08-53 |
| Webley .476 in RIC new model centre-fire revolver, associated leather holster marked to 2nd/Lt C Hamilton (9th Duke of Wellington's ?) 1885 (c). | Firearms | 1991-08-54 |
| Webley .476 in RIC new model centre-fire revolver, associated leather holster marked to 2nd/Lt C Hamilton (9th Duke of Wellington's ?) 1885 (c). | Equipment, general | 1991-08-54 |
| Webley Mk V single shot .22 in pistol; probably private conversion, 1915. | Firearms | 1991-08-55 |
| Webley .455 in WG model revolver, with leather holster, 1885 pattern. | Firearms | 1991-08-56 |
| Webley .455 in WG model revolver, with leather holster, 1885 pattern. | Equipment, general | 1991-08-56 |
| Webley .476 in WG M1892 .476 in centre-fire revolver, 1900 (c); with attached lanyard and holster marked to Major A W Pick. | Firearms | 1991-08-57 |
| Webley .476 in WG M1892 .476 in centre-fire revolver, 1900 (c); with attached lanyard and holster marked to Major A W Pick. | Equipment, general | 1991-08-57 |
| Webley .455/476 in WG Army model revolver; sold by Army and Navy stores, 1900 (c). | Firearms | 1991-08-58 |
| Webley WG Army Model .455/476 in centre-fire revolver; with lanyard (later); sold by Army and Navy Stores 1895 (c). | Firearms | 1991-08-59 |
| Webley WG Army Model .455/476 in centre-fire revolver; with lanyard (later); sold by Army and Navy Stores 1895 (c). | Equipment, general | 1991-08-59 |
| Webley .450 in No 5 centre-fire revolver 1878 pattern, used by Orange Free State (Boer) Forces. | Firearms | 1991-08-60 |
| Wilkinson-Webley .450/.455 in Model No 5 revolver; barrel marked to F H Budden Royal Engineers; leather holster. | Firearms | 1991-08-61 |
| Wilkinson-Webley .450/.455 in Model No 5 revolver; barrel marked to F H Budden Royal Engineers; leather holster. | Equipment, general | 1991-08-61 |
| Webley .455/476 in WG army model revolver; issued to J Blount-Dinwiddie RMC Revolver Club 1905. | Firearms | 1991-08-62 |
| Webley .455/476 in WG army model revolver; associated with A J Turner, Royal Artillery 1900 (c). | Firearms | 1991-08-63 |
| Webley .450 in Model No 5 centre-fire revolver; issued to H Chorley, 65th Coy Imperial Yeomanry 1900 (c), Boer War (?); with leather holster. | Firearms | 1991-08-64 |
| Webley .450 in Model No 5 centre-fire revolver; issued to H Chorley, 65th Coy Imperial Yeomanry 1900 (c), Boer War (?); with leather holster. | Equipment, general | 1991-08-64 |
| Reproduction badge, Calcutta Scottish, 1939 (c). | Badges | 1999-03-38 |
| Small head bridle, S.U., 1956 (c); associated with the Stores Inspection Department. | Horse Furniture | 1999-03-39 |
| Letter from Cornet James Gunter, 1st King's Dragoon Guards, in the Crimea to his brother; he describes the aftermath the of the Battle of Tchernaya, 27 Aug 1855; one probable contemporary copy and one typed transcript. | Archives | 1999-03-40 |
| The Military Service of William Tidy, Blacksmith, Militiaman, Rifleman, 1782-1856. Typescript history compiled by Mr Terry Cooper, 1999; Tidy served with the Sussex Militia, 1803-1808 and the 1st Bn 95th Rifle Regiment, 1808-1814. | Archives | 1999-03-41 |
| Brief notes on the Infantry and Cavalry Barracks, Fulford Road, York; compiled by Mr Terry Cooper; the units occupying the Cavalry Barracks, 1859-1891, are listed, as are those of the Infantry (later Imphal) Barracks, 1880-1891. | Archives | 1999-03-42 |
| Two transcribed letters associated with officers who served on the Western Front, Gallipoli and in Egypt: one associated with Lt Col A Weston Jarvis, 3rd County of London Yeomanry and XIX Corps Staff, May 1915-1919; one associated with Lt W M Armstrong MC, 10th Hussars, Sep 1914 to May 1917. | Archives | 1999-03-43 |
| Documents relating to prisoner of war camps in Germany 1939-1945: 'Behind the Barbed Wire: A Photographic Record of Life in Enemy Prison Camps', published by the British Prisoners of War Fund; three carol service hymn sheet from Stalag VIIIB, Teschen; theatrical programmes, 1943-1944, from Stalag 383, Hohenfels; two ANZAC Day programmes of events, 25 Apr 1944, Stalag 383; telegram, 1938, and letter, 15 Feb 1943, from Sergeant Richard F Martin, 149 (N) Field Ambulance, RAMC, Middle East to Michael Martin; two issues of 'The Camp', a German newspaper for Allied POWs, 3 Oct 1943 and 22 Oct 1944. | Archives | 1999-03-44 |
| Photograph album containing 90 photographs depicting life in the prisoner of war camps, Stalag VIIA, Moosburg and Stalag 383, Hohenfels; mostly of amateur theatricals, including three plans of set designs and sports. Associated with World War Two, POWs Germany (1939-1945). | Photographs | 1999-03-45 |
| Collection of papers: Diamond Jubilee Day menu, 22 Jun 1897, Sussex Volunteers; stamp, German prisoner of war camp, Wittenburg, 21 Nov 1916; 'For the Men at the Front', prayer by John Oxenham; fourteen British Military Authority currency notes from Italy, Germany and Tripolitania (Libya), 1943-1944 (c). | Archives | 1999-03-46 |
| Seven photographs collected by Arthur Young whilst on secondment in Abyssinia and Malaya: photograph of Emperor Tewodros' (Theodore) II tomb, Magdala, Abyssinia, 1868; three photographs of Zulu and Natal Police drilling, 1906 (c); three photographs of Malaysian Police pictured with armoured personnel carriers at a bridge, 1952-1953. | Photographs | 1999-03-47 |
| Five maps: map of signalling communications on the Central Burma - Chinese frontier, 7 Jun 1895; map of the Burma- Chinese frontier in the vicinity of the Northern Shan States, 2 Jun 1896; 1 inch map of the Jandola to Makin and Kanicuram region of Waziristan, 20 Apr 1920; General map of Waziristan, Survey of India; 1 inch map sheet 114 of Windsor, military revision 1940. | Maps | 1999-03-48 |
| Seven photographs and two cuttings relating to Captain John Andrew Hedley; two photographs show him as a Captain in the West Yorkshire Regiment, 1917-1918 (c); three show him parading as a captain in the Home Guard; two at the time of his retirement as a Northallerton school teacher in 1956; two cuttings announcing his retirement. | Photographs | 1999-03-49 |
| Seven photographs and two cuttings relating to Captain John Andrew Hedley; two photographs show him as a Captain in the West Yorkshire Regiment, 1917-1918 (c); three show him parading as a captain in the Home Guard; two at the time of his retirement as a Northallerton school teacher in 1956; two cuttings announcing his retirement. | Archives | 1999-03-49 |
| Photograph album containing 28 photographs relating to World War One (1914-1918); includes photographs of Lady Jellicoe, Louis Dobel, French marines and Commander Barnet, Royal Navy. | Photographs | 1999-03-50 |
| Collection of 83 photographs and picture postcards collected by Sam Woolard whilst serving with the 2nd Bn The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment in India and Iraq, 1925-1928. | Photographs | 1999-03-51 |
| Sound cassette: oral history interview with William 'Billy' Meade; he describes his service with the 5th Bn The Connaught Rangers at Gallipoli, 1915; being wounded; seeing the explosion of the mines at Messines, 1917; the 3rd Battle of Ypres; the Battle of Somme; his capture in 1918 and nine months as a prisoner of war. | Sound Recordings | 1999-03-52 |
| Five Austrian one Kreuzer copper coins, 1816; inscribed on the obverse with the Austrian Imperial crown and double headed eagle and the reverse with crossed laurel and yew branches surmounted with the initial 'A'; reputedly taken at Sevastopol by a soldier of the 88th (Connaught Rangers) Regiment of Foot. | Equipment, general | 1959-12-222 |
| Collection of foreign currency acquired by Lt Col H F N Jourdain whilst serving in Silesia with the 2nd Bn Connaught Rangers after World War One (1914-1918). | Equipment, general | 1959-12-156 |
| Corset or stomach retainer, 1920 (c); rectangular, unbleached canvas; fastened with five steel buckles; possibly made in Paris. | Equipment, general | 1959-12-143 |
| Identity tag, 1911 (c), Tpr S B Hardwicke, Assam Valley Light Horse, attached to the maxim gun section of the 8th Gurkha Regiment for the Abor Expedition (1911-1912). | Equipment, general | 1959-11-381 |
| Regimental cane, King George's Own Sappers and Miners, 1903-1922; brown malacca with a white metal head which bears a 'GR' cypher and the regimental title; white metal ferrule. | Equipment, general | 1959-11-240 |
| Brass Indian bowl or chalumchi, 1821-1824 (c); dome shape with sides that flare outwards; interior is polished and the exterior is blackened; owned by Lt Col Todd, 2nd Bn 6th Regiment Madras Native Infantry. | Equipment, general | 1959-11-222 |
| Aluminium mug and shaped beaker, 1940 (c); mug has two folded wire handles, fixed with rivets; scratched with the name, Gurath; beaker is inside the mug; reputedly owned by a German soldier during World War Two. | Equipment, general | 1959-11-94 |
| Shell dressing; cotton package with protruding white tapes; instructions for usage are printed on the front; contains an ampoule of iodine and pad to apply the liquid to the wound and surrounding are, and a bandage; issued by the War Office Medical Division, Sep 1914. | Medical Equipment | 1959-11-93 |