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Major accessions to repositories in 2009 relating to Military History |
Local
- Colmonell War Memorial Committee: records incl minutes and corresp 1919-1950
- Ministry of Public Building and Works: deeds and files rel to the wartime requisition of the Empire Hotel, Bath 1902-1986 (Acc 807)
- Photographs of Bath during the Blitz (Norman Arthur Virgo) 1939-1945 (Acc 792)
- Eyewitness account of the Bath Blitz and related papers (Brian Collecot) 1942 (Acc 796)
- Luftwaffe aerial reconnaissance photographs of Bath 1940 (Acc 822)
- Wilfred Hammond, soldier, 8th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps: corresp with his mother whilst serving in France in WWI 1914-1918 (Z1360)
- Fred Llewellyn, sailor: corresp with family in Staple Hill, Bristol while on naval service 1944-1946 (44286)
- 2nd Gloucestershire Royal Engineers (Bristol Engineer Volunteer Corps): mess accounts 1868-1933 (44081)
- George Glasscock, conscientious objector: corresp 1916-1919 (A975)
- Sergeant James Lomas Barratt, Machine Gun Corps: diaries, research notes and transcripts 1915-16, 1985-86 (D7158)
- Charles Mann, journalist: personal papers, papers rel to No More War movement, war journal, photographs 1927-1945 (D7100)
- John Couch, soldier: diaries and papers rel to First World War service and later involvement with the Devon and Exeter Football League 1914-1987 (7659)
- Horace William Newcombe, soldier: papers of and relating to him 1913-2007 (7530)
- HMS Osprey, Royal Navy Air Station, Portland: maps and plans 1960-1999 (D.2206)
- Worcester Volunteer Regiment (1st Battalion): mine rescue notes and regulations, training papers 1907 - 1944 (ACC 9589)
- Grantham family of Barcombe Place and Balneath Manor: additional papers incl material rel to William Ivor Grantham in the 6th (Cyclist) Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment (Territorial Army) 1915-85 (10269)
- James M F Crofts: memoirs of Second World War incl posting at radar station, Wartling c1940-2005 (10376)
- Royal British Legion, Framfield branch: records incl minutes 1949-2005 (10161)
- Royal Naval Reserve, Sussex: films and photographs c1904-70 (10215)
- East Anglia Territorial, Auxiliary and Volunteer Reserve Association: list of members and yearbooks 1933-1980 (A/MD 1 addl)
- John Francis Clement, prisoner of war and lecturer in arts and crafts: diaries, notebooks and corresp 1926-96 (TD1764)
- William Northcott, City Imperial Yeomanry volunteer: war diary rel to experiences of city imperial volunteers 1900-1900 (Acc 2009/003)
- Royal British Legion, Barmouth Branch: records 1926-1997 (ZM/6589)
- Harris family, Earls of Malmesbury: corresp rel to government acquisition of farmland at Hurn for aerodrome and associated military buildings 1939-41 (82A09)
- Sheila Blatch, Women's Land Army member: memoirs rel to Land Army service at Goathouse Farm, Boarhunt, and Bealing's Nursery, Southampton c1940-49 (193A09)
- Auxiliary Territorial Service Battalion HQ Section, Bentley: log book listing recruits and duties c1939 (65A09)
- Hampshire Ex-Servicemens Concert Band: records, photographs, letters and audio-visual material 1993-2007 (47A09)
- Royal Air Forces Association, Itchen and Hamble branch: records incl newsletters, minutes, accounts, membership records 1953-2009 (152A09)
- Hertfordshire Home Guard: training school records c1941-1944 (Acc 4602)
- Lochaber Rifle Volunteers: membership and press cuttings book 1869-1881 (L/D6/4/38)
- Ryde Local War Charities Appeal Committee: minutes 1940-41 (2009/035)
- A Shenton, Infantryman: letters received while serving with 9th Norfolk Regiment 1914-1938 (DE7695)
- Ernest William Moore, soldier Royal Northumberland Fusiliers of Norwich: letters written to his mother whilst on active service in Mesopotamia 1916-1919 (ACC 2009/195)
- Royal British Legion, Women's section: Hillington and Dereham branch: additional records of closed branches 1967-2008 (ACC 2009/135)
- Royal British Legion, Old and New Buckenham branch: records 1928-2007 (ACC 2009/181)
- Lanarkshire Home Guard: defence locality plans of 2nd Battalion c1940 (ACC 1865)
- Women at War scrapbook, Plymouth with photographs and annotations 1941-1942 (PCC/76/6)
- Lt-Colonel JW Fawdry: photographs and papers incl papers of Mrs LM Fawdry 20th cent (2712A)
- Royal British Legion, Women's Section, High Green and Mortomley branch: minutes 1954-2007 (X273)
- Felix Ball of Weston-super-Mare: papers rel to military service and work in the General Post Office 1924-1958 (A/ATH)
- Royal British Legion, Wedmore branch: minutes and papers 1929-1954 (A\DCB)
- Soldiers' Sailors' & Airmen's Families Association: minute books of county executive committee and annual general meetings 1930-1997 (D6947)
- Robert James Peter Barter, Company Sergeant Major, 2/6 Battalion, East Surrey Regiment: memoirs and copy photographs 1939-95 (ESR/25)
- William George Denman, 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment: photograph albums rel to service in Sudan and elsewhere c1930-39 (ESR/25)
- George Herbert Wilkinson, Company Quartermaster Sergeant: papers 1901-45 (ESR/25 additional)
- Ashtead Potters Ltd, disabled ex-servicemen's business: papers incl corresp between Stafford Cripps and Cecil Harmsworth rel to funding and operation of business 1930-42 (8480)
- Jullundur Brigade, ex-servicemens' association: histories, photographs and ephemera rel to the Brigade's relationship with the Manchester Regiment 1914-93 (3739)
- Manchester Regiment (63/96th Regiments): glass plate negatives (223) 1914-18 (3615)
- Burma Star Association, Worthing branch: minutes and registers 1986-2002 (Acc 15398)
- Dunkirk Veterans Association, Bradford branch: records incl cash books 1971-2000 (WYB421)
- Royal British Legion, Hebden Bridge and District branch: minutes and accounts 1935-2002 (WYC: 1491)
- Wakefield and West Riding (Agbrigg) militia: records incl regimental log book 1809-1813 (WYW1686)
- Bradfield family of Salisbury and Morpeth: corresp with family members in the services, Second World War 1940-1945 (3796)
- Brudenell-Bruce family, Marquesses of Ailesbury: additional estate and family papers, incl legal and estate memoranda books, memoir of Thomas earl of Ailesbury, c1730, diaries of Thomas marquis of Ailesbury1786-1803; architectural plans of Tottenham Park, 1808-1834; letters of the earl of Cardigan about his role in the Charge of The Light Brigade in 1854, 1865-6; land drainage plans, 1850's; notebook of R Loder about the topography of Savernake Forest, 1917; corresp re the lease of the forest to the Forestry Commission 1674-1985 (3790)
- Royal Naval Store Depot, Copenacre: photographs and papers 1940-1995 (3754)
- Royal British Legion, Women's Section, Wiltshire branch: branch minutes and county corresp and papers 1943-2008 (3782)
National
- Adolphus Frederick Cambridge, 1st Duke of Cambridge, Field Marshal: papers 18th-20th cent (Add. 88883)
- George William Frederick Charles Cambridge, 2nd Duke of Cambridge, Field Marshal: papers 18th-20th cent (Add. 88883)
- Lt Graham Robertson Airth, naval surgeon: diary and papers relating to service on HMS Dido 1944-1945 1944-1945
- Lt Stephen Crighton Alexander: papers relating to time as prisoner of war in Singapore and Thailand 1942-1945
- Aileen Clayton, writer: papers relating to WAAF service 1939-1980
- Colonel Basil Cranmer Denning: papers rel to military service 1912-1940
- Sir Fowke George Henry, Lieutenant General: papers 1907-1955
- Leo John Genn, actor and barrister: papers concerning his military service 1939-1946
- George Pitt, RAF Officer: papers and corresp concerning RAF service and wife's evacuation to Canada
- Elizabeth Robinson, nurse with Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service: corresp rel to service 1916-1926
- Lt-Col Peter Louis Sherwood: papers relating to service as a staff officer in Home Forces and the planning for landings in Normandy and the Far East 1942-1945
- Major General Frank Keith Simmons: diaries and papers rel to time as prisoner of war in Singapore, Taiwan and Manchuria 1942-1945
- Sir Cyril James Stubblefield, geologist: childhood corresp with soldiers on active service during the First World War 1914-1918
- Hilary Szymanowski: papers relating to service with British Control Commision 1945
- Elizabeth Townley-Clarkson: papers concerning work as Friends Relief Service volunteer 1944-1946
- Lt-Col Robert Williams: diaries and papers rel to service as infantry officer and time as a prisoner of war in Italy 1942-1944
- Dalzell family of Guernsey: family corresp, papers rel to civilian and military (Abyssinian campaign) service of John Dalzell and First World War service of his son, John 1867-1918 (AQ 1078)
- Robilliard family of Guernsey: papers incl Occupation diaries
- Kenneth Giles, of Guernsey: memoir of the Occupation 1940-1980 (AQ 1088/02-05)
- Norah Martel, of Guernsey: diary with photographs of Liebenau and its internees 1942-1945 (AQ 1089/49-51)
- Guernsey Secret Press: typescript news 1945 (AQ 1082/19)
- Burges family: papers rel to their internment in Wurzach, Germany 1940-1945 (JA/1653)
- Adolphe Albert Emile Le Verdier, soldier: diary, corresp, photographs and papers 1932-1994 (JA/1519)
- Lt-General Sir Edwin Alfred Hervey Alderson: papers rel to career c1910-2007 (2009-05-42)
- Captain Geoffrey Owen Aukland, Royal Army Service Corps, 7th Armoured division: diaries, maps and letters rel to service in North Africa c1940-1943 (2009-08-27)
- Hugh Michael Carless, diplomat: memoir rel to service with Royal Scots Fusiliers 1944-1945 (2009-08-43)
- Sir Major-General John Clayton Cowell: papers 1854-1893 (2009-02-110)
- William Frederick Blyth Dalzel, Sergeant Major, Bengal Army: letters (79), papers and photographs incl Battle of Agra and Siege of Lucknow 1852-1857 (2009-06-2)
- Sir Lt-General William Kidstone Elles: diary incl sketch map of river Danube c1856-1859 (2009-03-12)
- Major A N Fradgley: memoir and papers rel to battle of Meiktila and Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners c1939-1945 (2009-06-1)
- Colonel Cholmeley Edward Carl Branfill Harrison, Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment: journals, letters and papers rel to Zulu War, Boer War, First World War, Falklands and Western front c1879-1918 (2009-07-1)
- Lt-Colonel John Archibald Hislop, 9th Jat Regiment: memoir 'Khawab-o-Khyal: Dreams and thoughts' rel to Indian Army service c1932-1993 (2009-07-5)
- Private William Pryor Jay, 1/5th Battallion Buffs, East Kent Regiment: diaries and papers incl First World War Battle of Shaik Saad and service in India c1914-1917 (2009-06-3)
- Colonel Henry Morris Pryce-Jones: papers rel to First World War and members of Dawnay family c1914-1918 (2009-10-7)
- Major-General James Doiran Lunt: papers rel to military operations c1940-1967 (2009-08-51)
- Lt-Colonel F Mackenzie: manuscript history of 25th and 16th battalions, 16th Punjab regiment c1941-1944 (2009-04-7)
- C F Maclean: diary rel to Boer War c1899-1902 (2009-12-7)
- Captain Angus J M Macmillan: papers and photographs rel to life and service c1943-1979 (2009-06-16)
- Captain R M Nichols, Women's Royal Army Corps: memoir 1940-1984 (2009-01-95)
- Lt Derrick Nestande Peterson, 5th Battalion, Buffs Royal East Kent Regiment: diaries (102), letters and documents rel to service and death in action 1919-1944 (2009-07-6)
- Reginald Prosser, bandsman, 2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment: memoir rel to Second World War c1939-1945 (2009-10-12)
- Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Field Marshal: letters (10) to cousin, Mary Syme 1891-1913 (2009-02-137)
- Major John Hugh Voice, 14th Punjab regiment: memoir rel to service in Second World War East Africa and India c1938-1948 (2009-06-11)
- Arthur Windeat, gunner: Boer War diary c1900-1901 (2009-03-13)
- Royal Army Service Corps: records incl accounts, rel to 613 MT company c1919 (2009-12-11)
- The Buffs (later the Buffs Royal East Kent Regiment): letter from Captain Joseph Fenwick to Colonel Richard Blunt (last letter, written in his own blood) 1810 (2009-08-35)
- Devonshire and Dorset Regiment, 1st Battalion: records rel to Guiana c1964 (2009-09-4)
- Royal Regiment of Irish Dragoons: commission to Michael Parker, parchment with red wax seal and signature of William III 1695 (2009-08-32)
- Sir Richard Atkins' Regiment of Foot: captain's commission to John Wood; parchment with red wax seal and signature of William III 1694 (2009-07-28)
- Journal of unidentified private soldier, 100th Regiment of Foot rel to second Anglo-Mysore war c1780-1786 (2009-07-31)
- Lothians and Border Horse: further records 1980-2008 (Acc.13082)
- Henry Downes, Royal Navy Commander: papers incl plan and watercolour of HMS Black Joke, sketch of slave ship El Amirante c1827-1832 (REG09/000227)
- E H Griggs, Royal Navy Gunner: letters, certificates and photographs rel to naval career c1912-1952 (REG07/000118)
- George Charles Green, photographer: photographs of London and royal events taken for the Air Ministry 1950-1965 (GCG01)
- Luftwaffe reconnisance files (2 vols), German World War Two invasion documents (3 vols) 1940-1943 (LFT03 LFT 04)
- James G Beck and John Alexander Beck, merchant seafarers: papers and prisoner of war log books 1940-1989 (DX/2332)
- Henry Scurr, merchant seafarer: papers rel to internment in Japanese prisoner of war camp 1932-1966 (DX/2472)
- May Dorothy Bagient, Women's Royal Air Force chief technician: papers c1919-2010 (X005-2102)
- Air Vice Marshal Edward Dixon Crew: log books 1939-1966 (X003-9916)
- Air Commodore Richard Templeton Gething: papers c1911-2004 (X005-2115)
- Royal Air Force Malcolm Clubs: records c1943-2004 (X005-0936)
- Henry Berkeley Elwyn, naval officer: illustrated logs of service 1867-82 (2009.137)
- Stanford Hill, naval rating: memoir of Operation Torch, Oran, while aboard HMS Hartland, including attack on harbour boom and sinking of ship 1942 (2009.37)
- Admiral John Locke Marx: personal and family papers, incl material rel to the service of Admiral James A Fergusson during the Boer War and Commander Andrew Marx when a midshipman (1952-53) 1866-1953 (2009.39)
- Rear Admiral Simon Edward Post: illustrated lecture on sinking of the Scharnhorst by HMS Norfolk, incl annotated charts c1943 (2009.13)
- David Sisson, naval officer: diaries (4) and papers rel to service during the Falklands War aboard the Ships Taken Up From Trade (STUFT) vessels British Dart and British Trent 1982 (2009.42)
- HMS Barfleur: anonymous account of actions of naval brigade landed from HMS Barfleur during the Boxer Rebellion, believed to be kept by a signalman from the ship 1900 (2009.36)
- HMS Fiji: compiled service history and accounts of survivors of sinking 1940-41 (2009.61)
- HMS Endymion: account of actions of Midshipman HG Briggs during Boxer Rebellion 1900 (2009.122)
- HMS Newfoundland: 'Gunroom Line Book' of sketches, poems, images etc compiled by midshipmen's mess 1955-56 (2009.108)
- Royal Aircraft Establishment Farnborough: technical and design notes and reports of Keith Copeland describing work on radar during the Second World War, particularly the potential for tracking V2 missiles 1943-1963 (ARCH: COPE)
Special
- Henry C Stevens, writer and translator: photographs and papers incl Friends Emergency and War Victims Relief Committee in Poland (1919-1927) and Russia (1927)and experiences as a conscientious objector (1917-1919) c1917-1972
- William Henry Waddle, conscientious objector: papers and photographs rel to experiences as a conscientious objector c1916-1919
- Colonel Frederick Simpson, Royal Army Medical Corps: papers incl typescripts of unpublished books based on experiences in India and World War One c1900-1915 (MS.8701)
- John Simpson, physican: papers incl service in second world war 1939-1999 (PP/JSI)
University
- Hermann Justus Braunholtz, Keeper of Ethnographical Department, British Museum: diary rel to his service in the Royal Army Medical Corps in France 1918-1919 (MS Add. 9845)
- Sir Arthur John Wilton, diplomat: oral history recordings re Suez Crisis 2004 (MS 264)
- Lt-General Sir John Martin Carruthers Garrod: papers rel to service incl draft of unpublished book 1969-2003
- Henry Reynardson Hewlett, Captain RN: papers incl records rel to Operation Dracula and a brief account of 17 Destroyer Flotilla's service (1989) 1941-1945
- Stanley Brian de Courcy Ireland, Captain RN: notes rel to HMS Ajax 1939-1944
- Donald Arthur Pocock, Air Vice-Marshall and chairman of the League of RAF Regiment Associations: papers rel to planning of allied operations in the Aegan and to the history of RAF regiment squadrons
- Rear Admiral Michael Donald Kyrle Pope: memoirs of service and experiences as a prisoner of war 1921-1992
- Verney Asser, police and army officer: transcribed letters while on service in British South Africa Police and later as a gunner in East Transvaal 1896-1903 (MSS. Afr. s. 2477)
- John James O'Sullivan, police officer: papers rel to military and police service in Palestine 1943-38 (MSS. Medit. s. 38)
- Howard Alfred Allen: description of service in Palestine, with photographs 1940-46 (0458)
- David Oliver Brown: account of army service 1945-47 (0461)
- John Burt: memoir of service in 2 Company Palestine Command Signals 1945-48 (0460)
- Les Sims: transcript memoir 'A Private's Story' rel to his army service in France, Palestine and Transjordan 1944-47 (0490)
- Stephen George Peregrine Ward, military historian: additional working papers on military history (MS 300)
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