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The artist's tent, Fayid, Suez Canal Zone, 1952. Watercolour greetings card by Sgt R Lillford, 121 Supply Platoon, Royal Army Service Corps, 1952, painted during the artist's National Service. Drawings and Watercolours 1993-04-287
Subadar Major Ganpat Rai Kohli OBI, Royal Indian Army Service Corps, 1946 (c). Oil on canvas laid down on board, signed lower right 'Samuel Tom', by Samuel Tom, 1946 (c). Bust-length, facing forwards. Oil Paintings 1953-03-34
Medal group 1914-1920, awarded to Pte Philip J L Poole, Army Service Corps: British War Medal 1914-20; Allied Victory Medal 1914-19; commemorative medal, France, 1915 (c); RSPCA Medal.Associated with World War One (1914-1918). Medals 1998-01-1
Brass paper knife in the form of scimitar, bullet for handle; owned and possibly made by Pte Philip Poole, Army Service Corps, 1916 (c); blade engraved with decorative lines, inscribed on one side 'FRANCE', and on the other 'ROUBAIX'. Crafts 1998-01-2
Embroidered postcard, textile and paper, made in France, sent by Pte Philip J L Poole, Army Service Corps, to his mother, 1917 (c); double window mount, enclosing an insert sheet printed in blue with message. Crafts 1998-01-3
Embroidered Birthday postcard in silk on organdie, made in Paris, sent by Pte Philip Poole, Army Service Corps, to his sister, 1917 (c). Crafts 1998-01-4
Embroidered Christmas postcard in silk on organdie, made in Paris, sent by Pte Philip Poole, Army Service Corps, to his mother, 1917 (c). Crafts 1998-01-5
Two copies of memoirs of Mrs A E Bucklee, Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and Auxiliary Territorial Service. Archives 1998-01-32
Pen and ink drawing of Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps on patrol in the rain, 'The End of a 'Perfect Beat' & 'Nothing Doing'', 1919; Madge Druitt; two Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and Auxiliary Territorial Service (1966) anecdotes. Archives 1998-01-48
Circular letter of thanks from the Quarter Master General to members of the Women's Forage Corps on disbandment, December 1919; similar letter of thanks from the Corps, 7 Jan 1920; photographic portrait in uniform of B Lambert. Photographs 1998-01-77
Papers of Doris M Senior, Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps, 1918-1982: identity certificate; certificate; 2 ration books; discharge certificate; employment document; admission ticket; notes; press cutting; newsletter. Archives 1998-01-99
Papers of Dame Florence Leach (Dame Simpson), 1916-1956: 6 letters; invitation card; three order of services; two press cuttings; visitor form; note; newspaper supplement; order; warrant; two booklets; three scrapbooks. Archives 1998-01-78
Postcard photograph showing two men of the Army Service Corps mounted on a motorcycle, 1914 (c). Photographs 1998-01-133
Collection of 70 watercolours by P W Reynolds, 1900 (c). Single figure uniform studies. Drawings and Watercolours 1998-01-168
Memoir of service of P E Baxter (Mrs Longland), 93rd Searchlight Regiment, written 1985. Archives 1998-02-29
Papers of I R Beddington (nee Farquhar), Royal Army Medical Corps: soldier's service and pay book; identity certificate; three postcards; four photographs; photograph book; two non-fraternization letters; letter; note. Archives 1998-02-30
Papers of I R Beddington (nee Farquhar), Royal Army Medical Corps: soldier's service and pay book; identity certificate; three postcards; four photographs; photograph book; two non-fraternization letters; letter; note. Photographs 1998-02-30
Memoirs of service (three copies), M Doherty, 1942-1965, Auxiliary Territorial Service and Women's Royal Army Corps: 'The Best Years of My Life'. Archives 1998-02-66
Drafts of talk 'The Female of the Species' by ex-Sgt Jessie Longworth, Auxiliary Territorial Service and Women's Royal Army Corps (TA), 1966. Archives 1998-02-104
Papers relating to M G Goodwin, Auxiliary Territorial Service, 1940-1966: two soldier's service and pay book; two certificates of service; airgraph; certificate of meritorious service; seven photographs; order of service; first day cover; invitation card; letters and notes on discharge; five typing certificates; six admission certificates; programmes. Photographs 1998-02-83
Papers relating to M G Goodwin, Auxiliary Territorial Service, 1940-1966: two soldier's service and pay book; two certificates of service; airgraph; certificate of meritorious service; seven photographs; order of service; first day cover; invitation card; letters and notes on discharge; five typing certificates; six admission certificates; programmes. Archives 1998-02-83
Papers of Marjorie Last, as an officer in the Auxiliary Territorial Service (1938-1945) and in the Territorial Army (1948-1953) in particular at Strathpeffer (1942), with 65 Anti-aircraft Brigade at Grimsby (1943-1944), and 3 Anti-aircraft Command at Aigburth (1945): including her soldier's service and pay book, clothing coupons, press cuttings, correspondence, training files, nominal rolls, release book, identity certificate, published material and photographs. Archives 1998-02-99
Personal copy of M N Wallace's father's memoirs of service with the Royal Army Pay Corps, in which there are a number of references to the work of the Auxiliary Territorial Service. Archives 1998-02-149
Badges associated with Nellie Irene Ellingham (Mrs Giles), Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps, 1914-1919: two cap badges; pair of lapel badges. Badges 1998-02-165
Typescript memoir: 'Some Memories 8 September 1905 - 7 September 1994'; compiled by Col Edward Howard Reeder, Royal Army Service Corps 1983; with later postscript. Archives 1998-02-177
Six photographs collected by Col E H Reeder, Royal Army Service Corps, 1926-1934 (c). Photographs 1998-02-178
25 B/W photographs taken by F T Harrison while serving in a Mobile Workshop Company, Royal Army Service Corps in 1st and 8th Armies, mostly in Italy; all captioned and where dated - 1944. Photographs 1998-02-197
16 mm and 8 mm cine film collected by Major-General Sir Stuart Greeves, Royal Indian Army Service Corps, relating to his life in India and to his service career; 38 cans, details given on cans 1-7; a video viewing copy is available for part of this collection. Film and Videos 1990-04-236
One reel of 16 mm cine film of the Abbey and Garden Party - 50th Anniversary of the formation of Women's Services. Video copies available. Film and Videos 1994-01-128
Single round identity disc, 1939 (c); worn by Col E H Reeder. Equipment, general 1998-06-37
Papers of Pte F T Harrison, Royal Army Service Corps, 1940-1946. Archives 1998-06-150
Hong Kong Military Service Corps, 1962-1997. Acrylic on canvas commissioned by Lt Col N Southward, commanding officer of the Hong Kong Military Service Corps, and painted by Capt Damien Bush (born 1968), Royal Army Veterinary Corps, 1996. Oil Paintings 1997-06-104
Large quantities correspondence, including letters and airgraphs, from Sergeant Kenneth Arthur Cooper to his wife from Egypt, Ethiopia and India, 1940-1944; copies of 'The Spur', the journal of 928 Motor Ambulance Convoy, 1944, to which Cooper was attached; handbooks, teaching notes and other service documents. Archives 1998-07-8
170 photographs (first 97 removed from album); collected by Sergeant Kenneth Arthur Cooper, Royal Army Medical Corps, 928 Motor Ambulance Convoy, India, Egypt and Ethiopia, 1940-1944. Photographs 1998-07-9
Recruitment and demobilisation papers of Sergeant R J Watson 1942-1946, Auxiliary Territorial Service; with post-war material relating to the Women's Royal Army Corps Association; includes Atlas of the World War, 1917 (c). Archives 1998-07-19
Shield-shaped, painted, wood plaque; three horses' heads on red ground with blue cross representing 'X' detachment (Horse Transport) Royal Army Service Corps, hand-painted by unit tradesman, 1946 (c); inscribed; a souvenir given to N W A Tomlinsonn, Royal Engineers, by his father G W J Tomlinson, RASC, commander of 'X' detachment, Antwerp. Crafts 1998-07-40
Shield-shaped, painted, wood plaque; horse's head on blue, red, green and brown ground with red arrow pointing top right; wooden mount; inscribed; commemorative shield, belonged to G W J Tomlinson, Royal Army Service Corps, dating from his command of 'X' detachment (Horse Transport) RASC, Antwerp. Crafts 1998-07-39
Martini Enfield .303 in artillery carbine Mk I 1897, converted from Martini-Henry Mk III 1884 rifle; sold out of service marks; issue roundel to Army Service Corps. Firearms 1993-07-73
Smoking set, silver-mounted, 1902 (c); crocodile-skin covered box with inscribed silver plaque, containing two pipes (1 wood, 1 meerschaum), two cigar holders, set into moulded recesses. All four pieces silver-mounted, by H & J (possibly Hollins & Jacques), and hallmarked Chester 1902-1903; the case made in Vienna. Silver 1997-09-71
Five buttons worn by William Robert Henry Moore, Royal Army Service Corps, 1939-1945. Badges 1998-08-64
The Final Drive. The Story of the Royal Corps of Transport 1794-1993. VHS cassette on the history of the Royal Corps of Transport 1794-1993. Film and Videos 1993-06-68
Three video cassettes of interviews with members of the Women's Royal Army Corps Association, recalling their service. Film and Videos 1994-01-154
Interview with Brigadier E.J. Nolan, C.B. by Colonel N.R. Robertson M.B.E. for the W.R.A.C. Museum Archives 1 August 1990; VHS video cassette, recorded at Guildford, discussion of her career. Duration 50 mins. Film and Videos 1994-01-155
VHS video chronicling the work of 617 Tank Transporter Sqn RCT (part of 7 Tank Transporter Regt RCT), from its origins in 1947 as 317 GT Unit of the Mixed Service Organisation (MSO), to the disbandment of the MSO element of the Sqn in 1987-88. The vast majority of the MSO personnel had been Polish. Running time 22 mins. Film and Videos 1994-09-120
WAAC 1914-18 ATS DRIVER BARBARA FELIX 1945. Watercolour by Helen Mckie 1945 (c), signed lower right; two full-length figures in uniform of Women's Army Service in two World Wars, general service wagon in distance to right. Drawings and Watercolours 1998-10-135
One pound banknote issued by the South African Republic, 1 Apr 1901, which was in the possession of Maj Arthur Caldwell, Army Service Corps during the Boer War, 1900-1901. Archives 1998-10-152
Seventeen photographs associated with Maj Arthur Caldwell, Army Service Corps, Boer War (1899-1902), 1901-1902. Photographs 1998-10-153
Bino Prism No 2 Mk III x 6 binoculars 1943 and case 1938; Capt G W J Tomlinson, Leicester Yeomanry, Royal Army Service Corps. Scientific Instruments 1998-10-186
Map case, 1940; manufactured by Waring and Gillow; contains black pencil. Equipment, general 1998-10-195
Cane stick, 1944 (c); owned by Colonel E H Reeder, Royal Army Service Corps. Equipment, general 1998-10-188
Leather covered hip flask, 1944 (c); Col E H Reeder, Royal Army Service Corps. Equipment, general 1998-10-189
Military issue cutlery: knife, fork and spoon, 1943 (c); Col E H Reeder, Royal Army Service Corps. Equipment, general 1998-10-190
Sleeping valise, 1939 (c); Col E H Reeder, Royal Army Service Corps. Equipment, general 1998-10-191
Wood, metal and canvas camp bed, 1939 (c); Col E H Reeder, Royal Army Service Corps. Furniture 1998-10-192
Wood, metal and canvas camp chair, 1939 (c); Col E H Reeder, Royal Army Service Corps. Furniture 1998-10-193
Two wash basins, one large, one small, wooden and metal frame, 1939 (c); Col E H Reeder, Royal Army Service Corps; canvas bag. Equipment, general 1998-10-194
Women's Royal Army Corps Instructions, 1950-1972. Archives 1998-10-205
Five scrapbooks of press cuttings relating to the Women's Royal Army Corps; 1937-41; 1949-52; 1957-81. Archives 1998-10-211
Mess property books: minute books and valuation documents for the Women's Royal Army Corps Headquarters Mess. Archives 1998-10-215
List of special covers issued by the Army Postal Service Corps, (Indian Army), Dec 1954 to Apr 1994; with envelope issued for bicentenary of 2nd Grenadiers, 1996, used for an internal United Kingdom letter, 1998. Archives 1998-10-270
Photographs of what appear to be a Baluch Company of the Royal Indian Army Service Corps, Mule Transport, 1945 (c); collected by Maj Cyril Oxted Lloyd. Photographs 1998-10-326
One-pint tankard, RIASC School Sports Club, 1934 (c); electro-plated nickel-silver over brass-coloured metal with clear plastic base; maker unknown; circular, tapering downwards with straight sides and flattened ovoid section handle; owned by Richard Spear MBE, emergency commission, Indian Army as 2/Lt, acting Lt Col. Silver 1998-11-3
One-pint tankard, RIASC School Sports Club, 1934 (c); electro-plated nickel-silver over brass with clear plastic base; maker unknown; circular, tapering downwards with straight sides and flattened ovoid section handle; owned by Richard Spear MBE, emergency commission, Indian Army as 2/Lt, acting Lt Col. Silver 1998-11-4
Three groups of papers relating to the Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps (QMAAC): minutes of a conference between QMAAC, Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) and the Ministry of Labour, 14 Jun 1918; 'Steady', a piece dated 22 Dec 1918, addressed to QMAACs with the Allied Expeditionary Force (AEF); letter from Col D L Stone, AEF, to Dame Florence Leach about the transfer of QMAACs from AEF. Archives 1998-11-6
Papers relating to Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps; examination paper; preliminary training summons; Physical Training Tables of Exercises for the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps HQ, Army Gymnastic Staff Nov 1917; Acknowledgement of WAAC training help provided to the Women's Royal Navy Service; Educational Training Scheme issued with the Special Army Order X, 24 Sep 1918. Archives 1998-11-18
Four prayer books from the Women's Army Service Corps Depot Church of St Mark, Guildford, and Huron Camp Chapel, Women's Army Service Corps School of Instruction, Hindhead; Hymn book from the chapel of the Auxiliary Territorial Service Officers School, Windsor. Archives 1998-11-61
Church services register, 1946-55. Archives 1998-11-62
Triumph 3-wheel vehicle. Vehicles 1994-11-9
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
Scarf, knitted; Auxiliary Territorial Service, 1943 (c); body has various shoulder titles, formation badges, medal ribbons sewn on; one badge loose - Robin Hood printed on pale green square, North Midland District (Northern Command). Uniforms 1994-04-380
Cased Wilkinson-Webley 1905 Model .450/455 in revolver; with ammunition (not located with case), brass Short Magazine Lee-Enfield type oil bottle and cleaning rod; presented to Cadet White, musketry prize 2077, 1908-1918; inscribed brass plate on case. Firearms 1965-01-138
Cased Wilkinson-Webley 1905 Model .450/455 in revolver; with ammunition (not located with case), brass Short Magazine Lee-Enfield type oil bottle and cleaning rod; presented to Cadet White, musketry prize 2077, 1908-1918; inscribed brass plate on case. Equipment, general 1965-01-138
Sweetheart brooch in the shape of a light infantry bugle, 1941 (c); silver and blue enamel; one of two brooches that belonged to the mother of Michael Handford, Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 1941 (c); bugle with cord straps and tassels forming a decorative loop above, with inscription on a blue scroll below; mounted on a bar; no maker's mark. Crafts 1998-12-8
Sweetheart brooch, badge of the Royal Army Service Corps; silver, dark blue, light blue and red enamel; one of two brooches which belonged to the mother of Michael Handford, Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry; seven-pointed star surmounted by a crown; inscribed centrally with unit title, motto on garter strap; mounted on a bar; no maker's mark. Crafts 1998-12-9
Other rank's cap badge, Royal Army Service Corps, 1940 (c); associated with Cpl Robert Moore. Badges 1998-12-18
Photocopies of three articles by Major P G Malins: The Royal Indian Army Service Corps in the Second World War; The First to Take the Field; When the Mule was king in Jalandhar. Archives 1999-01-111
Collection of documents and laser copied photographs collected by Cadet Ensign Dorothea Jean Morrison Stevenson, First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, attached to the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force, 1944-1947. Archives 1999-01-125
Collection of 32 photographs of the British Army during World War Two; 29 photographs of the British Expeditionary Force in France, 1939-1940; three photographs of the British Army in the Western Desert, 1940 (c). Photographs 1999-01-143
Sleeve badge worn by Edwin Butler, Army Fire Service, Royal Defence Corps, Ceiriog, Wales, 1939-1945 (c), . Badges 1999-03-32
Copper printing plate for Cartes de Visite, 1940 (c); engraved with the name, Lt Col H O Rogers (retd), Indian Army Service Corps; made by Military Gazette Limited, Lahore. Equipment, general 1997-12-51
Webley .455 in Mk V breechloading service revolver, rare 6 in barrel; issued to the Army Service Corps, 1915. Firearms 1989-02-161
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
Webley .455 in Mk II breechloading service revolver, 1894 pattern, 1899. Manufactured by Webley and Scott, Birmingham. Issued to the Army Service Corps in 1899, with War Department marks and Birmingham proof marks. Firearms 1991-08-73
Items relating to L/Cpl Driver Leonard George Harris, 1945 (c): wallet; cigarette case and two razors. Equipment, general 1995-07-9
Diamond Jubilee Patent Despatch box, 1920; associated with Lt Col Gerald Tahourdin Savage, DSO, Royal Army Service Corps; made by Allibhoy Vallijee and Sons, Mooltan Cantonmant, India. Equipment, general 1995-07-7
Officer's sword; Royal Army Service Corps, 1910-1936; three bar guard inscribed with maker's name, Hawkes and Co, and regimental name. Edged Weapons 1985-05-30
Officer's sword, 1930 (c); Royal Army Service Corps; blade inscribed with George V cypher, proof marks and regimental name; buff leather washer; leather sword knot; brown leather scabbard. Edged Weapons 1984-10-107
Medal group, M F Wagstaff (Chief Controller), Women's Royal Army Corps, Auxiliary Territorial Service: Order of the British Empire: Commanders Badge (CBE), 2nd Issue, 1939-45 Star, Italy Star 1943-45, Defence Medal 1939-45, British War Medal 1939-45, General Service Medal (Army and RAF) 1918-62, 3rd Issue, clasp: Palestine 1945-48; Efficiency Medal and clasp, Volunteer Medical Service Medal and 3 clasps; Voluntary Medical Service Medal, Sweden 1949; two ribbon bars. Medals 1994-07-185
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
Medal group awarded to Driver T F Bowden, Royal Army Service Corps, later Tripolitania Police: 1939-45 Star; Africa Star 1940-43, clasp: 8th Army; British War Medal 1939-45; Defence Medal 1939-45; Territorial Efficiency Medal. Medals 1999-05-49
Collection of Japanese souvenirs mounted in a wooden frame, acquired by Maj Blantern-Haine, Royal Army Service Corps, 1943 (c); linen handkerchief painted with Japanese characters; currency note, five cents; red felt badge embroidered with two stars; grey wool (?) badge with a circular white patch inked with a Japanese character; currency note, one rupee; postcard showing resting Japanese soldiers; postcard showing a view of docks. Equipment, general 1964-06-36
Soldier's release book, record of service and two passport sized photographs, 1939-1946, of Lance Corporal Thomas Bowder, Royal Army Service Corps. Archives 1999-06-31
Soldier's release book, record of service and two passport sized photographs, 1939-1946, of Lance Corporal Thomas Bowder, Royal Army Service Corps. Photographs 1999-06-31
11 photographs of of the Auxiliary Territorial Service and Women's Royal Army Corps, 1947-1970; photographs show passing-out-parade; Guildford, 1947; a garden competition; visit of Begum Ali Khan, 1948; Junior Commander Nolan, Jamaica, 1952; group 5 Independent Coy WRAC, Jamaica, 1953; visits of the Duchess of Kent to the WRAC college, 1967 and to Hong Kong, 1970. Photographs 1995-01-15
Album of 66 photographs relating to the visit of Queen Elizabeth II to the Auxiliary Territorial Service Reunion, Women's Royal Army Corps Centre, Guildford, Surrey, 26 May 1979. Photographs 1995-01-19
Album of 10 photographs with newspaper cuttings relating to the employment of members of the Women's Legion as drivers, 1917 (c); including: postcard views of Boulogne; a group of women formed up by a vehicle, and at the wheels of a vehicle; receiving orders from an Army Service Corps Sergeant; carrying out maintenance work on a vehicle; the women are shown wearing Army Service Corps shoulder titles. Photographs 1995-01-20
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
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
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