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Photograph album containing 99 photographs relating to the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps, 1917-1918. Photographs 1995-01-29
Writing box, 1813-1815 (c); brass bound mahogany box; Morocco leather writing surface with gold tooling; central pen tray with a black lining and two of the internal compartments have mother of pearl handles; a plaque on the lid is inscribed with the owner's name, 'A A Freer, Major 25th The King's Own Borderers'. Equipment, general 1971-05-21
'Liberator' .45 in single shot pistol, 1943 (c). Firearms 1993-04-377
German 25 mm signal pistol, 1940, Walther Manufacture. Firearms 1993-04-378
Photograph album containing 253 photographs relating to Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps, 1918-1919. Associated with World War One (1914-1918). Photographs 1995-01-30
Escape map of North West and North East Burma used by, amongst others, Transport Command flying over Burma, 1944-1945. Maps 1996-11-30
Photograph album containing 214 photographs, commercial views and ephemera relating to the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps, 1917-1919; photographs include portraits; group shots; theatricals; signals staff at work; a hospital ward; dining hall; dormitory hut; on board a ship; a parade in Cologne; views in France and Germany. Associated with World War One (1914-1918). Photographs 1995-01-31
Photograph album containing 249 photographs, (including nine loose) and ephemera compiled by Miss H A Baron, relating to the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps, 1917-1921; photographs include portraits; group shots; theatricals; church parade, Hastings; cookhouse; getting in coal; physical training Chelsea Barracks; sports; views in Britain. Associated with World War One (1914-1918). Photographs 1995-01-32
Photograph album containing eight photographs, (including two loose), relating to Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps, 1918 (c); photographs include group shots; view of a camp at Wailly near Montreuil. Photographs 1995-01-33
Ebony and brass penknife, 1857 (c); field glasses, 1857 (c), made of blackened brass and leather-covered; reputedly used by Capt Vincent Eyre, Bengal Artillery in the Indian Mutiny, 1857 (c). Equipment, general 1971-05-22
Ebony and brass penknife, 1857 (c); field glasses, 1857 (c), made of blackened brass and leather-covered; reputedly used by Capt Vincent Eyre, Bengal Artillery in the Indian Mutiny, 1857 (c). Scientific Instruments 1971-05-22
Photograph album containing 90 photographs, (including three loose) with ephemera, compiled by Mrs Hamilton (later Mrs Linklater), Unit Administrator, relating to Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps, 1918-1919 (c); photographs include group shots; camps; portraits; sports; tea parties. Associated with World War One (1914-1918). Photographs 1995-01-34
Photograph album containing 110 photographs relating to Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps, 1919; photographs include portraits; group shots; war damaged buildings in France; graves; Canadian memorials; barrack interiors; tea parties; on board ship; cemetery; parades; camps. Associated with World War One (1914-1918). Photographs 1995-01-35
Photograph album containing 51 photographs relating to Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps, 1919; photographs include portraits; group shots; views of Germany; American troops; scenes of devastation in France. Photographs 1995-01-36
Papers relating to Pte Reginald Leslie Chapman, Royal Munster Fusiliers, 1909-1919. Archives 1996-11-31
Papers relating to Pte Reginald Leslie Chapman, Royal Munster Fusiliers, 1909-1919. Photographs 1996-11-31
Photograph album containing 28 photographs, (including 18 loose) with signatures, messages and poems, possibly compiled by Etta Lavine, relating to Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps, 1918-1919; photographs include portraits and group shots of members of QMAAC and British troops; motor ambulance; camp views. Photographs 1995-01-37
Photograph album containing 7 photographs, (including two loose) and a newspaper cutting relating to No 7 Kent Company Auxiliary Territorial Service, 1938-1939, presented to Mrs G E Hamilton, First Company Commander by H C Fisher; photographs include first drill night, 11 Nov 1938; dinner, Officer's course, Duke of York's Headquarters, Nov 1938; formal and informal groups, 1939; album cover embossed with regimental name, and flyleaf inscribed with presentation inscription. Photographs 1995-01-38
Booklet: 'The Mitcham Road Barracks, Croydon' by K A Ryde (MC). Archives 1996-11-32
Regimental cane, 1900-1908 (c); black painted cane with a white metal head; the head bears the device of a twin turreted castle above a scroll bearing the regiment title, 2nd Vol Bn Essex Regiment, surmounted by a sphinx inscribed with the Egypt battlehonour. Equipment, general 1971-05-23
Photograph album containing 53 photographs, (including one loose) relating to the Auxiliary Territorial Service, Jul 1939; photographs include Camp views, including Tidworth Pennings Camp; marching to camp, led by a band of the 2nd Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment; portraits; groups; inspection by Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan; visit of HM The Queen; album cover marked with regimental name. Photographs 1995-01-39
Czech Vz70 7.65 mm self-loading pistol, used by Irish Republican Army, 1978 (c). Firearms 1993-04-389
Photograph album containing 109 photographs, with newspaper cuttings, relating to the Auxiliary Territorial Service, 1939-1940. Photographs 1995-01-40
Webley Wilkinson .455 in prize revolver Model 1905, 1906 (c), prize number 1932; wooden presentation case. Firearms 1993-04-390
Webley Wilkinson .455 in prize revolver Model 1905, 1906 (c), prize number 1932; wooden presentation case. Equipment, general 1993-04-390
Tranter .455 in revolver in presentation box; to T P Birts, Woolwich 1870 (c). Firearms 1993-04-391
Tranter .455 in revolver in presentation box; to T P Birts, Woolwich 1870 (c). Equipment, general 1993-04-391
Aeroplane message streamer, 1939 (c); pouch is green canvas, with two dark blue streamers, one of which has a crimson end; Regimental Cane, 1942 (c); polished light brown malacca with an Indian silver head which is inscribed, 'INDIAN ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS'; cane owned by Brig A F F Thomas, IAOC. Equipment, general 1971-08-14
Welrod .32 in silenced pistol, 1944 (c). Firearms 1993-04-392
Photograph album containing 54 photographs, with newspaper cuttings and ephemera, relating to the 16th Glasgow Company, Auxiliary Territorial Service, 1939-1940; photographs include Gailes Camp, Jun 1939; informal portraits and groups; pitching a tent; sports; community singing; views of Saltdean, Sussex; OCTU, 1941. Photographs 1995-01-41
Pouch badge, 1854 (c); stamped brass with a relief surface in the form of an eagle; the head faces right and the body to the left, walking on a spiral sheaf and feathered all over; three attachments on the back mounted on a mahogany shield, the back of which bears a fragment of paper describing it as being taken at Inkerman, Crimea, 1854; probably French. Badges 1971-08-25
Photograph album containing 43 photographs, (including four loose) with newspaper cuttings and ephemera, compiled by Miss P E F Thesiger relating to the Auxiliary Territorial Service, 1939-1942; photographs include 1939 informal portraits and groups, including those of the ATS and soldiers after the latter's evacuation from Dunkirk; clerical staff working; church parade and parade during War Weapons Week, Feb 1941; weddings; inspection by Princess Mary. Photographs 1995-01-42
Japanese 8 mm automatic type 94 service pistol 1937 (c). Associated with Japanese Forces, World War Two, Far East (1941-1945). Firearms 1993-04-396
German 9 mm Automatic P08 pistol Artillery model 1917; leather holster belt and German Army buckle; wooden handled cleaning rod; tool in inner pouch of holster. Firearms 1993-04-397
German 9 mm Automatic P08 pistol Artillery model 1917; leather holster belt and German Army buckle; wooden handled cleaning rod; tool in inner pouch of holster. Equipment, general 1993-04-397
Two candles, 1902 (c); bearing printed transfers of Lord Roberts and Gen Sir Redvers Buller. Equipment, general 1971-11-6
Photograph album containing 82 photographs, with sketches, poems and ephemera compiled by Captain A I Barfoot, relating to the Auxiliary Territorial Service, 1939-1943; photographs include formal and informal groups and portraits; sports; weddings; OCTU, Edinburgh, Jul 1941; views of Edinburgh; in the classroom. Photographs 1995-01-43
Photograph album containing 315 photographs, with newspaper cuttings and ephemera compiled by Chief Commander (T/ Controller) A T Chitty, relating to the Auxiliary Territorial Service, 1939-1946; photographs include formal and informal groups and portraits of the ATS in Palestine, Cyprus, Egypt and the UK. Archives 1995-01-44
Photograph album containing 315 photographs, with newspaper cuttings and ephemera compiled by Chief Commander (T/ Controller) A T Chitty, relating to the Auxiliary Territorial Service, 1939-1946; photographs include formal and informal groups and portraits of the ATS in Palestine, Cyprus, Egypt and the UK. Photographs 1995-01-44
Photograph album containing 315 photographs, with newspaper cuttings and ephemera compiled by Chief Commander (T/ Controller) A T Chitty, relating to the Auxiliary Territorial Service, 1939-1946; photographs include formal and informal groups and portraits of the ATS in Palestine, Cyprus, Egypt and the UK. Maps 1995-01-44
Copy photographs of Mitcham Road Barracks, Croydon; Volunteer Battalion Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment, 1840's; transport section (horse and waggon) of the regiment; copy postcard entitled 'Scenes in Croydon - England Expects Every Man to him Duty', 1914-1918. Photographs 1996-11-33
Copy photographs of Mitcham Road Barracks, Croydon; Volunteer Battalion Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment, 1840's; transport section (horse and waggon) of the regiment; copy postcard entitled 'Scenes in Croydon - England Expects Every Man to him Duty', 1914-1918. Archives 1996-11-33
Regimental cane, 1890-1899 (c); light brown malacca with a white metal head; the head bears the device of the Royal Artillery, a canon with a sponge staff surmounted by a crown, also inscribed 'UBIQUE'; owned by Sgt Maj Edward Charles Hill, Royal Artillery. Equipment, general 1971-11-26
Photograph album containing 57 photographs, (including 12 loose) with ephemera compiled by J Horne, relating to the Auxiliary Territorial Service and the Women's Royal Army Corps, Territorial Army 1939-1946; photographs include formal and informal groups and portraits; the ATS band; sports; theatricals. Photographs 1995-01-45
German 9 mm P08 automatic pistol, artillery model, 1917; holster 1915; wooden-handled cleaning; tool in inner pouch of holster. Firearms 1993-04-398
German 9 mm P08 automatic pistol, artillery model, 1917; holster 1915; wooden-handled cleaning; tool in inner pouch of holster. Equipment, general 1993-04-398
Housewife, 1866; rectangular strip of unbleached canvas, rounded at one end with a tying ribbon; folded at one end to form a pocket; central strip which is sewn to create eight loops; pocket is inscribed, 'W [broad arrow] D 8', and '1412 W Smart D. 52d L.I 1866'. Equipment, general 1971-12-7
Photograph album containing 103 photographs with newspaper cuttings and ephemera relating to the Auxiliary Territorial Service and the Women's Royal Army Corps, Territorial Army 1939-1951. Photographs 1995-01-46
Photograph album containing 103 photographs with newspaper cuttings and ephemera relating to the Auxiliary Territorial Service and the Women's Royal Army Corps, Territorial Army 1939-1951. Archives 1995-01-46
Collection of currency notes issued to prisoners of war during the Boer War, 1899-1902: two 5 shillings currency note; 2 shilling currency note; 1 shilling currency note; Mafeking siege note, 10 shillings; Mafeking siege note, 2 shillings. Equipment, general 1971-12-44
Photograph of Mr F W T Moore, an artist. Photographs 1996-11-34
Photograph album containing 58 photographs relating to the Auxiliary Territorial Service Experimental Gunnery Assistants, Experimental Establishment, Shoeburyness, 1940-1941. Photographs 1995-01-47
Photograph album containing 139 photographs relating to the Auxiliary Territorial Service Experimental Gunnery Assistants, Experimental Establishment, Shoeburyness, 1940-1941; photographs include the visits of Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan and Winston Churchill and different activities in which members of the ATS were involved. Photographs 1995-01-48
Trunk, 1850 (c); iron bound wooden box; owned by Lt Gen Sir Charles Napier; made by Lambert, London. Equipment, general 1972-01-48
Regimental cane, 1909 (c); natural coloured, polished wood with a white metal head and ferrule; head bears a device, in relief, of an anchor, flanked by grenades and surmounted by a crown, all within a garter; associated with the Royal Marines. Equipment, general 1972-02-1
Stud from German gun, destroyed near Ostend on the retirement of German forces, November 1918. Artillery 1956-02-936
Military chest, 1870-1875 (c); wooden and in two blocks placed one above the other; bottom block stands on four turned legs and has two large drawers; the top block is veneered with mahogany and has one row of three drawers and one large lower drawer; with brass handles and locks is impressed a with a locksmith's name Hobb and Co; owned by Lt Col John Taylour, 94th Regiment of Foot. Furniture 1972-02-34
Photograph album containing 34 photographs, with newspaper cuttings and ephemera compiled by Angela Cobb, relating to the Auxiliary Territorial Service Band, 1941-1946; photographs include portraits and groups, entertainment and public appearances. Photographs 1995-01-49
Photograph album containing 36 photographs, with badges and formation signs compiled by Miss Alice Allen (TD), relating to the Auxiliary Territorial Service, 1941-1945; photographs include portraits and groups, cooking and parades. Photographs 1995-01-50
Five copies of a group photograph of the officers of the 29th County of London (Battersea), taken in the yard at the back of the drill hall, 27 St John's Hill, Battersea, London which was used as a recruiting office and Home Guard premises, 1940-1944. Photographs 1996-11-35
Regimental cane, 1920 (c); plain black malacca tapering to a point, with a silver plated ferrule; no head but bound with a white metal disc engraved, 'A C R;, and a silver plated grenade on stem. Equipment, general 1972-03-44
Letters written by and to Pte Henry Clayton, 17th Regiment, from Ireland, Crimea and Canada, Apr 1854 to Mar 1859. Archives 1996-11-53
Case, 1887 (c); brown leather; in two flat parts with rounded ends, one fits into the other; the outside case is impressed with two oval cartouches bearing the Royal Coat of Arms, the inscription 'Taken in the Prince of Kamedin's Camp 1.1.87 Thyet pin Burma Meiktila Oct 87'; made by Scheppel Mann And Co, Rangoon; containing three cigarettes. Equipment, general 1972-04-1
Projector, Infantry, Anti-Tank (PIAT) prototype (?), larger trigger mechanism, backsight, canvas covered butt plate. Associated with World War Two (1939-1945). Artillery 1963-12-251
Two identity tags, 1899-1902 (c); belonged to Christopher Wright; compressed card, brick red in colour, with a drilled suspension hole; impressed, '54835 C WRIGHT R.F.A. C.E.'. Equipment, general 1972-05-18
Saluting mortar, bore approx 3 3/4 in, mark on breech. Artillery 1970-07-3
Handkerchief, 1900 (c); thin white silk; printed in blue with the caption, 'ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY 64TH BATTERY'; the inscription continues to list the engagements fought by Gen Sir Redvers Buller and the Natal Field Force; associated with C Wright, Royal Field Artillery. Crafts 1972-05-18
Saluting mortar, bore approx 3 5/8 in, mark on breech. Artillery 1970-07-3
6 pdr anti-tank gun on carriage 1942 (c). Artillery 1978-10-99
Photograph album containing 82 photographs compiled by Miss Alice Allen (TD), relating to the 511 Regiment, Territorial Army, Langham Camp, 1941-45; photographs include portraits and groups, cooking and camp views. Photographs 1995-01-51
Photograph album containing 20 photographs relating to the Polish Cadre Course which produced officer's and NCO's for the Polish Women's Service in the Middle East, Sarafand, Egypt, 22 Jun to 18 Jul 1942. Associated with World War Two, North Africa (1940-1943). Photographs 1995-01-52
Smoothbore 3 in breechloading Smith Gun and ammunition trailer, 1940; used by Local Defence Volunteers//Home Guard. Artillery 1978-11-77
Photograph album containing 21 photographs relating to No 2 OCTU (?) Auxiliary Territorial Service, 1942 (c); photographs include parades, groups, inspection and physical training. Photographs 1995-01-53
Photograph album containing 118 photographs relating to the Auxiliary Territorial Service Training Depot and British Forces in the Middle East, 1942-1943. Photographs 1995-01-54
Two folding camp chairs, 1939-1945 (c); one in dark wood with sides and legs forming an 'X', the back is formed from two uprights and three cross bars and the seat, from six slats joined by a metal chain; one chair with two pairs of 'X' shaped hinged legs, canvas seat and back and, beneath the seat, a webbing strap, also a webbing carrying loop stitched to a corner; reputedly of the type used 1910 (c) but date from World War Two, or possibly 1920 (c). Furniture 1972-03-16
Photograph album containing 65 photographs relating to the Auxiliary Territorial Service and British Forces in the Middle East, 1942-1945; photographs include parades and topographical views. Photographs 1995-01-55
Photograph album containing 133 photographs (including five loose) relating to the Auxiliary Territorial Service, 1942-1943 (c); photographs include royal and other visits, topographical views, parades, camp views and recruiting. Photographs 1995-01-56
Photograph album containing 34 photographs, relating to the Auxiliary Territorial Service with the 93rd (M) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery, 1942-1945; photographs include inspection by Jean Knox; groups: on duty manning searchlights; off duty in huts. Associated with World War Two, Home Front (1939-1945). Photographs 1995-01-57
Photograph album containing 23 photographs, relating to PT course at the No 1 Auxiliary Territorial Service PT school, Aug to Dec 1943. Photographs 1995-01-58
Livens projector muzzle cover, khaki cotton 1941. Equipment, general 1983-01-142
Wooden chest of drawers, 1880 (c); mahogany veneer, in the form of two blocks placed one above the other; bottom block stands on four turned legs and has a plain wood top and two large drawers; the top block has two drawers above one large lower drawer; each drawer has a brass bound key hole and brass handles. Furniture 1972-03-17
No 3 Mk II 2 in mortar sight, Buffwell Engineering and Machine Company, 1940 (c). Artillery 1983-05-45
Photograph album containing 49 photographs relating to Auxiliary Territorial Service Experimental Gunner Assistants, Shoeburyness, 1943; photographs illustrate the work of the EGA's and show the visit of Mrs Churchill, Feb 1943. Photographs 1995-01-59
Plaque, 1840 (c); of heavy cast iron and curved to an arc shape; the central area bears, in raised lettering, 'ROYAL GUN FACTORIES OFFICE'; painted grey with three lugs on the back for fixing to a wall; originally on a building in the Eastern enclave of the Woolwich Arsenal. Equipment, general 1972-03-20
Photograph album containing 76 photographs, with newspaper cuttings, ephemera and historical note compiled by Lieutenant Colonel M G Fahy, relating to the Auxiliary Territorial Service (East Africa) Clerical Group, 1943-1945. Photographs 1995-01-60
Friction tube, copper, hollow tube for combustion material, solid friction arm with eye 1840 (c); it would appear that the longer arm was to be inserted into the gun vent and a jerk on a lanyard attached to the eye of the shorter would cause ignition. Ammunition 1986-04-106
Projector, Infantry, Anti-Tank (PIAT), 1942 (c). Desert camouflage. Artillery 1989-07-74
Collection of items owned by Lt H Hay, 1st Bombay Light Cavalry (Lancers), 1880 (c): canteen set, containing a knife, fork, spoon and pewter mug, in a leather case; canteen set, containing a knife, fork and glass tumbler, in a leather case; steel cup in a leather case; pig skin document case, impressed, 'EMILE HENDRICK BAILLEUL (NORD)'; oil cloth document case. Equipment, general 1972-04-1
Photograph album containing 32 photographs, with newspaper cuttings, relating to Auxiliary Territorial Service officers in Canada, May to Aug 1944. Photographs 1995-01-61
Photograph album containing 22 photographs illustrating a 'Souvenir Programme of the visit of the ATS [Auxiliary Territorial Service] to Middle East 1944'. Photographs 1995-01-62
Photograph album containing 24 photographs possibly compiled by Pamela Leach Lewis, relating to the No 16 AA (Auxiliary Territorial Service) K1 Detachment, Clacton, April 1944 to January 1945; photographs include a wedding, a march past by the 1st Heavy A A Regiment, Royal Marines, cooking and entertainment. Photographs 1995-01-63
Papers relating to the Army Reform, 1860's to 1870's, and the commands of Northern District, 1881 and Southern District, 1884-1890; collected by Gen Sir George Willis. Archives 1996-11-54
One 3.5 oz ball from cannister shell or grape shot fired from a Russian cannon, believed to have been used during the Crimean War (1854-1856); associated with Gen Edmund Richard Jeffreys, 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers); case shot or shrapnel may have put a hole in Jeffreys's shako. Ammunition 1973-09-34-5
Spent Minié bullet, believed to be used during the Crimean War, 1854-1856; hollow based and much distorted. Ammunition 1973-09-34-4
Three musket or carbine balls, believed to be used during the Crimean War, 1854-1856. Ammunition 1973-09-34-3
Mortar shell, used during the 2nd Sikh War, Multan, 1849; hollow body with two suspension rings and brass plate with inscription, 'THIS BRASS SHELL (Weighing 87lbs)/ was fired from the ramperts [sic] of/ MOOLTAN IN THE PUNJAUB [sic]/ by the Seikhs into the British Camp during the siege/ and capture of the City on 2nd January 1849./ It was secured and brought to England as a Trophy/ BY THE LATE MAJOR GENERAL I. B. BELLASIS./ who with his cousin COLONEL E. MAUDE/ was present throughout the Siege/ H.I.B. 1904'. Ammunition 1973-04-16
Three musket balls from the Battle of Waterloo, 1815; one is unfired, the other two are slightly larger and distorted; found near Hougoumont Farm on the battlefield of Waterloo. Ammunition 1973-03-76
Three rifle cartridges belonging to Enfield .577 in rifle, 1853; made by Eley Bros; contained in original packaging; designed for use with Pattern 1853 rifle musket. Ammunition 1972-03-37
Two dervish bullets used in elephant guns, found in Omdurman, Sept 1898; mounted in silver bands on a wooden plate, with plaque bearing an inscription; London and sterling marks on mount, the latter was affixed between 1896-1915. Ammunition 1971-01-25-1
L2A2 cartridge manufacture instructions; assemblage showing stages of construction for 7.62 mm L2A2 cartridge. Ammunition 1970-02-3