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Major accessions to repositories in 2022 relating to War and Conflict |
Local
- Holman family of Cornwall: papers, books and photographs incl a log book, hand-drawn hiking trails and photographs of Redruth Scout group, original and typed copy of a diary of R R B Parish, evacuee who stayed with the Holman family in 1941 1888-1978 (AD3081)
- Lance Corporal Thomas James Shugg (1891-1918): pocket diary 1918 (X1484)
- Camborne-Redruth Invasion Committee: papers of Deputy Emergency Information Officer 1939-1945 (AD3147)
- Frederick J R Urch (fl1903-1918), Sargent, 2nd/4th Somerset Light Infantry: photograph album 1903-1918 (1380)
- Wessington U3A World War One Project: project archive 2014-2022 (D/X 2298)
- Miss Brown (fl1912-1925), nurse: autograph books, including soldiers nursed during the First World War c1912-1925 (14080)
- Robert Edward John Tanner of Penarth: First World War papers: diary, letters home, photographs and army official letters sent to his mother 1915-1918 (D1908)
- West Ham House Red Cross Hospital, Basingstoke: autograph album of Elizabeth Best, kept while working as a nurse at the Hospital, containing drawings, photographs, poems, and notes written by soldier patients 1916 (46A22)
- Friedrich Schoeder: Wilson Line prisoner of war postcards 1916-1918 (C DIBO)
- Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS), Syston: group photograph of personnel c1943-1945 (DE10352)
- John William Ewart Gladstone 'Jack' Cooper, (1914-1995), Special Air Service (SAS): digital copy of his memoirs (fifth man to join the original SAS & experiences in Second World War) c1914-1995 (DE10419)
- Sapper Joseph Collinton Farren, (1893-1918), Royal Engineers: photograph in Frist World War uniform, photographs of medals (including Albert Medal) and memorial window in Carlton Church and correspondence with Royal Engineers Museum relating to research into his life and medals c1914-1995 (DE10419)
- Lieut AB Gibaud, (fl1896-2001), 1st and 2nd Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment: photographs & papers 1896-2001 (DE10418)
- CQMS Harold Vickerman Hanson, (1887-1968), King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry: oral history recording of his recollections of his First World War service recorded by his grandson, Anthony Boulton 2015 (DE10305)
- Living History, community history project, Leicester: slides, photographs, exhibitions, archives, newspapers, printed books c1800-2022 (DE10335)
- Loughborough Carillon War Memorial: photographs of construction, installation of bells by John Taylor & Co and opening c1922-1923 (DE10455)
- Autograph book containing accounts of wounded soldiers recovering at Belvoir Castle 1914-1915 (DE10313)
- William Widdowson, (fl1915-1919), soldier, Anstey: photographs, postcards and papers c1915-1919 (DE10460)
- Pepper family, Kegworth: records including World War II journals of Ronald Alec Pepper and his model shop, Apex Craft in Leicester 20th cent (DE10460)
- Silk postcards sent to Nancy & Lucy Moore of Leicester c1914-1918 (DE10432)
- Brigadier Charles Esmond Morrison (1893-1966), Leicestershire and East Surrey Regiments: photographs, obituaries and news cuttings c1930-1966 (DE10464)
- Leicestershire Imperial Yeomanry: photographs of camps at home and in South Africa c1900-1905 (DE10299)
- Misc material incl correspondence, marriage and death certificates, Second World War diary, German Prisoner of War papers, medals, and ephemera rel to life post-war. Also German silver spoons (2), said to have been brought back by T.W. Johnston from his time as a Prisoner of War c1933-2000 (NRO 12579)
- Coging Family of Nottingham: documents and photographs relating to Stanley Coging's service in the Royal Army Service Corps (RASC) during the Second World War including time as a prisoner of war, clothes rationing books and family biographical information c1940-2021 (DD/2829)
- David Rippon (1925-2016), broadcaster and entertainer: albums, scrapbooks, autobiography, 'Half a Ton of Golden Corn', posters for shows he produced, 'Voices of the Forces' record, recorded in Singapore in 1946; Combined Services Entertainment tour reports from Burma and Malaya (1945-1946) c1940-2012 (DD/2830)
- Private Jack Blundell (fl1947-1949). soldier: letters (297) written to Rita Mears whilst on National Service in Germany 1947-1949 (10171)
- Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain Ltd, Nottingham Branch: DVD 'A Community in Exile - Testimonies of war, displacement and resettlement. A documentary film based on oral history interviews of Ukrainian residents of the city of Nottingham' by Leo Jurkiw 2021 (10148)
- Second World War recipe books, some recipes dated nd (AccNo 3003)
- Dr Fritz Eichmann, physicist, teacher, prisoner of war: personal papers and photographs c1940-1949 (Acc22/26)
- Dr Fritz Eichmann, physicist, teacher, prisoner of war: corresp and personal papers c1940-1949 (Acc22/17)
- Perth Burgh Council: City of Perth Golden Book of Remembrance 1939-1945 (Acc22/27)
- Dr Fritz Eichmann, physicist, teacher, prisoner of war: letters to his wife, Ille and their children describing his life at Balhary Camp, visits to the Barrett family in Blairgowrie and other observations 1945-1948 (Acc22/04)
- G Keast of Devonport and Stoke, Plymouth: diaries and a notebook which record air raids on Plymouth 1940-1944 (4415)
- Merchant Navy Monument, Plymouth, Committee: minutes, photographs; press releases; corresp and fundraising paperwork, and a paper programme for the dedication 2014-2021 (4388)
- Gunter Beyer (fl1942-1954), of Plymouth: papers relating to military service, being a German Prisoner of War in Devon and Cornwall, naturalisation as British Citizen after the Second World War, and photograph of the Duke of Edinburgh's s visit to Bickleigh Camp in 1954 1942-1954 (4425)
- Pelabon family: digital copies of photographs of the Pelabon munitions factory, Twickenham 1914-1925 (AD255)
- Major G Lubbock (fl1914-1918), North Somerset Yeomanry: album rel to his service during the First World War c1914-1918 (A/BAV)
- James Mackie (fl1914-1918), soldier in the Somerset Light Infantry during the First World War: correspondence, with a copy of 'Answering the Call: letters from the Somerset Light Infantry 1914-19' edited and compiled by John H.F. Mackie, 2002 1914-2002 (DD/SLI)
- Parole Prisoners of War letters (2) from the Napoleonic period, written in French 1806-1809 (A/BAV)
- Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green: Bethnal Green Savings Committee: 'Wings for Victory' log books 1943-1944, recording operational activities of aircraft during the Second World War 1943-1944 (L/BGM/A/13/1/4 - L/BGM/A/13/1/6)
- Petworth Polish Camp. research project and website: files rel to camp residents and operation, used to create the website 2017-2022 (20352)
National
- Fanny Lloyd (fl1898-1900), English missionary in China: letters to her nephew, Henry, written from the inland mission at Chung King, providing a first-hand account of the atmosphere and events of the early years of the Boxer Rebellion 1898-1900 (Add MS 89497)
- Major-General Charles George Gordon (1833-1885); Mary Augusta Gordon (fl1833-1890), sister of Sir Henry William Gordon (1818-1887), commissary-general: family papers, mostly rel to the death of Charles Gordon in Sudan 1884-1906 (Add MS 89471)
- Lieutenant Thomas Farmer (fl1809-1812), army officer: correspondence regarding the Peninsular War 1809-1816 (Add MS 89529)
- Lieutenant Colonel Hardin Burnley-Campbell (1843-1920), 6th Dragoon Guards; Major General Sir George Pomeroy Colley (1835-1881), army officer and colonial governor: letters, incl rel to service in India during the second Afghan Campaign, 1878-1881 1881 (Add MS 89536)
- Brigadier-General Wilfrith Gerald Key Green (1872-1937), British Indian Army: account of the activities of the 10th Cavalry Brigade in Palestine in September and October 1918 1918 (Add MS 89541)
- ASLIB Microfilm Service: archive 20th cent (Add MS 89543)
- Lieutenant William Henry Watson (1834-1899), Royal Artillery: letters to his mother from Crimea, together with documents rel to his subsequent military career 1852-1869 (Add MS 89549)
- William Sykes (1829-1893), army chaplain: letters to his brother Thomas Sykes (fl 1855-1856), during the Crimean War 1855-1856 (Add MS 89598)
- Helen Esther Florence Robinson (1817-1900), wife of Baron K P Bondé: letters sent from Paris during the French Revolution of 1848 1855 (Add MS 89629)
- Lieutenant General John Christopher Guise (1826-1895), army officer, recipient of the Victoria Cross: military diaries 1856-1858 (Add MS 89638)
- Peter Cashmore (d2019), journalist: extensive collection of corresp (c700 letters) written by individual British service personnel to the popular magazine 'Nuts', edited by Cashmore, whilst serving on various operational tours in Iraq, Afghanistan, the Falklands and other overseas operations between 2008 and 2013 2008-2013 (Documents.27521)
- Herbert Charles William Blackley (fl1945-1989), Chief Petty Officer, HMS KENYA and HMS BELFAST: photograph album of black and white prints from the Korean War 1950-53 1945-1989 (2022-07-01)
- George Ashmore Fitch (1883-1979), American Presbyterian missionary, and director of the International Committee for the Nanking Safety Zone: ts account, providing an eye-witness description of the Nanking Massacre in China in December 1937, together with multiple accounts of the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War written by various staff of the company ICI (China) Limited 1937-1938 (Documents.27490)
- Madeleine Louise Norman (1899-1978), nurse: autograph books (2) rel to patients at the King George Hospital, South East London, signed and illustrated by patients at the hospital c1915-1919 (JA/3878)
- Annie Elizabeth 'Betty' Thornley MBE (1900-1995), nurse: papers and diaries (mainly from the Occupation period), incl a piece of original artwork signed Ninetta Butterworth, Jersey Prison, April 7th 1944 c1940-1950 (JA/3898)
- Asbjorn Nicholai Jacobsen (fl 1941), Camp Leader, Mooragh Internment Camp, Ramsey: correspondence, camp documentation and ephemera, contemporary newspapers and assorted resources, incl material rel to fellow Norwegians, as well as memorabilia produced by 18B detainees held in Peveril Camp, Peel 1940s-2020s (MS 15334)
- William Gordon Glass (fl1915-1916): Illustrated journals and manuscript documenting seaplane carrier HMS Ben-my-Chree's wartime service and engagements in the Mediterranean Sea 1915-1916 (MS 15262)
- Photographs (7) rel to Joan Bradford, Auxilliary Territorial Service, showing ATS women at the Experimental Gunnery Establishment at Shoeburyness during the Second World War 1939-1945 (NAM. 2022-04-2-1)
- Major-General George Mein (1815-1896), officer, 13th (1st Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot (Prince Albert’s Light Infantry): archives rel to his service in the 1st Afghan War (1838-1842), incl a hand written ms diary describing the insurrection in Cabul (Kabul), Nov 1841-Jan 1842 1837-1847 (NAM. 2022-01-2-1)
- Sir Henry Seymour Rawlinson (1864-1925), Baron Rawlinson of Trent, General: hand written letter to his wife, immediately following the Relief of Ladysmith during the Second Boer War; the letter covers the celebration after the relief of Ladysmith and the intention to rebuild supplies after the battle 1900 (NAM. 2022-06-5-1)
- William Stephen Raikes Hodson (1821-1858), officer, leader of irregular light cavalry: collection of hand written letters rel to Hodson’s time at Rugby School during a time of ill health and a series of letters associated with accusations of financial irregularity and the killing of the Mughal King of Delhi, 1857 1830-1858 (NAM. 2022-09-1-1)
- Charlotte Isabella De Clare Bagshaw (1829-1915), widow of Lt Frederick John Salmon Bagshaw, (1846-1857), 36th Regiment Bengal Native Infantry: hand written letters, incl a letter written during the Indian Mutiny 1846-1857 (NAM. 2022-03-13-1)
- George Little (fl1875), soldier: manuscript diary 1875 (MSL/2022/2)
- Rose B Willison (fl 1915-1923), nurse in the First World War: autograph album while a nurse at Stobhill Hospital 1915-1923 (Acc.14319)
- Sir Edward Montague Anthony Compton Mackenzie (1883-1972), Knight, author: typescript of 'Greek memories', First World War memoirs 1932 (Acc.14449)
- Lt Col Brian Edwards (fl1940-1979), Royal Marines: collection of papers and photographs rel to his career; covers subjects such as the Aden Emergency, Indonesia-Malaysia Confrontation, and various Commando units; incl maps, notes, letters, orders, signals and newsletters 1940-1979 (NMRN 2022/39)
- Bible from HMS Warspite with damage caused by a piece of a German shell which entered the Chaplain's cabin during the Battle of Jutland, 31st May 1916. The book was presented by HMS Warspite's Chaplain, Walter J Carey, to the Marine Society and the Training Ship Warspite. Warspite was used as a training ship from 1862 to 1918. On 20th January 1918 a fire destroyed the Warspite but the Bible was saved by the ship's Chaplain, Reverend N A Lash. Three of the boys who had been on board the training ship later admitted to starting the fire nd (NMRN 2022/88/1)
- HMS E9 (1912), submarine: collection of photographs and a photograph album rel to HMS E9, exploring the lives of the boat's crew in Russia during the First World War 1914-1918 (NMRN 2022/200/1)
- RN Experimental Station, Dover: collection of photographs and photographs albums rel to the station, incl material covering the Zeebruggee Raid and other events of the First World War 1914-1918 (NMRN 2022/201)
- Major Alastair Cook (fl1950-1979), Royal Marines: collection rel to his service, incl scrapbooks, photograph albums, course notes, letters, reports and other papers. Subjects incl 45 Commando, Royal Marines Reserve in Scotland, Marine Cadets, Aden, Malta and other foreign exercises 1950-1979 (NMRN 2022/222/1)
- The London Magazine: document showing the ships and regiments involved in the British Siege of Havana, 1762, during the Seven Years War, noting the ships names, such as HMS Reppon, HMS Dragon and HMS Temeraire, but also the regiments in boats such as the Royals and the 35th Regiment nd (NMRN 2022/232/2)
- Cynthia Abbott (fl1983), author: book, entitled 'Wartime Sketches', published at her own expense, containing sketches and notes around her experiences serving in the WRNS during the Second World War, incl sketches of the WRNS learning to drive vans and becoming ambulance drivers 1983 (NMRN 2022/253/1)
- Collections of letters written by former crew of HMS Glamorgan to Ian Inskip for his book 'Ordeal by Exocet', discussing their experiences during the Falklands War 1982 (NMRN 2022/239)
- Collection of material compiled by Artisam John W Timpson during his service during the Second World War, incl photograph album, journal, scrapbook, poem and other certificates 1939-1945 (NMRN 2022/219)
- Archibald William Patterson (fl1913-1923), CPO Engine Room Artificer: collection of letters and photographs to his wife, incl discussion of the transport of the Unknown Warrior from France to Britain as well as service on HMS Royal Sovereign during the Gallipoli campaign and HMS Itchen 1913-1923 (NMRN 2022/248)
- Cunard Line: programme for A Service of Remembrance for The Falklands 1982, the Church of Our Lady and St Nicholas, Liverpool, 25 May 2022 2022 (DX/2685)
- Cyril Lewis White, (1920-1998), RAF pilot: papers rel to Hurricane fighter planes and photographs taken on board the convoy ship MV Daghestan during the Battle of the Atlantic 1941 (DX/2693)
- John William Streets (fl1913-1917), Sergeant, York and Lancaster Regiment: pocket books and poems, together with a published copy of a book containing a collection of his poems titled 'The Undying Splendour' (published by Erskine Macdonald Ltd, 1917) and a draft typescript of a book about John William Street titled 'Temple of Truth' by Leslie T. Yaw 1913-1917 (578-K/8/2/1085)
- York and Lancaster Regiment: typescript document, illustrated with photographs and maps, rel to the recruitment, service and death of Samuel Bedford, Private with the 14th Battalion (2nd Barnsley Pals) of the York and Lancaster Regiment, who was killed on the first day on the Battle of the Somme, written by Richard Ward 2018 (578-K/8/2/1087)
University
- Cyril Pustan (1929-1977), civil rights activist: typed and manuscript diary entries by participants of the San Francisco to Moscow Peace March, 1961, incl Cyril Pustan and Regina Fischer; corresp; newspaper articles; maps; official walk papers 1960-1961 (Cwl PUST)
- Percy Johnson-Marshall (1915-1993), Professor of urban design and regional planning, University of Edinburgh: family letters of from the Second World War, with additional material related to Johnson-Marshall's career 1939-1945 (PJM (accession number: SC-Acc-2022-0064))
- Ursula Cairns-Smith (1928-2021), lecturer in German, University of Glasgow: memoir covering her life 1928-1951; diaries and corresp (in German) giving contemporaneous accounts of being evacuated from her home in Berlin and subsequent life in various camps and schools during the Second World War 1960-2019 (GLAASC ACCN 00064)
- Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton (1853-1947), Knight, General: papers, incl an account of service in South Africa, 1901, and reports of the Dardanelles Commission, 1917 1901-1966 (Acc3950)
- Alan Everitt, (1926-2008), historian: papers including correspondence, research notes, diaries and draft manuscripts c1950-2008 (Acc 2022/17)
- Florence Alice Ellis (fl1915-1918), volunteer nurse, First World War: autograph book incl drawings and signatures of family, friends and servicemen at the North Evington War Hospital and the booklet 'Words from the Wounded', edited by Vicki Burke in 2022 c1915-2022 (Acc 2022/8)
- Betty May Wyatt (nee Tribe), (b1921), Berkshire Land Girl: memoir of working in the Women's Land Army c2000 (Acc.DX2438)
- Jessica Douthwaite (fl2018), student at University of Strathclyde: oral history interviews for PhD project 'Voices of the Cold War in Britain, 1945-1962' 1945-1962 (SOHC/63)
- Dora Cymer (orginally Cymerspitz) (b1879), from Poland: mainly corresp from her daughter, Renee, and her son-in-law, Paul Herzog, dating from 1939-1941, which offers a comprehensive account of life during the war, and documents the struggles of Jewish life during the period. Paul and Renee were deported to Auschwitz in 1942 and murdered there. Also incl a collection of misc papers incl identity documents, financial accounts and corresp c1904-2010 (SxMs212)
- Susi Bechhofer (fl1930-1990), Kindertransport evacuee: mostly research notes and some original documentation rel to her family history comprising photocopies, cuttings and correspondence with family members; papers rel to Bechhofer's work with the Holocaust Memorial Trust and letters (3) from W.G. Sebald rel to his novel 'Austerlitz' c1990-2000 (SxMs211)
- MacLua Archive: collection of Irish Studies sources rel primarily to the Troubles, the collection (named after Brendan Mac Lua, founder of The Irish Post) incl a complete hardbound run of the newspaper and rel material from 1963 onward c1864-2015 (2022.007)
- Reginald L Wilde (fl1939-1944), employee at Huntley & Palmers, biscuit manufacturer of Reading: account of the evacuation of Huntley & Palmers staff and their families from the La Courneuve factory in Paris back to England 1939-1944 (Acc.MS5783)
- Margaret Randall (fl1942-1945), former student of University of Reading: incl photographs of residents of St George's Hall where Randall lived as a student, photographs of the Students' Representative Council, photograph of a performance by the Guild of the Red Rose, Easter 1943, photograph of Margaret and friends at 'Hollingworth's', while working on the land during the vacations in wartime 1942-1945 (Acc.MS5815)
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