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Major accessions to repositories in 2018 relating to War and Conflict |
Local
- Robert F Mackenzie (1910-1987), teacher and educationalist: papers incl manuscripts, photographs, diaries, Second World War Royal Air Force log book, also incorporating papers of Alice Mackenzie (1917-2004), doctor c1930-1989 (DD2751)
- James A McLennan (fl 1915), soldier: First World War autograph book c1915 (Acc 2774)
- Robert Stephen (b1894), Royal Engineers: diaries and photographs rel to First World War 1916-1919 (DD2759)
- William Ellis Jones (fl 1920-2000), soldier: papers rel to army service 1920-2000 (WM/2648)
- Sullivan family of Dagenham: First World War trench diary, school photos and 100th birthday telegram 1914-2017 (BD442)
- Jimmy McDermott (fl 1940-1990), Barking and Dagenham resident: typed personal memoir, with experiences incl evacuation during the Second World War, national service in Northern Ireland, trade unionism and working at Ford, and as a local councillor for Barking Eastbury Ward c1990 (ACQ2018/041)
- Elizabeth May Wood (fl 1940), Barking and Dagenham resident: typescript account of working at the Shadow Factory, munitions factory, Rainham Road South 2018 (ACQ2018/040)
- London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, Engineer's Department: records incl negatives of Second World War damage, aerial views of the borough and negative of a motor boat launch c1940-1950 (ACQ2018/025)
- Photos of bomb damage to St Paul's Church, Barking c1945 (ACQ2018/055)
- Margaret Rose (b1924): Auxiliary Territory Service (ATS) Release book (A/3780/W)
- Noel Cambridge Harbutt (1877-1949), Major: photographs of Blitz damage in Bath, and rel papers 1942-1953 (1228)
- Herbert Kellaway (fl 1900-1953), works forman: photograph album of the works of Stothert and Pitt Ltd, engineers, Bath, incl interior and exterior views, official visits, staff social events, and flood and air raid damage 1900-1953 (1283)
- Royal Air Force Sergeant Curtis, RAF No. 7 (Observers') School of Aeronautics, photograph album incl images of staff, places in bath, ordnance, aircraft and aerial photographs 1917-1919 (1211)
- Francis de Rottenburg (1757-1832), Maj-Gen, military officer and colonial administrator, letter to Colonel Campbell in London incl family news, information on social life in Bath, and thanks and payment for a chest of tea 1823 (1259)
- James Henry Coward (fl 1900-1933), soldier: diary, photographs, corresp rel to Boer War and injury during the First World War 1900-1933 (46117)
- Administrative files rel to the management of the Kings Weston estate incl agreements with the Ministry of Works for use of parts of the estate during the Second World War 1927-1950 (46176)
- Kathleen O Wilson (fl1910-1960): wartime records c1910-1960 (R118/004)
- Joseph Weston Poole (1909-1989), Precentor of Canterbury Cathedral: corresp and papers rel to the Cathedral and Choir during the Second World War c1930-1950 (U573)
- Butler family of High Wycombe: family papers incl corresp, accounts, photographs, First World War letters from active service and material rel to Bucks Free Press, found by William Butler 19th-20th cent (AR 53/2018)
- Douglas Payne (1927-2015): personal papers incl 'newspapers' he produced rel to local and national events (1938-1941), with papers rel to his later career as Director of Adult Education in Tasmania and involvement with Workers Education Authority 20th cent (AR 110/2018)
- Madeline Olive Thornewill (1942-1949), Womens Land Army: corresp and photographs with records rel to her appointment to the intelligence service in Austria (1954-1955) 1942-1955 (AR 109/2018)
- Speen School: records incl log books and admission registers, admission cards for evacuated children 1867-2001 (AR 117/2018)
- Evans family of Cefn Cwrt, Llangrannog: family papers incl corresp rel to Boer War c1878-1920 (ADX/1636)
- Brooklands Hostel, Coventry: photograph album rel to postwar refugee experience in the hostel, incl staff photographs 1952 (PA3330)
- John Reginald Ivinson, (1909-1987), electrician: collected papers rel to career as electrician for Vickers-Armstrong Ltd incl transcript of log book of visit to Argentina during World War Two 1909-1987 (BDX 776)
- Peter R Wilkinson: Ten Years Minewatching: A history of the Barrow-in-Furness unit 1952-1961 1961 (BDX 779)
- Sydney Williams: An Erk's War: Memories of Wartime Service in the RAF 1940-1946 (BDX 780)
- Colin Peters, RAF pilot: flight log book (1943-1948) and newspaper article from the Barrow Evening Mail (2000) 1943-2000 (BDX 783)
- Research notes incl photographs of Charles Cope at First World War Eggerslack Military Hospital and an unidentified military hospital 2015 (WDY 678)
- James Leslie Riley (1903-1944), Second World War Prisoner of War: papers incl letters written when a POW (1942–1944), recipe book (c1940s); plan of POW camps (c1940s), Prisoner of War newspapers (1944), list of medals received (1945), photographs his funeral (1944) and biography based on his letters (2018) c1942-2018 (D8209)
- Lethbridge family of Devon: papers rel to Lethbridge and Farmer families of Devon incl a family pedigree, research notes, corresp and a letter written by Thomas Arthur Narris (1882-1971) ARP warden describing the Exeter Blitz during the Second World War 20th cent (ZAQA; acc D2018/125)
- Williams family of Berry Pomeroy: letter from Captain John Williams, a prisoner in France, to his wife 1779 (ZAQB; acc D2018/130)
- Phyllis Mary Dearman (fl 1914-1919), driver-mechanic, Army Service Corps: illustrated diary describing her work with the Mechanical Transport Company during the First World War fl 1914-1919 (DRP/75; acc D2018/102)
- Francis Norman Willis (1893-1975), soldier: First World War diaries (3) c1915-1919 (FNW; acc D2018/256)
- Fox-Pitt-Rivers family of Rushmore: papers rel to the Todd and Sinclair families, wartime, corresp, articles, press cuttings and publications 1800-1970 (D-PIT/A)
- Armstrong and Hendy, suppliers to the Armed Forces, Weymouth: accounts for supplies to the York Hussars stationed in Weymouth Barracks 1802 (D-3043)
- Jeffrey of Dorchester, gunsmiths: assorted items rel to the family gunshop business during the Second World War 20th cent (D-JEF)
- Bournemouth Air Raid Precautions: records of bombs, plane crashes and damage 1940-1943 (D-3080)
- Burma Star Association, Bridport: accounts, reports, minutes, photographs and programmes 1988-2014 (D-2895)
- Weymouth Barracks: plan of Red Barracks and Bincleaves Barracks c1914 (D-3042)
- Lax family of Co Durham: scrap book with First World War postcards from Cpl J W Lax to his wife and daughter Doris (later Race), and three embroidered handkerchiefs 1914-1918 (D/X 2144)
- British Army: documents rel to a Polish regiment sent to Brancepeth Camp in 1947 1947 (D/X 2146)
- Phyllis Whitelaw Rose (1892-1965), VAD nurse: photographs of nurses and patients at Gartshore Auxiliary Hospital, Kirkintilloch and family at Dunoon 1911-1918 (2018/9-10)
- Francis family of Strood: photographs and reminiscences rel to the Wrens Warren Camp, Hartfield 1940-1945 (ACC 13058)
- John Geddes Ruffle (fl 1942-1944), of Brighton: aircraft spotting log books 1942-1944 (ACC 13103)
- Edward Percy Swan (fl 1914-1960), of Rye: photographs of First World War military service in the Middle East c1914-1960 (ACC 13249)
- 'Operation Colour Scheme, an historical and pictorial record', describing East Sussex Fire Force preparations in the run up to 'D' Day, by Charles Birch OBE, Fire Force Commander, number 31 Fire Force c1944 (ACC 13227)
- Armistice centenary commemoration archive: activities in Acomb and Westfield, York 2018 (EPH/2/4462)
- Poem written by a First World War soldier from York c1918-1923 (EPH/2/2112)
- Henry Lewis (b1881), Vicar of Ton Pentre, Royal Army Medical Corps: papers incl war diary during Field Ambulance service in Palestine c1917-1940 (D1556)
- David Robinson (b 1913), 28th Infantry Division, US Army: photographs taken at Island Farm, Bridgend c1943 (D1532)
- Heare family of Griffithstown: family notes, photographs and corresp, with First World War diary of Charles Parkinson Heare (1914-19) c1914-2010 (D6436)
- Oliver George Barnes (1894-1977): First World War papers incl photographs, barrage tables c1914-1918 (D6360)
- Newport Hebrew Congregation: records incl minutes, corresp, financial records, First World War roll of honour c1853-2007 (Accession 6417)
- Tommy Williams (fl 1914-1918), First World War soldier: corresp, photographs and memoirs rel to wartime service 1914-1918 (XM1359)
- Bettina Brooke (1892-1968), Lady Alanbrooke: corresp and papers rel mainly to her work with the Women's Voluntary Service for Civil Defence including papers relating to Hungarian refugees, and with the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Hants and Surrey Borders branch c1930-1968 (67A18)
- Autograph book with signatures of RAF Evanton personnel 1940-1942 (D1594)
- Hugh Dan MacLennan (fl 1990-2019), author, broadcaster, historian of shinty: photographs, audio records and film rel to history of shinty, and to the First World War in Skye 20th cent (SL/D398)
- Diary of a nurse from Hull who served during the Battle of Madagascar 1942 (C DIJT)
- Isle of Man, Civil Defence Commission: minutes and subject files 1949-1975 (A118)
- Isle of Man, Department of Home Affairs: civil defence photographs, minutes and contingency files 1925-2007 (A122)
- The Military Appeals Tribunal for the Isle of Man: Appeal case files and corresp between the Deemsters and Government Secretary's Office 1939-1960 (A119)
- G F S Stratton (fl 1914), joint secretary, Isle of Wight Recruiting Campaign 1914: scrapbook of collected letters, posters and papers 1914 (2018/042)
- Henry George Reynolds (1888-1959), railway clerk and conscientious objector: papers rel to conscientious objection during the First World War c1900-1920 (KHC/2018/039)
- H Pepper (fl 1914), Sergeant, 1st Battalion the Leicestershire Regiment: diary and notes 1914 (DE9667)
- 2/4 Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment and Military Mounted Police: photographs c1915-1916 (DE9646)
- Royal Army Ordnance Corps: laboratory course notebooks of Private Ted Stanton 1917 (DE9635)
- Seaton Civil Defence: committee records 1942-1978 (DE9695)
- Dick Chatterton (fl 1914-1917), founder Chatterton of Horncastle, solicitors, Lincoln: letters from Jim and Dick to their parents in Field House, Horncastle whilst serving in the army 1914-1917 (MISC DON 2041)
- Thomas Mosey (fl 1880-1902), Private, Linconshire Regiment: diaries rel to the Boer War 1900-1901 (MISC DON 2035)
- James Blake (fl 1917), soldier: letter to brother 1917 (ACC 7199)
- Meridian Society: digital project records re Chinese Labour Corps in World War One Liverpool 2017 (ACC 7228)
- Lorna Irene Littleproud (fl 1918), shop assistant, Auxiliary Territorial Service member: photographs and papers 1941-1946 1941-1979 (MC 3466)
- George Pybus (1884-1966), GPO telegraphist and Royal Engineer: diaries and papers 1915-1945 (MC 3450)
- 7th Lindsay Battalion Home Guard: records incl orders, identification cards, corresp and accounts 1941-1944 (1456; 2018/004)
- Hilda Jackson (fl 1943-1946), of Mansfield: Women's Land Army records, incl a diary and photographs 1943-1946 (9341)
- John Thomas Thorpe (fl 1915-1917), British Expeditionary Force: letters to his mother 1915-1917 (9429)
- Ruddington Ordnance Factory: work book 1945-1946 (9279)
- David Waters (fl 1914-1918): letters during First World War, with family papers 1914-2010 (P889)
- John Thomas Dyson (fl 1894-1946), private, 3rd Batallion, The King's Own Regiment: papers incl First World War service records and pension papers 1894-1946 (M237)
- Johnny Pottinger (1924-2016), writer and journalist: manuscripts of stories and articles, incl unpublished memoir "Odyssey of a Sea Cook" rel to experiences during Second World War 20th cent (D151)
- Lyness Naval Exchange telephone directory 1944 (D1/1349)
- Album of photographs kept by Clifford Steer while serving as wireless operator ASW Trawler HMT Northern Dawn, on convoy escort and stations for a period in Scapa Flow c1939-1945 (AccNo 2438)
- Gertrude Tompkinson (fl1934-1935): correspondence relating to sinking of airship at Start Point, Devon, 9 June 1916 1934-1935 (4189)
- WEF (Ernie) Price, soldier: corresp home from POW camp 1941 (2018/47)
- Thomas Derricott: World War Two diaries and corresp 1936-1945 (2018/55)
- Mrs Sandham (fl 1976), diarist: diaries rel to the Sheffield Blitz 1976 (X812)
- William George Ind (fl 1901-2000), of Shrewsbury: papers rel to military service during the First World War 20th cent (9455)
- James Gillingham, shoemaker and artificial limb manufacturer, Chard: photographic negatives believed to relate to James Gillingham's family and to production of artificial limbs c1863-1920 (A/BEN/83)
- William Edward Kinton (1899-1996), private, 3rd Battalion Machine Gun corps: diary 1918-1919 (D/Z 1367)
- Romsey Local History Society: accounts of the Blitz in Southampton written by children c1940 (D/Z 1374)
- Stafford Home Guard: Battalion B Company (later known as No 6 Platoon Baswich), minutes, accounts and duty book 1940-1945 (7650)
- Draft report of C Docksey, Burton Air Raid Precautions warden, following the Fauld explosion 1944 (7621)
- Autograph books of messages, artwork and poems, apparently by soldiers, at North Staffordshire Infirmary 1916-1944 (BC17)
- Ipswich and the Armistice Project: 'The War is Over' DVD 2018 (HD4165)
- Album of small black and white photographs (124) with assorted views of Ipswich incl sports, army scenes with military service and the Felixstowe War Memorial 1918-1921 (K1039)
- Charman family of Haslemere: photographs and papers incl a First World War diary of Francis Eric Charman, City of London Rifles c1910-1943 (9979)
- Herbert Frank Boxer (fl 1918-2018), signaller, 9th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment: war diary, photographs and vital documents 1918-2018 (Z/704)
- Jack Cleaver (fl 1916-1968), private, 6th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment: photograph album record of service in the Middle East and India c1916-1918 (ESR/25/CLEA)
- Frederick East (fl 1916-1968), private, 6th Battalion, Surrey Home Guard: papers, incl rel to service in the Second World War 1916-1968 (ESR/25/CLEA)
- William George Harris (fl 1922-2016), 2/6th Battalion, Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment: papers incl corresp with his family during wartime service abroad and photographs 1922-2016 (QRWS/30/HARRI)
- Henry Edwin Robinson (fl 1918-1919), private, 3rd battalion, Devonshire Regiment: papers rel to service in the First World War 1918-1919 (SGW/16)
- Kenneth Stevens (fl 1950-1990), engineer and printer: papers rel to businesses, properties and Vickers-Armstrong, engineering, Westminster c1950-1990 (9986)
- George Seddon: drawing plan of POW camp based at the boundary of Denton and Audenshaw incl drawings of the buildings 2015 (Acc 4566)
- Private John Lewin, (fl 1874), F Co, Manchester Regiment 63rd: notebook 1874 (Acc 4574)
- Harold Fred Booth, (fl 1914-1919), Sgt, 7th Bat Manchester Regiment: service record incl bundle of images from Egypt 1914-1919 (Acc 4575)
- Charles Grimes: handwritten First World War diary 1914-1916 (Acc 4578)
- Manchester Home Guard: memoirs of donors father's time in the Home Guard during Second World War 2008 (Acc 4582)
- Jack Gabbey: memoir of Gabbey, a POW in Second World War 'The Final Days of 1945' 1940-1945 (Acc 4584)
- Joshua George Hammond, (fl 1926-1949), Police Superintendent: photograph album incl photos of Jarrow bomb damage and groups of policemen c1926-1949 (DX1693)
- James Albert Adams, Hebburn, prisoner of war: photographs of Stalag VIII B (Lamsdorf), with copy papers rel to time as a prisoner of war c1940-1949 (DX1711)
- Photograph of bomb damage to Rusina Nursery, Leamington Spa c1940-1949 (PH 1341)
- Doris May Adams (fl 1915-1922), of Briton Ferry: autograph books, incl anti-war sentiments 1915-1922 (D/D Z 1056)
- Graylingwell Hospital, Chichester: War Hospital autograph book of Nurse May George 1915-1917 (19338)
- Storrington Local History Group: First World War research 2018 (19317)
- Ivy Bell (fl 1965-1996), diarist: family papers incl photographs with annotations, personal account book, diaries and second world war papers rel to her brother Arthur Hardy 20th cent (WYB783)
- First world war scrapbook, incl newspaper cutting rel to casualties c1914-1918 (WYB777)
- Mary Holmes (1945-1995): records incl Brockholes Second World War Victory celebrations programme 1945-1995 (WYK1853)
- Air Raid Precautions: alerts log book 1940-1944 (2352)
- Edward Purser (fl 1914-1918), soldier, Worcestershire Regiment: letters and photographs 1914-1918 (BA16144)
National
- F Edwards (fl 1940), of north London: Second World War diary 1940 (Add MS 89362)
- Charles Ritchie Kinnear (fl 1837-1855), naval surgeon: log book while on board HMS Rodney during the Crimean War 1853-1855 (Add MS 89303)
- Archibald Black (fl 1938-1945), of the 2nd Battalion The Gordon Highlanders: memoir, 'Threads', rel to his experiences during the Second World War in Singapore and Thailand, and as a prisoner of war of the Japanese incl the construction of the Konyu cutting (Hellfire Pass) c1980-1989 (Documents.27249)
- Peter Booth (fl 1944-1946), signalman, RN: memoir appearing to incorporate a journal kept at the time of his service in the Royal Navy during the Second World War 2001 (Documents.27258)
- Henry John Charles Bray (d1945), gunner, 3rd Survey Regiment, Royal Artillery: papers incl photographs, letters and corresp mainly with his parents, rel to his military service in Egypt and Italy during the Second World War 1943-1950 (Documents.27268)
- Eric Broe (fl 1941-1946), Major, 1 Royal Engineer Demolitions Pool: papers, incl corresp rel to experiences of war 1941-1946 (Documents.26923)
- Denis Frederick Spence Brown (d 1995), Major: letters and aerographs written to his fiancé, Margaret Shulter, during the Second World War 1941-1945 (Documents.26778)
- Ernst Buschbeck (1889-1963), doctor and museum curator: letter, from Vienna to John Marnham in England, rel to the plight of the Jews in Austria 1938 (Documents.26789)
- Herbert Cox (fl 1939-1948), Private, 62nd First Class Fire Brigade, 106th Fire Fighting Company: letters to his wife and son, family photographs 1939-1948 (Documents.26969)
- Arthur Malcolm Fry (1909-2000), Captain, Royal Army Service Corps, and painter: photographic prints rel to service in the Royal Army Service Corps and internment in a series of German prisoner-of-war camps 1939-1945 (2018-04-02)
- Dennis John Goodman (fl 1941), transportee on HMT Dunera: Australian boy scout diary, written in various internment camps following his transportation due to his German birth 1941 (Documents.26601)
- Robin J Hall (fl 1943-1949), Flt Lieut, SAAF: flying log books (2) rel to service in No.11 Squadron, South African Air Force, during the Second World War 1943-1949 (Documents.27266)
- Frank Thomas Hart (fl 1934-1945), Captain, nursing orderly Royal Army Medical Corps: letters to family, primarily rel to his experiences at the military hospital in Shanghai 1934-1945 (Documents.27152)
- Marten Cruttenden Howard (1896-1981), Quaker, pacifist and conscientious objector: type script memoir 'White Feather: The Experiences of a Pacifist in France and Elsewhere' describing his experience as a conscientious objector in military and civilian prisons and labour camps 1916-1918 (Documents.26586)
- G W B James (fl 1939-1945), Brigadier, consultant in psychological medicine, Middle East: photograph album rel to No 78 Neuropathic Hospital at Fayed, Egypt 1939-1945 (2018-03-06)
- Karl Kern (fl 1942-1945), Private, German prisoner of war: typed statement given whilst held at No.381 POW camp (Middle East Forces) rel to war crimes witnessed whilst serving as a clerk in the Krasne/Krasnoje branch of German military command district of Molodechno (Minsk, Belarus) 1943-1945 (Documents.27210)
- Frederick George Keys (1885-1976), Major, American physical chemist: album of record photographs of the American Expeditionary Force Chemical Warfare Laboratory in Puteaux, France 1914-1939 (2018-10-02)
- James Kirkwood (b1922), Lieut Cmdr, Royal Navy: documents and photographs rel to naval career 1942-1944 (Documents.26587)
- Arkless Lockie (fl 1930-1945), engineer of Federated Malay States Railways (FMSR); Lieut, Royal Engineers: retrospective diary, in 4 notebooks, rel to experiences as prisoner of war of the Japanese, written in the form of a letter to his wife 1942-1945 (Documents.26806)
- Doris Mary Lornie (fl 1936-1943), waitress and diarist: diaries describing the last years of the Great Depression and later the effects of war 1936-1943 (Documents.27254)
- Daphne Eva Meihuizen (1902-1976), diarist: diary written in a household book describing life under German occupation in Jan Steenlaan, Naarden, near Amsterdam 1943-1945 (Documents.27233)
- Walter Abraham Merkel (fl 1946-1947), Captain,: documents rel to service as Adjutant at Featherstone Park prisoner of war camp (POW camp 18, Haltwhistle, Northumberland) 1946-1947 (Documents.27036)
- Ian Burgess Moat (fl 1940-1944), Canterbury schoolboy: typescript memoir describing experiences as a schoolboy in the Canterbury area during the Second World War 1940-1944 (Documents.26921)
- John Nettelfield (fl 1939-1944), Major: letters to his mother, incl transcriptions with explanatory detail, while working for Burmah-Shell in Mhow, India rel to the outbreak of war and later his experience of action 1939-1944 (Documents.27222)
- Raymond Neumeyer (fl 1939-1951), child refugee: papers 1939-1951 (Documents.26917)
- Ruth Neumeyer (1923-2012), Kindertransport evacuee: photograph albums 1919-1945 (03/01/2018)
- James Edward Newton (b1909), signalman and NCO, Royal Corps of Signals: papers incl accounts rel to his Second World War service 1939-1944 (Documents.27204)
- John Peters (fl 1991), Flt Lieut: unedited film of his return from captivity in Iraq to RAF Laarbruch 1991 (BFK 80 V 1 UMT)
- Archibald Roxburgh (1886-1954), Lieut, surgeon and dermatologist: photograph albums (6) rel to service in the Royal Navy with his brother, Robert Roxburgh (1897-1916), midshipman on HMS Indefatigable 1914-1918 (2018-11-03)
- Alexander Savitsky (fl 1914-1989), Captain, Imperial Russian Army: photograph albums and loose prints, incl images rel to his childhood on an estate near Ekaterinburg, as a cavalry officer, and life in Britain following his escape from Russia in 1919 1914-1989 (2018-02-01)
- Max Schramm (fl 1939-1941), clothing retailer, Vienna: family corresp, primarily to daughter Malvine Peterka rel to her and her sister's emigration to England following the Nazi invasion and the situation of Jews in Vienna 1939-1941 (Documents.27175)
- William Henry Sherwood (1898-1986), Colonel, actor and director: diary incl details of work with repertory and Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA) concerts and theatrical parties, and being recalled to service as a Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers 1941-1945 (Documents.27225)
- Muriel Ellen Thompson (fl 1914-1934), of Kilmarnock, Scotland: diary written whilst visiting family friends in Bingerbück, Germany, on the outbreak of war 1914 (Documents.27166)
- Arthur Harold Whitmarsh (d1999), Major: anecdotal memoir, word-processed, covering his experienced during the Second World War 1939-1946 (Documents.27205)
- Richard Williamson (fl 1939-1945), photographer: postcard prints rel to the arrival of Czech and Polish airmen at Beeston, Cheshire, following their evacuation from France, 1940 1939-1945 (2018-03-07)
- Kenneth Wiltshire (fl 1944-1946), ordinary signalman: diaries rel to experiences serving aboard HMS Belfast 1944-1946 (Documents.27163)
- Charles Harold Woolvin (1895-1967), Captain, Royal Engineers: photograph albums and loose prints primarily rel to service in the Royal Engineers and Royal Flying Corps, 59 Squadron 1914-1945 (2018-03-02)
- Directorate of Army Welfare: film, 'Calling Blighty (Birkenhead)', of messages home from British Forces stationed in India 1944-1945 (MGH 7001)
- Ministry of Defence, Directorate of Defence Communications: records 1990-2018 (2018-08-01)
- John E Webster (fl 1940-1946), of Guernsey: diary during the Occupation of Guernsey and his internment in Laufen, Germany 1940-1946 (AQ 1518/09, 10)
- Gavey family of Jersey: personal papers incl some First World War corresp 1914-1945 (JA/3225)
- Holley family of Maison du Haut, Jersey: family papers incl corresp, accounts and photographs rel to cattle breeding and export, with material rel to the Occupation of Jersey and other personal papers c1960-2010 (JA/3365)
- Madeleine Cabot (fl c1930-1949), Auxiliary Territorial Service: records and photographs rel to ATS service, with Red Cross letters, medals and memorabilia c1930-1945 (JA/3256)
- Aileen S Perkins (fl 1940-1949), assistant matron, Jersey Prison: corresp and other papers rel to Jersey Prison work during the Second World War c1940-1949 (JA/3310)
- Margaret Yvonne Scott (fl 1939-1960), of Jersey: copy memoir of the Jersey Occupation 1960 (JA/3306)
- Papers rel to internment of Jersey residents in Bad Wurzach internment camp, Germany, incl letters and autograph book c1942-1945 (JA/3254)
- Henry Jackson Butchart (1882-1971), Major: personal papers incl diary and photographs, official documents, maps and books 1916-1942 (NAM 2018-07-7)
- Henry Hugh Gordon Hyslop (1873-1932), Brigadier: personal diary written during commandment of Malmedy 1919 (NAM 2018-08-44)
- William Murrell Lummis (1886-1985), Anglican Clergyman: papers rel to Victoria Cross recipients c1855-1944 (NAM 2018-05-27)
- Lieut Col Sir Andrew Barkworth Wright (1895-1971), Knight, Lieut-Col: papers rel to the Cyprus Regiment and World War Two 1940-1950 (NAM 2018-07-26)
- British Army: photographs of the British Army rel to various activities compiled by Cpl Tom Seaton-Norton 2011-2017 (NAM 2018-01-73 to 2018-01-80)
- Middlesex Regiment: photo album rel to the regiment during the First World War 1914-1918 (NAM 2018-07-15)
- Richard Strickland (fl 1997): photographs showing King’s Royal Hussars using horses for mounted resupply and patrolling in Bosnia 1997 (NAM 2018-01-70)
- First World War scrapbook compiled by unidentified individual of drawings, photographs and autographs 1914-1918 (NAM 2018-01-71)
- Joseph Harris (1779-1862), Lieut-Gen: diary rel to the capture of Bhurtrope Nov 17th 1825 to Feb 23rd 1826 1825-1826 (NAM 2018-02-6)
- Photograph album compiled by unidentified individual containing photographs of Marseille (1914), India (1914-1916) and Mesopotamia (1916-1918) 1914-1918 (NAM 2018-02-15)
- Albert Edward Cheshire (fl. 1899-1902), Private: papers rel to his time in B Squadron 13th Hussars during the Boer War incl family corresp and photographs 1899-1902 (NAM 2018-03-1)
- Thomas Bishopp (fl 1854-1910): letters (8) rel to Balaklava and Scutari hospital and barracks associated with the Crimean War 1854-1910 (NAM 2018-03-4)
- Bernard Bluck (fl 1942), Sergeant, 78th Battleaxe Infantry Division: diary rel to North Africa in Second World War 1942 (NAM 2018-04-4)
- George Turbull (fl 1912-1918): memoir rel to the Mesopotamia Campaign of the First World War 1912-1918 (NAM 2018-05-6)
- S Green (fl 1815), Private, 3rd Battalion 1st Foot Guards: letter written from Paris describing the Battle of Waterloo 1815 (NAM 2018-05-12)
- George Innes Watson (fl 1900), Private: scrapbook rel to Indian Mounted Infantry Corps (also known as Lumsden’s Horse) during the Boer War 1900 (NAM 2018-10-10)
- Lillian Franklin (1882-1955): photograph album rel to the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry 1914-1918 (NAM 2018-11-24)
- William Ross (fl 1812), Sergeant: mss letter rel his experience during the assault on Badajoz (March 1812) 1812 (NAM 2018-12-23)
- William Wallace Hozier (1825-1906), 1st Baron Newlands, businessman and soldier: diary 1847-1848 (Acc. 13928)
- Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound (1846-1923), politician and journalist: letters with his son, Herbert, concerning active service in India, France, Egypt and Pakistan 1915-1920 (Acc. 13888)
- William Burton Stewart (1872-1936), Lieutenant-Colonel, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry: memoirs and photograph albums 1898-1936 (Acc. 13934)
- First World War autograph album of FJ Cameron, Glasgow, mainly comprising autographs and sketches by military personnel 1916-1918 (Acc. 13976)
- Anthony Hewitt (fl 1976-1977), Royal Navy submariner: familygrams to the Hewitt family while serving on HMS Revenge (Polaris submarine) 1976-1977 (NMRN 2018/49)
- Arthur James Hollington (fl 1914-1915), Royal Navy: incomplete diary rel to service on HMS Lion incl material rel to Battle of Heligoland Bight, raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby, and the Battle of Dogger Bank 1914-1915 (NMRN 2018/132)
- Thomas French Hewitt Kemp (fl 1915), Royal Navy: recollections rel to service with RNVR incl at Gallipoli 1915 (NMRN 2018/54)
- John Luce (1870-1932), Rear Admiral: letters to his wife Dolly, written while captain of HMS Glasgow in the South Atlantic 1914-1916 (NMRN 2018/82)
- George Herbert Thompson (fl 1945), Royal Navy: diary rel to Far East service incl recording VJ Day celebrations in Port Said 1945 (NMRN 2018/26)
- William Stuart Horsley Whitehead (fl 1943-1955), lieutenant, RNVR: papers rel to service incl on HM Motor Torpedo Boat 792 1943-1955 (NMRN 2018/79)
- Notebook on condition of ships incl HMS Egmont, HMS Namur, HMS Culloden, HMS Britannia, HMS Victory and one other, presumably after the Battle of Cape St Vincent, incl information on supplies, crew health and daily regime on board 1797 (NMRN 2018/78)
- Unclassified Admiralty order, specifying from February 1 1949 that the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) will be established as a permanent and integral part of the naval service 1949 (NMRN 2018/137)
- Donaldson family of County Down: photographs and family papers rel to Jonathan Pike Donaldson's service in the Royal Navy during the Second World War c1900-1950 (D4652)
- Hugh Moore Alexander (fl 1917-1944), Major, Royal Army Medical Corp: printed material and annotated albums taken during the First World War c1917-1944 (D4655/1/1-2; D4655/2/1-5)
- British Railways Engineers' Ex-Servicemen's Association: York North Eastern Railway war memorial papers, incl roll of honour, meeting minutes, corresp, research notes and photographs c1970-1980 (2018-211)
Special
- Loewinger, Fritz (fl 1939): Letters from socialists and trade unionists trying to escape Europe before arrival of Nazis and hoping to receive visas for entry into Britain with list of those wishing for entry and details of their employment 1939 (LOE)
- Historic photographs of unknown origin of Ashton under Lyne (Portland Basin) and rel to First World War 20th cent (CRT/BURNIP)
University
- Jean Wilhelma Rowntree (1905-2003), Quaker, aid worker and head of BBC's further education unit: diaries, journals and writings c1914-1920 (LROW)
- Lawrence Edmund Rowntree (1895-1917), 2nd Lieut, Royal Field Artillery: diaries, journals and writings 1910-1914 (LROW)
- Anglo-Hellenic League: photographs, incl images rel to the Balkan Wars (1912-13) and Greek prisoners of war 1912-1968 (Acc 3619)
- Otto John (1909-1997), head of West German intelligence: draft memoir and other autobiographical writings 1956-1974 (Acc 3713)
- Eric Arthur Roberts (1907-1972), spy: corresp with Sir Charles Henry Maxwell, Knight, OBE (1900-1968), MI5, directing his intelligence-gathering on the British Union of Fascists 1934-1935 (Acc 3697)
- Edward Roland Sword (1899-1983), Lieut Col: account of service and diary as military attache in Poland 1938-1939 (Acc 3703)
- CND (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament): additional records, incl material on its origins and papers on the Non-Violent Resistance Network (1989-2013) c1950-2010 (CND (M3523))
- Negatives by unknown photographer rel to the 'China War' from Dr J. P. Maxwell c1860 (MS 381338)
- Dorothy Richardson, antiquarian: folio scrapbooks (35) containing newspapers and magazines cuttings rel to French Revolution and miscellaneous subjects c1790-1850 (English MSS 1562-1564)
- Nailsea and District Local History Society: research interviews for book 'Villages at War' 1989-1990 (DX2265)
- Michael Francis Murphy (1890-1954), Captain, medical officer: diaries rel to First World War East African Campaign and Somaliland expedition 1917-1920 (MS. 15074)
- Angus John McNeill (1874-1950), Brigadier General: additional papers incl Army Field Service book, photographs and related papers 1917-1918 (0197)
- University of Sussex Resistance Studies Network: research interview recordings with veterans of and participants in civil and military resistance movements, across multiple times and places 20th cent (ACC 955)
- Harold Miller Gould (1889-1966), YMCA Secretary: memoir entitled "Through wars and peace: one man's work with the YMCA 1914-1955" c1988 (YMCA/ACC85)
- Photograph album of Minnie H Evelyn-Smith showing France during and after the First World War, incl women YMCA/YWCA works and of landmarks c1919 (YMCA/ACC79)
- Photographs of European Voluntary Workers based at the YMCA Hostel, Moota, Cumberland 1947-1951 (YMCA/ACC83)
- Visitors book for 'Soundeville' rest camp, Equihen, France, recording name and regiment of visitors 1917 (YMCA/ACC87)
- Photographs (53) by Vernon Akroyd depicting YMCA activities in Yorkshire rel to European Voluntary Workers scheme, incl Thrybergh Hostel, Rotherham, and Stainborough Hostel, Barnsley 1948-1949 (YMCA/ACC97)
- Eric de Bellaigue (fl 1966-2014), publishing historian: reports and research rel to post-Second World War publishing industry 1966-2014 (MS5743)
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