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Two late nineteenth century knobkerries, typically Zulu; associated with Col A Courtney, Cameronians, South Africa during the Boer War; one with a leather binding over a split in the wood. Polearms/Other Weapons 1971-09-6
Paper and photographs associated with a Maori jade Mere Porourangi presented to Lord Roberts; including correspondence between Roberts and Chief M H Tuta Nihoniho and Agent General W P Reeves. Archives 1971-01-25-5
Paper and photographs associated with a Maori jade Mere Porourangi presented to Lord Roberts; including correspondence between Roberts and Chief M H Tuta Nihoniho and Agent General W P Reeves. Photographs 1971-01-25-5
Maori jade mere or patu Porourangi; spatulate pear shaped club of nephrite jade with a pierced grip and shallow transverse flutes, lead plug in one piercing; presented to Lord Roberts in 1901 by Chief M H Tuta Nihoniho through the Agent General of New Zealand Hon W P Reeves. Polearms/Other Weapons 1971-01-25-4
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
Certificate forwarded with the medals of L Cpl Stanley George Wathen, 41st Fortress Company, Corps of Royal Engineers, who was taken prisoner at Singapore during World War Two and died in captivity and buried in Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, 1943. Archives 1996-04-180
One hundred warrants of appointment to the Distinguished Service Order, 1918-1919; associated with World War One (1914-1918). Archives 1996-04-29
Manuscript biographical notes and seven letters written by Pte Samuel West, 16th Lancers, 1822-1826, with typescript transcripts; the letters describe the journey to India and payment details; West left home because of family problems and joined the 16th Lancers bound for India, 4 Jan 1822. Archives 1996-04-220
Knobkerry, Natal 1900, attributed to Zulu. Polearms/Other Weapons 1968-10-51
Lance, 1820 (Ffoulkes); ash staff with a white leather sling bond on the thong; double edged blade with a raised centre rib and concave fullers; ball moulded on socket, side bars, one with three stanchions for a guidon; label attributes to an officer of the 19th Light Dragoon Lancers, 1817-1821. Polearms/Other Weapons 1968-10-4
Spontoon, 1800 (c); double-edged blade and crossbar screwing into socket, with an ash staff; associated with the Ross and Cromarty Rangers or Fencibles. Polearms/Other Weapons 1968-10-4
Album of 168 photographs compiled by Maj Wynne Howes-Roberts, 1st battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles, India, North-West Frontier, 1939-1940. Photographs 1997-12-14
Spontoon; double-edged blade screwing into socket, cracked staff, crossbar missing, conical shoe with ears. Polearms/Other Weapons 1968-10-4
Lance, 1868 (c); bamboo with a three edged head (Ffoulkes); associated with the 21st Lancers whose monogram is inscribed on the shoe. Polearms/Other Weapons 1968-10-4
Pattern 1883 lance; bamboo with a three edged head, leather sling, brass loop to leather carbine-protecting rapping, approved 1883; associated with with the 21st Lancers whose monogram is inscribed on the shoe; made by the Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield. Polearms/Other Weapons 1968-10-4
Pattern 1868 lance; bamboo with a three edged head, leather sling and protector 1868 type (Ffoulkes); associated with with the 12th Lancers whose monogram is inscribed on the shoe. Polearms/Other Weapons 1968-10-4
Album of 124 photographs taken and collected by Charles Harvey Hoare, South African War (c) 1901-1902; Hoare served as a 2/Lt in the Hampshire Imperial Yeomanry, Mar 1895 to Nov 1898 and as a captain in the Glamorganshire Imperial Yeomanry, Dec 1901 to May 1907. Photographs 1997-12-15
Lance, 1840-1860 (c); small two edged head, with long side bars; head dated 1840 and shoe dated 1860 (Ffoulkes); leather loop with thong binding. Polearms/Other Weapons 1968-10-4
Pattern 1868 bamboo lance; three edged head. Polearms/Other Weapons 1968-10-4
Pattern 1868 bamboo lance (Ffoulkes); three edged head, leather binding protector, white leather loop bound to staff with a white thong. Polearms/Other Weapons 1968-10-4
Lance, probably post 1892; with an ash stave, three edged head made by Wilkinson; strap loop of white leather bound on with white thongs. Polearms/Other Weapons 1968-10-4
Copy of an obituary and correspondence (1994-1995) relating to the death in an air crash on Cyprus of Capt E G Pavey, RA and AAC, 7 Ap 1966; copies of death certificate, newspaper report and two photographs of the grave. Archives 1997-12-16
Copy of an obituary and correspondence (1994-1995) relating to the death in an air crash on Cyprus of Capt E G Pavey, RA and AAC, 7 Ap 1966; copies of death certificate, newspaper report and two photographs of the grave. Photographs 1997-12-16
Naga spear shaft (no head), Assam. Polearms/Other Weapons 1968-10-3
Spear from the Naga Hills (?), Assam; barbed head with a red and black monkey fur decoration with a long iron spear at the foot; shaft is broken. Polearms/Other Weapons 1968-10-2
Two naval boarding pikes; shoes differ; with aluminium painted heads. Polearms/Other Weapons 1968-10-1
African iron spear, leaf shaped head with two barbs, two further barbs on shaft; iron shaft of circular section with spatulate shape foot; possibly Nilotic more a standard than functional spear. Polearms/Other Weapons 1968-07-512
Indo-Persian mace, six vaned head cast in iron, with decorative motifs and protuberances; pointed and grooved terminal; forged shaft consisting of steel chain links welded onto steel backing rod, traces of gilding; associated with Lt Col W H M Jackson, 81st Regiment. Polearms/Other Weapons 1967-08-1
Wrought iron, four pointed caltrop, sixteenth Century; found in a city ditch at Ghent, 1880. Polearms/Other Weapons 1967-06-80
Six lances, 1867; associated with the 16th Lancers; ash shafts, steel heads and shoes, red and white pennants and white leather slings.Previously 1967-06-40-21 TD 14/07/2021 Polearms/Other Weapons 1967-06-40-1
Specification manuals for: Alvis type 'A.C.III.D' armoured car; Alvis light armoured car chassis, 1935 (c). Archives 1997-12-18
Zulu assegai from Rorke's Drift 1879; rusted blade, brown wood shaft with an acorn carved terminal. Polearms/Other Weapons 1966-02-36
Collection of Zulu assegais, 1879: 9 long; 7 short and a dress sword, 1883 (c); all leaf shaped blades except two long ones with barbs. Polearms/Other Weapons 1965-07-11
Collection of Zulu assegais, 1879: 9 long; 7 short and a dress sword, 1883 (c); all leaf shaped blades except two long ones with barbs. Edged Weapons 1965-07-11
'Between the twilights: the military experience of the campaign against Mau Mau' by David Peters; arranged as a matrix which may be added to later, the arrangement on version one is introduction. Archives 1997-12-19
Zulu assegai or spear, 1879; one of a number of weapons collected at Isandlwana by H A C Harrison; wooden handle; associated with the Battle of Isandlwana, Zulu War (1879). Polearms/Other Weapons 1965-05-81
Regimental history: 'Memories of the old and bold', a collection of memories and anecdotes of life in the Gloucestershire Regiment 1913-1987. Archives 1997-12-20
Zulu assegai or spear, 1879; one of a number of weapons collected at Isandlwana by H A C Harrison; wooden handle, bound with hair; associated with the Battle of Isandlwana, Zulu War (1879). Polearms/Other Weapons 1965-05-81
Diary: 'Day by day in Africa', Aug 1944 to Feb 1946, kept by Lt J A G Burchell of the Essex Regiment attached Northern Rhodesia Regiment plus menus and guides to South Africa and Southern Rhodesia and map of itinerary. Archives 1997-12-21
Zulu assegai or spear, 1879; one of a number of weapons collected at Isandlwana by H A C Harrison; wooden handle, broken; associated with the Battle of Isandlwana, Zulu War (1879). Polearms/Other Weapons 1965-05-81
Zulu assegai or spear, 1879; one of a number of weapons collected at Isandlwana by H A C Harrison; wooden handle; associated with the Battle of Isandlwana, Zulu War (1879). Polearms/Other Weapons 1965-05-81
Pig sticking spear, with bamboo shaft, weighted foot, iron bodkin pointed; alleged to come from Broome Hall, Lord Kitchener's residence Polearms/Other Weapons 1963-03-10
Two knobkerries, African origin; one with a large head and one with a small. Polearms/Other Weapons 1965-01-8
Collection of polearms associated with Lord Robert Stephensons Baden-Powell: pig-sticking spear with lead butt weight; pike made from a triangular bayonet head; lance with a screw fitting shoe for extension or weight. Polearms/Other Weapons 1964-10-100
Collection of polearms associated with Lord Robert Stephensons Baden-Powell: Masai spearhead with no shaft; spear head with rounded blunt point, possibly unfinished Masai spear; Nilotic fish spear with a barbed iron head; flint tipped spear associated with the Admiralty Islands; Lignum vitae (?) wooden representation of assegai. Polearms/Other Weapons 1964-10-100
One of four photograph albums compiled by Lt J A G Burchell of the Essex Regiment attached to the Northern Rhodesian Regiment. Photographs 1997-12-22-1
Collection of polearms associated with Lord Robert Stephensons Baden-Powell: three Masai throwing spears with barbed heads; two Masai throwing spears with leaf shape heads. Polearms/Other Weapons 1964-10-100
Collection of polearms associated with Lord Robert Stephensons Baden-Powell: four assegais or spears with leaf shaped blades; one spear with a head shaped from a British bayonet. Polearms/Other Weapons 1964-10-100
Naga spear, 1914-1918 (c); bound with red and black monkey fur; iron head with curved barbs under the blade point; shaft has a painted iron foot; presented to Maj Cambell by the 39th Manipur Labour Company during World War One. Polearms/Other Weapons 1964-09-35
Zulu assegai 1879; recovered from Isandlwana by Gen R J C Marter; bent and bound with cowtail; associated with the Battle of Isandlwana, Zulu War (1879). Polearms/Other Weapons 1964-08-77
Zulu assegai 1879; recovered from the Ulundi battlefield by Gen R J C Marter. Polearms/Other Weapons 1964-08-77
Zulu assegai 1879; recovered from the Ulundi battlefield. Polearms/Other Weapons 1964-08-77
Pattern 1868 Indian Army bamboo lance, 1900 (c); steel head, bamboo shaft, globular shoe with spike; leather sling is bound to the sling with copper wire; crimson and blue pennant, Hodson's Horse (?). Polearms/Other Weapons 1964-04-70
Spear head, associated with the Naga Hill Tribes; double edged blade is forged integral with socket and a slight central rib; associated with Maj C B Judge, 2nd Gurkha Rifles. Polearms/Other Weapons 1963-12-224
Two spears with a barbed iron head possibly late 19th century, nd; from South Australia (Northern Territory); ornamental protuberance on the iron tang; conical socket and shaft of black or brown wood and iron binding at the foot. [one spear is missing] Polearms/Other Weapons 1963-11-103
Spear with a barbed iron head, possibly late 19th century, nd; from South Australia (Northern Territory); ornamental protuberance on the iron tang; conical socket and shaft of black or brown wood and iron binding at the foot. Polearms/Other Weapons 1963-11-102
Spear with a barbed iron head; ornamental protuberance on the iron tang; conical socket and shaft of black or brown wood and iron binding at the foot. Polearms/Other Weapons 1963-11-101
Hook shaped wooden club, 1898 (c); Nilotic (?), close grained wood and oval in section; possibly a Trumbash or war hatchet from the Upper Nile, taken at the Battle of Omdurman. Polearms/Other Weapons 1963-11-85
Caltrop, 1884 (c); iron four pronged crow's foot; reputedly made in the Khartoum arsenal during the defence of the city, 1st Sudan War. Polearms/Other Weapons 1963-10-269
Caltrop, 1860; iron four pronged crow's foot; reputedly used at the Taku Forts, 2nd China War (1856-1860). Polearms/Other Weapons 1963-10-195
Partizan, late eighteenth century; the steel head has a raised central ridge and screws into the socket; straight, double edged blade with lower ornamental barbs; steel shoe with two ears and a wooden staff; possible used by the Royal Regiment of East India Volunteers, 7 Coy 3rd Regiment. Polearms/Other Weapons 1963-10-167
Papers relating to Gen Sir Herny Hastings A Wood and his son Col Hastings St Leger Wood, 1877-1933. Archives 1997-12-23
Zulu spear, 1879; double edged iron blade, cylindrical tang, light brown wooden shaft with leather wrapped around one end; RUSI catalogue states this to be the assegai taken during the Zulu war from the French Prince Imperial Louis Napoleon's body by Capt Grier. Polearms/Other Weapons 1963-10-166
Two pattern 1868 lances, 1898; bamboo bound with leather, leather strap and a red and white pennant; three sided point head; 1868 pattern (Ffoulkes) shoe; according to the RUSI records carried by Lancers Morton and Sherring, 21st Lancers, at the Battle of Omdurman, 2nd Sudan War (1896-1899), 1898. Polearms/Other Weapons 1963-10-165
Lance, pattern 1846, Enfield manufacture, 1848, no pennant. Polearms/Other Weapons 1963-10-164
Lance, pattern 1846, Enfield manufacture, 1848, with red and white pennant. Polearms/Other Weapons 1963-10-164-1
Lance, pattern 1846, Enfield manufacture, 1848, with red and white pennant. Equipment, general 1963-10-164-1
Lance, 1830 (?); double edged hollow ground head with crosspiece; plain steel shoe and ash staff; associated with the 17th Lancers. Polearms/Other Weapons 1963-10-163
Photographs relating to the careers of Gen Sir Henry Hastings A Wood and his son Col Hastings St Leger Wood, 1880 (c)-1930. Photographs 1997-12-24
Infantry Officer's sword, 1892; patent solid hilt, earlier pattern converted in 1897; made by Henry Wilkinson, Pall Mall; used by Maj W E Logan Stewart, Welch Regiment, attached to 1st Mounted Infantry, during the Boer War and his son (?) Capt J Logan Stewart, 44th Division, killed at Dunkirk; with pre 1901 service scabbard, 1899 (?) and Dress steel scabbard. Edged Weapons 1999-08-143
Zeiss prismatic binoculars, x 8 mag, pattern 1894, 1900; with leather case; carried by Major W E Logan Stewart, Welch Regiment, attached to 1st Mounted Infantry during the Boer War; made by Carl Zeiss Jena, London. Scientific Instruments 1999-08-144
Horse's tail relic, from Blackie, the charger ridden by Maj W E Logan Stewart, Welch Regiment, attached to 1st Mounted Infantry, 1910 (c); contained in a tin box. Equipment, general 1999-08-145
Agreement for the supply of weapons to Brigadier MacCartney's Regiment, signed by Lieutenant-Colonel P Honywood, 8 to 19 Aug 1707. Archives 1996-04-221
Items of equipment owned by Maj Harold Egbert Fletcher Richardson, 1st Garrison Bn, Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's), 1918-1920 (c): dispatch case; tin box containing a nest of four glasses; passport holder. Equipment, general 1982-08-18
Seven letters written by Pte John Pine, 1st Bn Rifle Brigade, from the Cape of Good Hope during the 8th Cape Frontier War (1850-1853), and from the Crimea. Pine died at Scutari in 1855. Archives 1996-05-4
Irish Stamp Year book, 1994-1995 including a series on military uniforms, and a commemorative booklet of stamps relating to The Wild Geese, 1996 (c). Archives 1996-05-9
Photocopy of an article on the supply of footwear to the army, 1350-1700 (c), from 'The East Midland Geographer', vol 3 part 7 No 23, Jun 1965. Archives 1996-05-10
25 diaries kept by General Sir Walter King Venning as an officer with the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 1902-1903, 1905-1906 and 1912-1918; as a staff officer 1924-1925, 1927 and 1931; as Director General of the British Supply Mission, Washington 1943-1946; and in retirement 1947-1953. Archives 1996-05-11
Service documents of WO1 Sheila Dorothy Julian, ATS and WARC, 1944-1966. Archives 1997-12-25
4 Photographs of Mr D A Saunders as a recruiting sergeant for the Grenadier Guards 1965 (c). Photographs 1997-12-28
Photocopies of 7 completed questionnaires returned to Martin Middlebrook for the compilations of his 1978 book 'The Kaiser's Battle'; the respondents explain what happened to them on 20 and 21 March 1918. Archives 1997-12-29
Papers collected by Sgt T Streeter, Royal Engineers and 4th battalion Devonshire Regiment (TA). Archives 1997-12-30
Collection of equipment owned by Maj A I Fraser DSO, 9th Hodson's Horse, 1914-1917 (c): tent and tent pegs; canvas kitbag; sleeping bag or valise; camp bed; wirecutters and case. Equipment, general 1982-08-19
Collection of equipment owned by Maj A I Fraser DSO, 9th Hodson's Horse, 1914-1917 (c): tent and tent pegs; canvas kitbag; sleeping bag or valise; camp bed; wirecutters and case. Furniture 1982-08-19
Lance, 1826 (c); double edged blade with a mid rib, short shaft (probably not original) and bulb, side straps; inscribed metal plate relating to the 16th Lancers and the capture of Bhutpore, 1826. Polearms/Other Weapons 1963-10-162
Photographs of Sergeant T Streeting, Royal Engineers and 4th battalion Devonshire Regiment (TA). Photographs 1997-12-31
2 Copy photographs of sergeants of the 3rd Dragoon Guards in India between 1884 and 1889; Albert Gowers, the great-grandfather of the donor is marked with an X. Photographs 1997-12-32
16 Photographs collected by Lt Col Edward Gopsill, CO 1st battalion Malaysian Rangers, 1964-1966. Photographs 1997-12-33
Papers relating to Pte Thomas George Ashburn, Coldstream Guards, killed in action on the Western Front, World War One, Sept 1916. Archives 1996-05-119
Diary of Alfred Stafford of the Natal Colonial Scouts and the South African Light Horse, kept during the Boer War, Oct 1899 to Oct 1902. Archives 1996-05-121
Photocopy of transcript of a journal kept by Mrs Courtenay Ilbert, wife of 2nd Captain Courtenay Ilbert, Royal Artillery, of their voyage across the Atlantic, 1807. Archives 1996-06-136
Items of equipment owned by Maj A I Fraser DSO, 9th Hodson's Horse, 1914-1917 (c): white cotton sheet; linen cover; tie case; khaki grey sleeping bag sheet. Equipment, general 1982-08-20
Papers relating to Pte A E Dazeley, 9th Bn Essex Regiment, World War Two 1914-1918. Archives 1996-06-137
Papers relating to Reverend Laurence Hosier Lermit, Indian Army 1883-1892, and his son Major Henry Walter John Lermit, Lancashire Fusiliers 1895-1938. Archives 1996-06-138
Papers relating to Reverend Laurence Hosier Lermit, Indian Army 1883-1892, and his son Major Henry Walter John Lermit, Lancashire Fusiliers 1895-1938. Photographs 1996-06-138
Photograph album compiled by Lt J F Warren of the Burma Rifles whilst escorting the Sino-Burma boundary commission, Nov1935 to May 1936 in the Wa states. Photographs 1997-12-34
Photographs of 26th King George's own Light Cavalry in Aden 1916 (c) and India 1920 (c). Photographs 1997-12-35
Writing box, 1860 (c); wood covered in leather; made by Allen, London, with lock made by S Mordon and Co, London; containing a tinder box made by Berry, a piece of chamois leather, one propelling pencil and one ivory handled pencil, and a bullet; owned by Maj A I Fraser DSO, 9th Hodson's Horse. Equipment, general 1982-08-21
Army Recruiting publicity leaflets and posters, various regiments, 1989-1996. Archives 1996-06-139
Menu for Old Pauline Club dinner held at St Paul's School, 30 May 1946 to honour Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery; the dishes commemorate Montgomery's victories. Archives 1997-12-36