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| Description | Object Type | NAM Accession Number |
|---|---|---|
| Officer's sword, pattern 1856; Royal Engineers; spear point blade engraved with decoration including maker's name Robert Mole, Birmingham; normal guard stamped with 23/9/80; steel scabbard. | Edged Weapons | 1967-06-40 |
| Diary and typed transcript of Lt John Gulliver Howard MC, 17th Bn Middlesex Regiment, later Royal Engineers, 20 Aug 1916 to 17 Sep 1918; 17th Bn Christmas menu, 1916, and laser copied photo of Howard, covering his training and service on the Western Front. | Archives | 1999-03-95 |
| Royal Engineers officer's sword, pattern 1857; blade inscribed with royal coat of arms and regimental motif and motto; half basket guard; black fishskin grip bound with wire; chrome plated steel scabbard. | Edged Weapons | 1965-02-102 |
| General Service Medal 1962-2007, with clasps: Northern Iraq, Southern Turkey, (contained in the box of issue); awarded to Lance Corporal J Gibbon, Royal Engineers, 59th (Independent) Command Squadron; Gibbon took part in Operation HAVEN, 8 May to 13 Jun 1991. | Medals | 1999-04-33 |
| Infantry officer's sword, pattern 1897; Electrical Engineer's; blade inscribed with maker's name; leather covered scabbard. | Edged Weapons | 1982-07-11 |
| Infantry officer's sword, pattern 1897; blade inscribed with maker's name and George V cypher; leather covered scabbard with frog button. | Edged Weapons | 1981-09-50 |
| Band sword, 1850-1900 (c), similar to 1831 mameluke type; blade marked with maker's name, Firmin and Sons, London, Victoria cypher, regimental name and motto; ivory grip; brass scabbard. | Edged Weapons | 1980-12-60 |
| Officer's sword, pattern 1857; Royal Engineers; blade inscribed with regimental name and VR cypher; scabbard. | Edged Weapons | 1980-02-44 |
| Indian Army Mameluke Hilted sword, Royal Indian Engineers, 1900 (c); blade inscribed with maker's name, C F Johns and Pegg, London, serial number and regimental name; crossguard inscribed with regimental name in cartouche; sword knot; nickle plated scabbard with brass fittings. | Edged Weapons | 1978-12-29 |
| Webley .455 in Mk VI breechloading service revolver, with holster, strap and lanyard, 1918, which do not really match the revolver but are marked to the same owner H V Cornick, Royal Engineers. Associated with World War One (1914-1918). | Firearms | 1991-08-94 |
| Webley .455 in Mk VI breechloading service revolver, with holster, strap and lanyard, 1918, which do not really match the revolver but are marked to the same owner H V Cornick, Royal Engineers. Associated with World War One (1914-1918). | Equipment, general | 1991-08-94 |
| Webley .455 in Mk VI breechloading service revolver, 1918; with holster and lanyard; used by 2/Lt J Smith, Royal Engineers. Associated with World War One (1914-1918). | Firearms | 1991-08-95 |
| Webley .455 in Mk VI breechloading service revolver, 1918; with holster and lanyard; used by 2/Lt J Smith, Royal Engineers. Associated with World War One (1914-1918). | Equipment, general | 1991-08-95 |
| Enfield Mk II .476 in centre-fire service revolver, 1881 pattern; Royal Engineers (?), made in 1881 (c). | Firearms | 1991-09-43 |
| Model Bailey bridge Kit No 6, for Bridging Schools, 1942 (c). | Models | 1995-02-134 |
| Lighter and match case, 1914-1919; associated with Mr Hawes and the Royal Engineers; made by Ferry and Company, London; associated with World War One (1914-1918). | Equipment, general | 1995-03-109 |
| Sword, 1930 (c); Corps of Royal Engineer's; two scabbards; used by Brig H L Woodhouse. | Edged Weapons | 1989-08-119 |
| A soldier in uniform, a head of an old lady and part of a head of a woman, 1917 (c). Pencil sketch on squared paper by 2/Lt Richard Tennant Cooper (1885-1957), Royal Engineers; verso, a head of a fireman. Associated with World War One (1914-1918). | Drawings and Watercolours | 1999-04-221 |
| A man in uniform, wearing a peaked forage cap, 1917 (c). Pencil sketch by 2/Lt Richard Tennant Cooper (1885-1957), Royal Engineers; foreshortened as viewed from beneath. Associated with World War One (1914-1918). | Drawings and Watercolours | 1999-04-222 |
| A head of a young man looking right and an older man wearing a peaked cap, 1917 (c). Pencil sketch by 2/Lt Richard Tennant Cooper (1885-1957), Royal Engineers. Associated with World War One (1914-1918). | Drawings and Watercolours | 1999-04-223 |
| 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 |
| Leopard skin mat, 1874 (c); lined with black oil cloth; in its natural shape with hide missing on all of the legs and tail; head is sewn flat in panels; owned by Lt C M Watson, Royal Engineers and was presented to him by Maj Gen C G Gordon, who acquired it from the King of Abyssinia, 1874. | Equipment, general | 1963-10-283 |
| Writing box, 1876 (c); wooden, painted black with openings either side and a central compartment dividing panel; when the side panels are removed they reveal six compartments on each side; the top bears three labels, each inscribed with the owner's name, Lt Col William Raffles Tucker, Royal Engineers. | Equipment, general | 1964-07-48 |
| Fragment of rock, 1855 (c); irregular piece of triangular crystalline rock; the remains of a label are stuck to one side and describe the rock as a fragment of the docks at Sevastopol which were blown up by the Royal Engineers, also associated with the 88th Regiment (Connaught Rangers). | Equipment, general | 1965-01-164 |
| Swagger cane, 1903, Gen Aylmer Hunter-Weston, Royal Engineers; made by Swaine and Adenay and hallmarked 1900; natural cane with a silver head and white metal ferrule; head is lozenge shape, with a hole in the centre and spiral design on the socket; engraved on the lozenge, 'FROM GRANNIE, DEC 1903' and 'A. HUNTER-WESTON'. | Equipment, general | 1965-03-35 |
| Field telegraph wire, Crimean War (1854-1856), 1855 (c). Copper wire, gutta-percha insulation. | Equipment, general | 1965-10-202 |
| Adams percussion revolver, .476 in 1858, C E Webber, Royal Engineers. | Firearms | 1993-02-351 |
| Mk II 9 pounder Hales rocket; recovered from Shoeburyness, Kent Sands, by Royal Engineers, 1974. | Ammunition | 1974-12-92 |
| 29 picture postcards, mostly portraits and groups, of British soldiers, 1913-1916. | Photographs | 1996-11-25 |
| Two identity discs and a crucifix attached with string, 1939-1945; belonged to WO2 William Tizzard, Royal Artillery and Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. | Equipment, general | 1999-06-87 |
| M14 105 mm Pack Howitzer cartridge case, Borneo 1962-1967. | Ammunition | 1996-08-238 |
| Combat smock worn by WO2 J Croll in Bosnia, 1998, Corps of Royal Engineers. | Uniforms | 1999-06-112 |
| Uniform worn by Colonel F E 'Rex' Calendar, 1944 (c), Corps of Royal Engineers: service dress tunic; khaki drill breeches; service dress peaked forage cap; Sam Browne waistbelt; pair of butcher boots; associated with World War Two (1939-1945). | Uniforms | 1999-06-126 |
| Uniform worn by Colonel F E 'Rex' Calendar, 1944 (c), Corps of Royal Engineers: service dress tunic; khaki drill breeches; service dress peaked forage cap; Sam Browne waistbelt; pair of butcher boots; associated with World War Two (1939-1945). | Equipment, uniform | 1999-06-126 |
| Collection of equipment owned by Lt Col A C Swetenham, Royal Engineers, 1930-1940: tin hat box; folding camp bed; groundsheet; inflatable mattress; tin uniform box. | Equipment, general | 1976-10-8 |
| Collection of equipment owned by Lt Col A C Swetenham, Royal Engineers, 1930-1940: tin hat box; folding camp bed; groundsheet; inflatable mattress; tin uniform box. | Furniture | 1976-10-8 |
| Set of drawing instruments in wooden case, 1930 (c); field glasses in case, 1930 (c); wooden trunk, zinc lined, 1930 (c); owned by Lt Col C A Swetenham, Royal Engineers, 1925-1940 (c). | Scientific Instruments | 1977-01-24 |
| Set of drawing instruments in wooden case, 1930 (c); field glasses in case, 1930 (c); wooden trunk, zinc lined, 1930 (c); owned by Lt Col C A Swetenham, Royal Engineers, 1925-1940 (c). | Equipment, general | 1977-01-24 |
| Two tablespoons; both made of white metal with a fiddle backed, fishtail handle; one used at the Royal Military College, 1910 (c) and one used by the Royal Engineers, 1920; with stamped markings. | Equipment, general | 1977-07-27 |
| Two dhurries and a mosquito net used as tent furnishings in India by Lt A C Swetenham, Royal Engineers, 1935-1939 (c). | Equipment, general | 1977-08-21 |
| Papers relating to Col G R Riddick, 3/6 Rajputana Rifles, 1936-1946 and REME, 1947-1956; with correspondence concerning his service with the REME, 1995. | Archives | 1996-12-15 |
| Five photographs collected by Col G R Riddick as a boy soldier at the Military College of Science, Shrivenham 1932-1933, with the 3/6 Rajputana Rifles, 1940 (c)-1945 and with Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers, 1957. | Photographs | 1996-12-17 |
| Two official photographs from the Middle East, 1942 (c): Royal Engineer with a mine detector; Indian troops training at Tactics School. | Photographs | 1999-07-14 |
| Sterilisation outfit, 1950 (c); contained in a tinned steel box, with a hinged lid; inscribed, 'STERILISATION OUTFIT FOR USE WITH WATER BOTTLES KEEP DRY'; inside of lid bears instructions for use; containing two glass bottles with printed labels with inscriptions indicated the contents as tablets; owned by Lt Col Swetenham, Royal Engineers. | Equipment, general | 1978-02-2 |
| Typescript biographies illustrated with copy photographs of three brothers, Clifford, James and Leonard Britton, all killed in action 1917, and two brothers, Robert and Clifford Bridge, and James Coles, all of whom served during World War One. | Photographs | 1995-01-298 |
| Typescript biographies illustrated with copy photographs of three brothers, Clifford, James and Leonard Britton, all killed in action 1917, and two brothers, Robert and Clifford Bridge, and James Coles, all of whom served during World War One. | Archives | 1995-01-298 |
| Papers relating to Lieutenant Edward Leary, British South Africa Company's Police, Bechuanaland Border Police and South Africa Constabulary: 21 picture postcards sent to Leary when based at Rustenburg, Transvaal, 1903-1906; photograph of a map of Rustenburg; photograph, full length portrait, of Leary in uniform; photograph of the memorial to Leary at Rustenburg; photographic portrait of Pte Archibald Leary, Royal Engineers, 1918 (c). | Photographs | 1999-07-21 |
| Papers relating to Cedric A Salvesen, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and Royal Engineers; including notification of appointment, a recommendation for a commercial post and certification for equipment. | Archives | 1997-02-17 |
| Collection of recruiting literature relating to the British Army, 1983-1994, covering regiments, brigades, transport and logistics, medical and support staff. | Archives | 1995-02-83 |
| Papers relating to the military career of Lt Col N W Tomlinson, Royal Engineers, 1956-1985. | Archives | 1997-03-42 |
| Photographs collected by Lt Col N W Tomlinson, Royal Engineers; covering his time at Royal Military College Sandhurst, 1957-1958 and Royal Military College Shrivenham, 1960-1962. | Photographs | 1997-03-43 |
| Khaki mosquito net, 1943; owned by Maj C A Swetenham, Royal Engineers. | Equipment, general | 1979-06-26 |
| Photocopy of a diary kept by 37259 Sapper William Marsh Butler, 88th Company (?) Royal Engineers, Mesopotamia, September 1916 to January 1918; Butler was later granted a temporary commission in the Indian Army. | Archives | 1995-02-129 |
| Regimental history: 'The legend of army emergency reserve, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers', 1951-1967 by Mr V Sharp. | Archives | 1997-05-11 |
| Safety razor, 1916 (c); made of steel, in the form of a handle which screws on to two blade housings, made by Gillette, USA; contained in a metal case, covered in brown drill; inside the lid is a mirror held by four loops and a chrome case containing two modern, Wilkinson Sword, razor blades; owned by Pioneer Colin Reid 93560, 219th Field Coy, Royal Engineers and used during World War One. | Equipment, general | 1979-11-20 |
| 207 papers of Lieutenant C O B Blewitt, Rifle Brigade, 1889-1901, and members of his family; Blewitt was killed in action in South Africa 17 Sept 1901. | Archives | 1995-03-75 |
| Copy of a service notebook kept by Sgt L G Burd of the Royal Engineers whilst aboard the army transport ship 'Somali' returning from Hong Kong to the United Kingdom, 1913; details relating to the ship routine and orders. | Archives | 1997-06-36 |
| Papers of Sapper (later Maj) F Grundy, Corps of Royal Engineers, Boer War, 1899-1902. | Archives | 1995-04-109 |
| Colour transparencies from an Army briefing pack. Subjects include British Army equipment, vehicles and activities. | Photographs | 1997-06-127 |
| Eighty three maps collected by Capt Alan J Hopkinson, Army Educational Corps. | Maps | 1997-07-15 |
| Photocopies of death certificates and Army death notifications relating to men of the Cheshire Regiment, or their families, 1915-1921. | Archives | 1995-06-37 |
| Notebooks, lecture precis and soldier's release book of WO2 Tizzard (1920-1988), Royal Artillery and later REME. | Archives | 1997-08-41 |
| Two cloth maps: South Burma, Malaya and Northern Sumatra; Ordnance Survey map of Watford and High Wycombe, 1912. | Maps | 1997-08-42 |
| Papers collected (in the main) by Captain J E C Hartopp, Royal Engineers, 1940-1945. | Archives | 1999-08-4 |
| The Battalion Lineman; Suzette; Stand To. Three manuscript essays on aspects of the Western Front, 1914-1918, the first and last by Pte W Murphy. | Archives | 1995-11-295 |
| 13 July 1974 Ferret Scout Car R.R.W. L.A.D. Palace Barracks Holywood. Belfast, 1974. Ink and crayon drawing by Ralph Lillford, dated 13 Jul 1974; from a collection of drawings and sketches made during visits to Belfast and Londonderry in 1972 and 1974 to record the British Army serving in Ulster. | Drawings and Watercolours | 1999-08-32 |
| Souvenir programme for the opening ceremony of the new company headquarters for London Electrical Engineers Anti-Aircraft Company, Royal Engineers (TA), Southfields, 18 Jan 1939. | Archives | 1995-11-326 |
| Collection of 18 leaflets produced for Army recruiting purposes, various regiments, 1975-1995. | Archives | 1995-12-146 |
| 5 archive items collected by Lt H C Scott, 12th Middlesex Regiment, including aircraft fabric, autographed by Flight Commander C Grahame-White, Royal Naval Air Service, 11 Jul 1915; 1 of Associated with World War One, Western Front and Air Operations (1914-1918). | Archives | 1997-10-71 |
| Printed album of 305 photographs, illustrated narrative of operations of 33 Indian Corps from Manipur to Mandalay, 1944-1945. | Photographs | 1997-10-135 |
| Typescript transcript of the diary of Lt G H Mawson, (MC), Royal Engineers (Signals), World War One, France, Mesopotamia and India, 1914-1918; transcribed and annotated by his grandson, M H Mawson, 1996. | Archives | 1996-02-234 |
| Soldier's Service and Pay Book of Lt Norman Harrison Woolley, Corps of Royal Engineers, World War Two 1939-1945. | Archives | 1996-02-250 |
| Papers relating to Sergeant Louis Jones and his family, 1886-1942; associated with the Boer War, World War One, Western Front and World War Two, Middle East. | Archives | 1996-02-257 |
| Papers relating to Sergeant Louis Jones and his family, 1886-1942; associated with the Boer War, World War One, Western Front and World War Two, Middle East. | Maps | 1996-02-257 |
| Register of awards to ATS and WRAC personnel, 1940 (c)-1992. | Archives | 1997-10-156 |
| Typescript history of 217 Mobile Civilian Artisan Group, Corps of Royal Engineers, 1945-1995. | Archives | 1996-04-36 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Photographs of Sergeant T Streeting, Royal Engineers and 4th battalion Devonshire Regiment (TA). | Photographs | 1997-12-31 |
| Papers relating to Lt Col N W A Tomlinson, Corps of Royal Engineers, 1956-1958. | Archives | 1996-06-148 |
| Microfilm copies of records relating to gallantry awards, mostly indexed, 1864-1940. | Archives | 1996-07-23 |
| Information leaflets for recruitment into the Territorial Army, 1996. | Archives | 1996-07-71 |
| Report on Steam Road Transport in South Africa. Printed history by Major G P Schofield, Corps of Royal Engineers, published by HMSO, London, 1903. | Archives | 1996-09-28 |
| Three bound printed volumes and one file of printed correspondence relating to military railways in South Africa, 1901-1904; associated with the Boer War 1899-1902. | Archives | 1996-09-29 |
| Reports on Survey and Mapping Sections in South Africa. Photocopy of report by Brevet Lt Col H M Jacks and Captain P H Du P Casgrain, Corps of Royal Artillery, 1903 (c). | Archives | 1996-09-46 |
| Collection of recruiting pamphlets, various regiments, 1990-1996. | Archives | 1996-09-79 |
| Papers associated with Cpl Albert Arthur Colville, Royal Engineers, 1877- 1955 (c), 1916-1920. Associated with World War One (1914-1918). | Archives | 1999-09-30 |
| Rookhee chair and case, 1941; standard armchair with four legs and a canvas seat and back; canvas case; owned by Lt G A Connor, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. | Furniture | 1983-01-134 |
| Item owned by L/Cpl W Potter, Royal Engineers, 1918 (c): identity tags; pencil. | Equipment, general | 1983-03-74 |
| Four maps produced by Field Survey Bn Royal Engineers, 1918: 1: 40,000 map No. 9799 of Roubaix, France, 16 and 19 Oct 1918; 1: 40,000 map No. 9800 of Bailleul, France, 16 and 19 Oct 1918; 1: 40,000 map No. 9816 of Renaix, Belgium, 16 and 19 Oct 1918; 1: 100,000 map, 23 Oct 1918, No. 9839 of the area around Ath, Belgium; collected by Sergeant Herbert Johnson, 20th Middlesex Regiment. | Maps | 1999-09-50 |
| Ship's pennant captured at Tobruk, 1942. | Equipment, general | 1984-08-90 |
| Tube of jam ration, 1960 (c); carried by L/Cpl K Hopkins, Royal Engineers. | Equipment, general | 1984-09-58 |
| Copy of text of an address to the Derby Society of Engineers, given by Major L H K Dunster, Corps of Royal Engineers, describing his service with the corps 1939-1946; with photocopy of an article from the 'Royal Engineers Journal', Jun 1987, based on the text of Dunster's address. | Archives | 1994-01-34 |
| The End of Mussolini's East African Empire and The Liberation of Addis Ababa - Fifty Years on. Offprints of two articles by Brigadier Michael W Biggs, published in the 'Royal Engineers Journal'; associated with World War Two, Middle East 1939-1945, and the Liberation of Addis Ababa 1943. | Archives | 1994-01-211 |
| The Defence of Rorke's Drift, 1879. Colour photolithograph postcard reproducing a detail from the oil painting by Lady Butler, No 6 from a series of six of the 'Military Paintings of Lady Elizabeth Butler', set No 7, published by The Pompadour Gallery, 1987 (c); men of the 24th Regiment of Foot defending against Zulu attack, with Lts Chard and Bromhead in the centre, and soldiers under cover of sandbags to the left. | Prints | 1999-09-66 |
| List of Officers of the Royal Regiment of Artillery and Corps of Royal Engineers, Jul 1797; with modern copy of the book; the list was found under the boards of an old house in Tynemouth. | Archives | 1994-02-164 |
| Projectors to Petards. A Sapper's Tale 12 September 1940 to 10 May 1946. Typescript autobiographical memoir by Sgt L A Wells, Royal Engineers, 80 Assault Sqn. | Archives | 1994-02-174 |
| Ten copy photographs of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers vehicle recovery and the Royal Artillery in Korea, 1950-1953. | Photographs | 1999-10-22 |