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Major accessions to repositories in 2018 relating to Military History |
Local
- Margaret Rose (b1924): Auxiliary Territory Service (ATS) Release book (A/3780/W)
- The Fellowship of the Services - Hoyland Nether Mess: register of member 1945-1993 (A/3759/G)
- Noel Cambridge Harbutt (1877-1949), Major: photographs of Blitz damage in Bath, and rel papers 1942-1953 (1228)
- 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)
- James Henry Coward (fl 1900-1933), soldier: diary, photographs, corresp rel to Boer War and injury during the First World War 1900-1933 (46117)
- 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)
- Colin Peters, RAF pilot: flight log book (1943-1948) and newspaper article from the Barrow Evening Mail (2000) 1943-2000 (BDX 783)
- William Taylor (fl 1942-1947), 3rd Battalion Irish Guards: medical papers, service postcards and papers, telegrams and notebook with partial account of war service 1942-1947 (YDX 731)
- 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)
- Jury Family of Exeter: papers and photographs rel to the Jury and Hall families incl naval service and travels of Charles Bernard Jury of Devon 20th cent (ZAOV; acc D2018/39)
- 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)
- Shebbeare family of Okehampton: papers rel to Army Service in the First World War and corresp, letters and photographs rel to trips through the Middle East 19th-20th cent (6623M; acc D2018/5; acc D2018/8)
- 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)
- Armstrong and Hendy, suppliers to the Armed Forces, Weymouth: accounts for supplies to the York Hussars stationed in Weymouth Barracks 1802 (D-3043)
- Bournemouth Air Raid Precautions: records of bombs, plane crashes and damage 1940-1943 (D-3080)
- Weymouth Barracks: plan of Red Barracks and Bincleaves Barracks c1914 (D-3042)
- British Army: documents rel to a Polish regiment sent to Brancepeth Camp in 1947 1947 (D/X 2146)
- Sir Frederick Lewis Maitland (1777-1839), Knight, Rear Admiral: private letter book 1838-1839 (DDX2213)
- Dr David Marchant, (fl 2014-2018) Museums Registrar (ERYC): research records on the East Riding Yeomanry 2018 (DDX2229)
- 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)
- John Archibald Ruggles-Brise (1908-2007), 2nd Baronet: personal papers, incl corresp and photographs rel to his service in Anti-Aircraft Command and Territorial Army and as Lord Lieutenant of Essex c1940-1978 (A14943)
- Royal Green Jackets Regiment: additional material incl regimental journals and newsletters, regulations, programmes for musical events and dinners, photographs, articles, personal documents, lists of personnel, 'Lies' [quotes] book and visitors book 1904-2017 (170A12W)
- Frederick McSweeny (fl 1912), soldier: notebook 1912 (C DIFM)
- G F S Stratton (fl 1914), joint secretary, Isle of Wight Recruiting Campaign 1914: scrapbook of collected letters, posters and papers 1914 (2018/042)
- Marion Nicholas (fl 1914-1916), nurse, 5th Northern General Hospital, Leicester: sketches incl accounts of military experiences 1914-1916 (DE9746)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- North Coates Flying Club: records rel to RAF North Coates and RAF Binbrook 1939-1988 (1469; 2018/018)
- John Wilson (fl 1920-1945): papers incl pay book, corresp and photographs rel to wartime 1920-1945 (Z.1614)
- Jean Bain Wood, (fl 1918-1920): letters to Arthur Akers of Boroughbridge 1918-1920 (Z.1618)
- Dickson, Archer & Thorp, solicitors, Alnwick: vols (2) of First World War corresp and military badges, insignia and Military Cross of Robert Thorp, also incl photographs 1914-2000 (B/DAT)
- Ponteland Local History Society: papers incl maps and plans and a copy of diary from a Northumberland Hussars Second World War POW c1980-2010 (NRO 11629)
- Papers rel to First World War incl diary entries on worldwide events and newspaper cuttings 1914-1920 (NRO 11692)
- John Thomas Thorpe (fl 1915-1917), British Expeditionary Force: letters to his mother 1915-1917 (9429)
- 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)
- WEF (Ernie) Price, soldier: corresp home from POW camp 1941 (2018/47)
- Sheffield Artillery Volunteers Trust: records incl minutes 1911-2017 (LD2543)
- William George Ind (fl 1901-2000), of Shrewsbury: papers rel to military service during the First World War 20th cent (9455)
- Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) (13th Foot): 2nd battalion muster role 1897-1921 (DD/SLI)
- Account book of John Shaugnessy, 2024 13th (Prince Alberts') Light Infantry 1845-1862 (DD/SLI)
- Diary of Private George W Dennis Bradley, 1st Somerset Light Infantry 1918-1920 (A/BAV)
- William Edward Kinton (1899-1996), private, 3rd Battalion Machine Gun corps: diary 1918-1919 (D/Z 1367)
- Stafford & District Military Historical Society: albums, newsletters, memorabilia 1929-2009 (7650)
- Stafford Home Guard: Battalion B Company (later known as No 6 Platoon Baswich), minutes, accounts and duty book 1940-1945 (7650)
- 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)
- Harold 'Hal' T Crookall (1917-2017), Major, musician and actor: papers 1868-1979 (9902)
- 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)
- 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)
- Typographical Association, Newcastle and District branch: roll of honour for members killed in First World War incl names of men with photograph and unit details 1914-1919 (TU.TA1)
- 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)
- Royal Air Forces Association, Steyning branch: records c1972-1997 (19352)
- Norman Turley (fl 1940-1969), solider: records rel to sporting life and military service 1940-1949 (Acc. 2018/95)
- Albert Frank Lucas of Devizes: photographs rel to his time serving in the Tanks Corps and 9th Tank Battalion, Army of the Rhine 1910-1946 (4414)
- Edward Purser (fl 1914-1918), soldier, Worcestershire Regiment: letters and photographs 1914-1918 (BA16144)
National
- J H Barland (fl 1873), army officer: travel journal and commonplace book c1873 (Add MS 89359)
- MS 'The daily and Monthly Pay of the Officers of ye Army, and of the Traine of Artillery under the Comand of his Excellency the Earle of Essex’ 1643 (Add MS 89326)
- Geoffrey Herbert Blake (1923-2017), Major, Royal Indian Army Service Corps (RIASC): diaries (2) written while serving in India with the RIASC (Air Despatch) 1943-1947 (Mss Eur F717)
- Sir Henry Edward ap Rhys Pryce (1874-1950), Knight, General, Royal Indian Army Service Corps, Master General of the Ordinance in India: notes for a talk on the British withdrawal from India and Indian Independence 1947 (Mss Eur F720)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Ronald Hancock-Mellor (d1944), Bombadier, Royal Artillery: family corresp 1944-1955 (Documents.26873)
- 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)
- Tim Hetherington (fl 1990-2018), photographer: digital and polaroid images, prints and negatives 1990-2018 (2018-09-03)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Thomas Fiott De Havilland (1775-1866), military engineer and architect: misc corresp 1811-1836 (AQ 1085)
- Henry Jackson Butchart (1882-1971), Major: personal papers incl diary and photographs, official documents, maps and books 1916-1942 (NAM 2018-07-7)
- Sheila Donaldson-Walters (b1926), calligrapher and cartographer: personal papers and maps of the British Expeditionary Force (May 1940) 1942-2005 (NAM 2018-09-12)
- 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)
- Orde Charles Wingate (1903-1944), Major General: mss letters (21) to Elizabeth Yeatman-Biggs 1926-1928 (NAM 2018-11-18)
- 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)
- British Army: photographs compiled by Cpl Tom Seaton-Norton of British Army music and bands 2014-2017 (NAM 2018-05-25)
- Middlesex Regiment: photo album rel to the regiment during the First World War 1914-1918 (NAM 2018-07-15)
- National Army Museum: filmed oral history interview with Anthony 'Ant' Middleton, 9 Parachute Squadron Royal Engineers, Royal Marines and Special Boat Service (SBS) 1999-2007 (NAM 2018-01-30)
- National Army Museum: filmed oral history interview with Col Tim Collins OBE, Royal Irish Regiment and 22nd Special Air Service Regiment 1988-2007 (NAM 2008-01-28)
- National Army Museum: oral history interview with Alexander 'Alec' Campbell Borrie, 1st Special Air Service Regiment filmed for Special Forces exhibition project 1940-1947 (NAM 2018-02-7)
- National Army Museum: filmed oral history associated with Jason Fox, Special Boat Service and Royal Marines Commandos c1975-2018 (NAM 2018-03-3)
- Royal Anglian Regiment: papers 1855-2012 (NAM 2018-08-39)
- Women's Royal Army Corps: records rel to training 1960-1969 (NAM 2018-06-1)
- 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)
- Photograph album compiled by unidentified individual rel to South Africa in the 1870s incl photographs of Lord Chelmsford and his staff in 1879 1870-1879 (NAM 2018-02-16)
- 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)
- Photograph album compiled by unidentified individual rel to the 1st Punjab Regiment c1950 (NAM 2018-05-21)
- 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)
- Rajputana Rifles: papers rel to Rajputana Rifles and Rajputana Rifles Association 1924-2005 (NAM 2018-11-23)
- Lillian Franklin (1882-1955): photograph album rel to the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry 1914-1918 (NAM 2018-11-24)
- George De Sausamarez (1814-1890), General: corresp rel to his service in India, Hong Kong and Burma 1840-1866 (NAM 2018-12-22)
- William Ross (fl 1812), Sergeant: mss letter rel his experience during the assault on Badajoz (March 1812) 1812 (NAM 2018-12-23)
- Sir David Dundas (1735-1820), Knight, General: letters and papers on the Toulon affair c1804-1805 (Acc. 13913)
- William Burton Stewart (1872-1936), Lieutenant-Colonel, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry: memoirs and photograph albums 1898-1936 (Acc. 13934)
- GA Moir (fl 1909-1912), Royal Marine Artillery: diary serving aboard HMS Powerful on a tour of Australia 1909-1912 (NMRN 2018/50)
- Brian Jones, (fl 1953-1976), Merchant Navy: apprentice indenture, corresp, discharge book, certificates, wages, ephemera and RAF Service book 1953-1976 (MMM.2018.30)
- Royal Air Force Wireless Experimental Establishment: monthly technical reports incl details of experiments undertaken 1918-1919 (MS/2190)
University
- Lawrence Edmund Rowntree (1895-1917), 2nd Lieut, Royal Field Artillery: diaries, journals and writings 1910-1914 (LROW)
- Charles George Gordon (1833-1885), Major Gen: Arabic notes and map of Sudan 19th cent (GORD, acc 2010, 2014 & 2033)
- Henry Forder (fl 1830-1894), Captain of the Hold, Royal Navy: personal papers, in particular rel to his time on HMS Enterprise during the British Naval Franklin expedition 1849-1894 (MS 2297)
- Glasgow and Strathclyde Universities' Officers Training Corps: army book (1919-1944) and battalion roll book (1948-1971) 1919-1971 (4229)
- Angus John McNeill (1874-1950), Brigadier General: additional papers incl Army Field Service book, photographs and related papers 1917-1918 (0197)
- Military Establishment of Ireland as it stood on 22 May 1764 1764 (IE TCD MS 11577)
- Heather Bell (d2005), welfare officer with the Twelfth Army: papers rel to her welfare work in Burma with the Twelfth Army c1945-1948 (MS940)
- Visitors book for 'Soundeville' rest camp, Equihen, France, recording name and regiment of visitors 1917 (YMCA/ACC87)
- Major General Sir Denis Pack (d1823), knight, Major General: maps and illustrations incl hand-drawn map of the battle of Salamanca 1806-1834 (MS296)
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