MISCELLANEOUS A-L

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This section contains mainly individual items and documents (or copies of either) for which complete records have not been created. All items have been listed alphabetically and numerically within an alphabetic sequence and a handlist exists within the General Section catalogue (hard copy).


A1 ADAM, W Private, HQ Company (Runner and Sniper), 9th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry Regiment; Western Front 1916; Autographed Victory Dinner Menu, Christmas cards 1914 and 1917, Greetings from Egypt card, Australian Christmas Dinner Menu 1914, photographs including German post card and large one of HLI on parade.


A2 ASHMOLE, B Captain, 11th Service Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, serving on the Western Front. Later Professor. 2 Christmas cards; Prayer book; Battalion Orders (15 Apr 1915); Typed transcript of an interview recorded with Peter Liddle (Tapes 445 and 447).


[A3 NOT USED]


A4 ANON Photocopy of Western Front Field Message book.


A5 ARTHURTON, FW (1897-) (Tape 749/Transcript). 2nd Lieutenant, 1st and 11th Battalions, Royal Warwickshire Regiment; Machine Gun Corps; Group Captain RAF; Manuscript summary of transcript including Prison of War experiences in 1918. Group Captain RAF (Royal Air Force).


A6 AGNEW J Sergeant,. Notebook of men enlisted in Yorkshire 1880-82.


A7 ASHFORD HJ Royal Engineers (from Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Photographs, medals, badges, discharge certificate, identity disc.


A8 ARCHER AR. Virtually empty 1914 diary & message book. per V Austin(Miss). See Research Corres.


[B1 NOT USED]


B2 BENHAM FB Captain, RFA (Royal Field Artillery). Xeroxed copy of letter from him to his brother George dated 25th May 1915 when he was acting as Forward Observation Officer "on the fringe of the big conflict around Ypres" and telling of his comfortable billet. Photocopy of letter dated 7th October 1915 from RN Barracks Copenhagen where "Uncle Geoff" is apparently interned. Photocopy of newspaper obituary of Captain FB Benham. Sent by Mr W.Benham.


B3 BEDDING E. Letter to his wife dated 12th July 1915 which describes a visit to an English War Cemetery and the condition of the graves.No indication of Regiment.


B4 NOT USED.


B5 BOYLE WS Wheel Driver 52nd Battalion, RFA (Royal Field Artillery). Original and typescripts of 2 letters to the Lead Driver of his team telling of his recovery after loss of his leg.


B6 BURTON-READ, H Gunner, 234 Siege Battery RGA (Royal Garrison Artillery). Manuscript copy of letter to his wife dated 10th Nov.1918 telling of his reactions to the news of the Germans' acceptance of the terms of the Armistice. Sent by AC Wells.


B7 BROADWOOD J Captain, Royal Scots Fusiliers Regiment. 2 Commissioning Scrolls, 2 French Rail tickets, Army Form W3039 Movement Order and newspaper cuttings listing his appointment to regiment, award of the MC (Military Cross), promotion, posting him missing and then wounded as POW (Prisoner of War)


B8 BROWN JW Private, 1st Battalion, Yorks and Lancs Regiment, Western Front;. 1 postcard and 2 letters dated April 1915 to Miss M Francis.


B9 BRUCE AM & C Both Glasgow Highlanders, AM was 2nd Lieutenant, letter from each of them to their sister.


B10 BOOTH EH Driver, Royal Field Artillery; Army Form Z21 Certificate of Demobilization, Permanent pass for Tournai, Instructions for Officers and Men proceeding on leave, Propaganda map of Allied advance 1918 and 3 blank Message Forms, Miniature Medals comprising Military Medal, 1914/18 War Service, Victory Medals and Defence Medal, photographs and Army Form Z11 Protection Certificate. Donor Mrs MH Hine.


B11 BARRON JB Pte 1st Canadian Division and 2nd Lt-3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Photocopies of photographs, a letter, sketch map of trench; Notes on Some Recent Bombing Operations-issued by the General Staff 1916, Sketches of impressions of first tanks and translations of Turkish illustrated pages of seals and Guidons.Donor Mrs A Brown (Grand-daughter)


B12 BRADDOCK BOB, (ROBERT) Private 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters. Army Book 64, photograph, War Service and Victory Medal, brooch made from buttons and rosette.


B13 BRACHER J. Company Quarter Master Sergeant, 17th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment. Army Form Z11 Protection Certificate, Regimental badges and Field Passes.


B14 BROAD RD Private, 28th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers Regiment and 2nd Lieutenant Royal Air Force. Typescript recollections.


B15 BLYTH JB Lieutenant, Royal Army Medical Corps and 3rd/8th & 13th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry Regiment; Typescript recollections, descriptive letter on training from a friend in the Machine Gun Corps, Trench map and map of Enemy Rear Organisation.


B16 BENDA P Sergeant, The Suffolk Regiment, Western Front; Photocopies of letters from the W/F, also newspaper cuttings re his being awarded the Military Medal (MM).


B17 BROWN R 2nd Lt KRRC (King's Royal Rifle Corps). Various papers re pilgrimages and OCA, 2 booklets held in Gen Aspects:1) Physical Training - under Health and Fitness 2) Straight Tips for Subalterns - under Officers. Later Colonel.


B18 BOOTH ER Private, 323 Company, Army Service Corps Dispatch Rider. Western Front; Typescript recollections of his service in the area of the Ypres Salient and photocopies of the following documents:AFW 3337 Instructions to Officers and Men Proceeding on Leave, Army Forms Z11, Z18 and Z21 Demobilization Documents, Railway Warrant, Leaflet 29a National Health Insurance, Out- of -work Donation Policy, AFW 5124 Army Order re Grant of Clasp to the 1914 Star (original).


B19 BIRD L Private, 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards. Prayer Book (official), Identity Plate, 3 medals.


B20 BURNHAM Quarter Master Sregeant, RGA (Royal Garrison Artillery). Various Papers. Donor: W Charlton


B21 BEDDING HE Private, 5th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment; Certificates, newspaper cuttings, postcards, copy of picture from Amiens Cathedral. Donor: I Hatherly (grandson)


B22 BLAKE GH Sergeant, 2nd/13th Battalion, London Regiment; Certificates, cards from Alexandria, Platoon Roll.Donor: Dr P Gosling.


B23 BROTHERS EN Rifleman, 16th Battalion, London Regiment (GWR). Discharge certificate.


B24 BAINYARD HJ. Maps Albert and Orvillers. Donor: Mrs P Mitchell (daughter).


B25 LINDEN BENNETT J 3rd Reserve Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Photos 2 letters and one of his father and VP(JLB missing in action and father's letter returned). Donor: half sister Miss R Bennett See M N Miscellaneous for father Research correspondence.


B26 BURNET FA Lieutenant, Royal Scots Regiment (killed). Silk and Somme postcards. Donor: (Niece) Miss C Fisher. See Research correspondence.


B27 BENTLEY AM 2nd Lieutenant, RGA (Royal Garrison Artillery) Various photos and postcards. Donor: (Niece) Mrs D Thornhill. See Research correspondence.


B28 BRIGGS N Private, Kings Liverpool Regiment, (incl service with 8th Battalion).UK and Ireland, manuscript recollections, photos and paybook, and various papers with clerical work in industry. Donor: (Daughter) Mrs D Waring. See Research correspondence.


B29 BONNEY AJ Private, 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers Regiment; Gallipoli and elsewhere, photcopies of paybook and other official documents. Donor: Norman Bonney.


B30 BREWSTER WE Private, Warwickshire Yeomanry; Photos, cards, certificate re signalling course and account of the sinking of the 'Leasowe Castle'. Donor: Ada Meyer.


B31 BROWNE HE East Kent Regiment;. 3 page typescript of notebook/diary with various disjointed entries. Donor: Rodney M Browne (Son).


B32 BOOTH W Private, West Yorkshire Regiment. British War Medal and Victory Medal and unidentified photograph (West Yorks soldiers). Donor: Mr JA Pincock.


C1 COULTHREAD W Corporal,Yorks and Lancs Regiment and Royal Engineers; 2 short typescript accounts of service in the BEF, Army Form E635 Territorial Force Embodiment Notice, Army Form E511 Territorial Force Discharge Certificate, Territorial Force Certificate of Character, Army Force Z21 Certificate of Demobilization, Army Form Z18 Certificate of Employment during the War.


C3 CHIVERS FS Lieutenant, Gloucester Regiment and 2nd Lieutenant, Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry. Mss recollections of service on the Somme, also post war in Mesopotamia, metal mirror in leather case, newspaper cuttings re Arab revolt in Mesopotamia, photographs- Regimental groups and Middle Eastern scenes, some Post Cards of Aden, humourous poem adapted from 'Charge of the Light Brigade', Karachi Brigade Rest Camp Orders.


C5 CHARLTON W Sapper, 5th Reserve Battalion, Royal Engineers. Army Form B2079 Certificate of Discharge, Army Form W3960 Protection Certificate, PPCs, silk PCs and silk scarf, post war correspondence from official sources re his disability pension, map of France printed on linen dated 1944, Active Service Testament. War Service Certificate.


C6 CONNAUGHT RANGERS. OCA journals, July'67,No 75, July '68, No 76 and July '69, No 77 (final number). Donor: AY McPeake (the editor). Tape recorded PHL.


C7 CALVERT CFH 2nd Lieutenant, 179 Company, Royal Engineers, formerly 3rd South Staffordshire Regiment; Photo memoir. Killed 15.5.15. Donor: Chellews (Solicitors)


C8 CLAYTON G. Medals, Book (Omar Khayyam). Donor: Miss C Clayton (daughter). (No items in box)


C9 COLLINSON JA Private, Seaforth Highlanders and 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Engineers; Personal history, service records, cards, photographs, belt, spoons PNM47 Trophy PNM48. Donor: M Collinson.


C10 CORBETT H Private, South Staffordshire Regiment;. Misc service papers, postcards, badges, New Testament, metal mirror in case. Death Notices - Thomas Shooter died June 10th 1915: Walter Shooter Wilson died Nov 22nd 1918: Walter Morrison died of wounds Aug 18th 1915: Thomas Worral killed in action April 25th 1918. Donor: Mr H Corbett (son)


C11 CHORLEY. 16th County of London Battalion ( Queen's Westminster Rifles);. Photographs, embroidered cushion cover with Reg H badge (PNM 53). Donor: Miss M Chorley (daughter)


C12 COATBRIDGE-WILLIAMS TR Captain, 3rd Battalion, East Lancshire Regiment; 43rd Labour Group. Officers Army Book, commission paper, ration books, unpublished poem. Donor: Mrs M E Dakers (niece).


C13 CHANTER AB Rifleman 5th Battalion, London Regiment. Service and Pension papers. Donor: Peggy Kellaway per Pamela Slackhorne (see Research Corres).


C14 'THE SPHERE'. No's 92-96,99,100,102-106.


C15 CALLAWAY MG. Honourable Discharge Scroll.


C16 CAMERON-SMITH G Captain, RFA (Royal Field Artillery); Photograph 2nd May 1915


D1 DORMAN R Private, 18th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers Regiment; Army Form B 104 Records document, Army Form W3173 Separation Allowance, Army Form B104-81A Notification of wounding and hospital admission, photographs. Donor: CH Dorman.


D3 DAW S Bronghall Private, RAMC (Royal Army Medical Corps), 2/4th Battalion, London Field Ambulance, Western Front & Palestine. Misc badges; Divisional Certificate for Gallantry; Recipes for making protective spray against poison gas, summer 1916; YMCA leaflet about Cairo; London Division Christmas card, Jerusalem, 1917; Empire Theatre, Jerusalem, programme for the 60th London Divisional Entertainers 'The Barnstormers' (nd); hand mirror; explanatory letter to Peter Liddle, 1976. Donor: S B Daw (see enclosed letter) & Colin Bareham (see Research Correspondence). (Daw owned 1 copy of "Tales of a Field Ambulance" in LC Book Collection.)


E1 EAMES AH 'F' Company, Artists Rifles. Short letter acknowledging gift of chocolate and describing his Christmas of 1914. (Donor Prof R E Lane).


E2 & E3 EASTWOOD GH 2nd Lieutenant /Major King's Own Hussars (3rd) and RFC (Royal Flying Corps); CFS Graduation Certificate No 294 dated 23rd Dec 1914, group photographs of Officers, NCO's and men taken post-war in Germany, Christmas card from an officer interned in Holland with a satirical postcard and an illustration of Dutch Government Internment Centre, typescript copy (with annotations in pencil and ink) of a document dated 1st May 1914 outlining a scheme for British businessmen in Holland to set up 'earths' for the rescue of aviators (presumably British) forced to land in Holland in the event of war and thus to avoid internment. (As Sir Geoffrey Eastwood): Photographs of the Princess Royal in uniform and regalia: photographs of Eastwood with Lady Churchill and one other; group photograph including Princess Alice and Winston Churchill with programme of Official Opening of Nixon Cadet Block at the Canadian Services College in 1955 by the Princess Royal,Royal Maundy Order of Service at
Westminster Abbey 1964 and 1965, 2 Christmas cards from Lord and Lady Harewood and a note from Lady Harewood. Also blue velvet bag embroidered with Royal Coat of Arms. Seed pin. These items relate to his service as Comptroller of Household of Princess Royal. Donor: Miss M McInnes.


E4 EVANS A Private, South Wales Borderers Regiment;. Photographs, silk post cards, postcards and Christmas card. Donor: Mrs I Thomas.


E5 EARLE JK 2nd Lieutenant/Captain, 11th Battalion, YorkshireRegiment (Green Howards). VP (photocopied), Commission, bankbook etc. Donor: Mrs J Pinkney.


F1 FENWICK T. With the Hawke Battalion at Gallipoli. Photocopy of a letter from him to brother, Johnson dated 23rd July 1915 telling him of his work with the wounded and the conditions there.


F2 FORBES G. A South African serving with an Infantry Regiment and later in the RFC (Royal Flying Corps). Pages from 'The Moth' magazine containing printed extracts of his diary 24th June - 14th Sept 1916.


F3 FOSTER JM. Photocopy of a letter from the mother of a soldier to the persons with whom he had been billeted. Sent by Mr LG Oliver.


F4 FEARNE Horace John (1888-1982). 2nd Lieutenant, Manchester Regiment and Civil Service Rifles. 2 photographs of the mine at Maroc, Army Form W3209- Notifcation of wounded soldiers arrival in England, 3 Trench maps, map of War Cemeteries in Belgium, booklet on London Territorials and the War, 1914-15 Star, War Service Medal, Victory Medal, Defence Medal 1939-45, tunic buttons, silver ID bracelet, watch chain fob, lapel badge and Mancester Regiment badge.


F5 FORMAN JH Private, RAMC (Royal Army Medical Corps); Various photocopied papers and photos.


F6 FOSTER G La Trobe. 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Fusiliers Regiment; Commision, newspaper cutting, sheet of photos - 105 hp Tractor, Field Gun. Donor: Miss Foster.


F7 FISHER HK (1897-) (Tape 713/Summary) (Tape 714) Corporal, 2nd/5th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment/ 2nd Lieutenant MGC (Machine Gun Corps), (earlier Friends Ambulance Unit). Recollections, photos and VP.; To France 1918, Rouen, Etaples, Bethune and Cambrai; Contracted 'Spanish Flu'; Brief details throughout, but apparently saw little or no action; Occupation of Germany, 1919.


F8 FOWLER GHA. London Scottish Regiment - later commissioned in the Middlesex Regt. Photographs and negatives Western Front. Donor: Eileen Westcott (sister).


F9 FAIRBAIRN EP Lieutenant, 8th Battalion (attached 9th Battalion) Scottish Rifles - (Cameronians). 3 photographs and notebook of percussion bomb design project. Donor: Mrs Joyce Fairbairn (widow) - See Research Correspondence.


F10 FISHER TD Private (later Captain), 1st/10th Battalion, Kings Liverpool Regiment, 5th Battalion, York & Lancs /2nd/4th Battalion, Yorks & Lancs and 1st/5th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers Regiment; Officer's Record Book, photos, cuttings, Mention in Despatches Certificate, wound and investiture telegrams and other PPC's and VP including Bromborough Parish Church newsheets. Donor: (Niece) Miss C Fisher. See Research Correspondence.


F11 FLINT W. Misc photographs of W Flint and other family members, German medallion and Allied brooch ( probably 1st WW), Cross Free French (2nd WW).Donor: Mrs R Crowther (niece). See Research Correspondence.


F12 FIELD Archibald Roland (1891-1955). Sapper, Royal Engineers. Paper knife made from bullets and shellcase, Royal Engineers silk postcard, silk handkerchief with Royal Engineers emblem, religious card. Donor: Mary R Knight.


G1 GAMBLE E. Sometime with the Hampshire Regt as a Medical Orderly. Mss recollections of his life, scant coverage of war service, assorted photographs, some of nurses and wounded soldiers, French and Belgium paper money, probably that used during German occupation, Motor Fuel Ration Book issued following Suez Crisis in 1957.


G2 GILDERDALE SH. Photocopies of 2 letters, to his mother dated 16th Sept 1916 and 1 to 'Jessie' dated 15th Oct 1918? See correspondence of Ruth Smith in Research File.


G3 GREEN A. Photocopy of letter to his wife dated 28th March 1918 describing his experiences during the German offensive including shelling, counter attacks and air raids. Sent by Mrs MN Green.


G4 GREENE J Medical Officer, DSO ( Distinguished Service Order), MC (Military Cross); Photocopies of 4 letters written by him in October 1917 having moved into captured German positions.


G5 GREW B Rifleman, 1st Battalion, London Rifle Brigade. Photocopies of 2 letters from him dated June 1916, also small sketches and photocopy of letter from 'D' Company Commander informing that he was missing in action on 1st July 1916, photocopy of German Red Cross card presumably confirming his death. Via Dr G Moore and his contact with Mrs A Schuman.


G6 GRIFFIN J Private, "C" Company, 12th Battalion, Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Regiment; Letter from his father seeking confirmation and details of his death reported as from wounds or killed in action April 1918.


G7 GREY W. 2 letters and a Red Cross postcard from his brother serving with the American Expeditionary Force, also a letter from a friend in the Black Watch en route to India.


G8 GAINSBOROUGH Dr H RAMC (Royal Army Medical Corps) A few individual and group photos.

Donor: J Gainsborough.


G9 GRAHAM L 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA). Commissioning Scroll, Movement Order for his posting to France and Mss recollections well detailed on the German offensive in March 1918.


G10 GOODWIN EL Lieutenant, 17th Battalion, Manchester Regt. GOODWIN LC 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Engineers (Signals). Photocopies of letter from EL Goodwin dated 20th August 1916 and a typescript of letter describing his death in action on 12th October 1916, Concert Party programme 'The Gaities', 5th Army HQ 28th August 1918. LC Goodwin diary July 19th- Oct 4th 1918, letter dated 26th January 1919 describing reduction of his unit to 'cadre'. Tape recorded- Self No 683.


G11 GOSLING FH 2nd Lietenant, Sherwood Foresters. 4 Trench maps,2 Christmas cards and WW2 letter of 1914-18 recollections. Donor: Dr Paula Gosling (see Research Correspondence).


G12 GLOVER GF Gunner (later 2nd Lieutenant) RFA (Royal Field Artillery); 3 Photographs. Donor: Joan Glover (widow).


G13 GREEN H. 8th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. GREEN T Signaller 1st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. 2 1916 inter related family letters & VP re HG's death in 1916, photocopied papers. Donor: HC Green (son) - See Research Correspondence of TG.


G14 GARNET J Gunner, RFA (Royal Field Artillery); British War Medal & Victory Medal,black armband. Donor: Mrs Cartwright.


G15 GREEN Wm Private, 5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment & 7th Hussars. VP; (donor: Captain, G Hall).


G16 GIBSON W. Letter re 'Leeds Pals' Committee Meeting with ref to diary of Ernest Appleyard, a member of 'A' Coy.


H1 HALL DJ Sapper, 2nd Field Squadron, Royal Engineers. 2 letters from him acknowledging gifts of cigarettes, in one he tells of Belgian children selling cigarettes to soldiers in the firing line and in the other of his low opinion of the Germans and their treacherous behaviour after surrendering. Donor: Dr E Churches (see Women's Correspondence).


H2 HANAGAN JG (die 1973). 19th Battalion, Kings Liverpool Regiment. 2 photographs of 'A' Company of the Battalion and 4 small photographs, without captions, apparently taken in the Middle East, newspaper cuttings of letters sent by him recounting incidents in Gallipoli and on the W/F.


H3 HEAPS W Captain, RGA (Royal Garrison Artillery); Photographs, mainly of Hipsford which appears to have been a Coastal Defence Battery on the South Coast,there being no captions other than the location, and most are of groups of men with some of the guns. Donor: Mrs J Taylor (daughter)


H4 HOLLINS F Private, 'A' Company, 1st Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment; 3 letters to 'Fred', the first in June 1915 when he has been placed on a Draft for the BEF, the second giving his impressions of being at the Front and the devastation, and the third in similar vein.


H5 HOUSE G. 2 Trench maps (very tattered) and map of the Hindenberg Line printed by the Royal Engineers in April 1940; brief diary of the War from a newspaper.


H6 HUNT RM. Coldstream Guards. Letter to his brother dated May 1917 from France. Donor: Rev ML Hunt.


H7 HOBBS E 2nd Lieutenant, Royal West Surrey Regiment, HOBBS TG 2nd Lieutenant, RFC (Royal Flying Corps) & RAF (Royal Air Force); Commemoration Scroll, King's Memorial message,1914/15 Star, War Service and Victory medals in glass case and Bereavment Plaque, letter of condolence on Eric Hobbs death on 1st July 1917, letter of condolence from Squadron Commander, 59 Squadron, RAF (Royal Air Force) on death of TG Hobbs on 22nd August 1918.


H8 HAWKER Captain(Q), Royal Field Artillery. Commissioning Scrolls,' London Gazette', photos and 'War Illustrated' May 17th 1940. (all material 1939/45)


H9 HOWARD CE A/Sergeant, 6th Battalion, The Essex Regiment. Christmas card- East Anglian Division Palestine 1917, post card - Badge of the Essex Regiment sent from Egypt, Army Form Z11 Protection Certificate, Army Form Z18 Certificate of Employment during the War, Army Form Z21 Certificate of Discharge.


H10 HUNTER RS Rifleman, 2nd Battalion, London Rifle Brigade. Mss recollections and Princess Mary's Gift Box and souvenirs.


H11 HERVEY FAR 2nd Lieutenant. 3rd Battalion,York and Lancaster Regiment (attached to East Yorkshire Regiment); Commission Scroll, Army Form Z3 Protection Certificate, War Office letter of demobilization, Army Book 439 - Officer's Record of Service, 4 maps, 2 handwritten orders for patrols to establish positions of retreating Germans, dated 10th Nov 1918.


H12 HUTCHINSON JT Captain, 5th Battalion, West Hampshire Regiment; Wallet, cards and luggage labels. BIRD L Private, 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards (brother in law of above ). Prayer Book official copy, 3 medals, ID plate,Memorial Plaque; See B19 BURGESS JD Private, RASC (Royal Army Service Corps); Service Medal, collection of medal ribbons, badges and various memorabilia. Donor of all these items: Mrs J Garland (nee Hutchinson) see Research Correspondence for explanation - B19 & H12 Part 2.


H13 HENRY G Private, Royal Berkshire Regiment; Photo and 3 medals. Donor: (daughter) Mrs VJ Dubock. See Research Correspondence.


H14 HAINSWORTH SB 2nd Lieutenant, 1st/4th Battalion, KOYLI (King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry). Western Front 12.11.1918 - 10 09 1919, Group photograph, Civilian Identity Card, Discharge cert, Church service programme, dinner menu and photo album. Donor: Mrs MR Barker (daughter).


H15 HOPKINS S Private, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Regiment; Service papers and Unit badge embroidery done in Orpington Hospital as he recovered from wounds. Donor: (nephew) RS Hopkins. See Research Correspondence.


I1 ISAAC G Private, RAMC (Royal Army Medical Corps) and RASC (Royal Army Service Corps). Army Form Z21 Certificate of Demobilization, Notebook containing addresses and record of places at which he served, letter from his OC concerning his demobilization and commending his services.(see letters Middlebrook Somme 1918)


J1 JACKSON A Private, 'B' Company 19th Service Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment;. Xerox copy of letter from him to his parents re lack of letters from them and requesting a parcel of bread to supplement his rations. Donor: Miss Linkman. Manchester Polytechnic Archives retrieval.


J2 JELLICOE J Lieutenant, Regiment unknown. Mss copy of a letter from him to his father describing the rigours of a troopship journey in the heat of the Persian Gulf and deaths from sunstroke. Original in Imperial War Museum, London.


J3 JOHNSTON Robert James 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Engineers. Commission, photographs VP and badges. (See Museum Section under BEO for his compass). JOHNSTON HE Sgt Sussex Regt and 2nd Lieutenant, Sussex Yeomanry.VP re DCM (Distinguished Conduct Medal) and Commission as 2nd Lieutenant., his death with photographs of London Scots and badges. Died of wounds 1918. Donor: Mrs DJ Boulting (daughter of RJ Johnston, niece of HE Johnston).


J4 JOHNSTONE IL Sergeant, 'A' Company, 19th Battalion (Regiment unknown). Platoon Roll Book, typescript nominal roll of original platoon members and their disposition and a typescript account of fighting on the Somme, 24th September 1916 by Lieutenant Colonel, WR Turnbull, DSO (Distinguished Service Order).


J5 JEFFREY SW (Tape 674); Private/ 2nd Lieutenant, 4th Battalion, Essex Regiment, attached 2nd Battalion,Northamptonshire Regiment; Typescript summary of his war service, typescript of anecdote, 2 letters, booklet of post card views of Ypres, 2 PC's, 8th Division Routine Orders for 11th January 1919 announcing his award of the MC (Military Cross) with London Gazette extract and newspaper cuttings re this award. Donor: Mrs G Evans (daughter).


J6 JEFFREYS AH Captain, Northumberland Fusiliers Regiment; Service medals and Bereavement Plaque. kia Western Front, 6th November 1916. Donors: Lola Myers & Brenda Wood (nieces).


J7 JAKES JS Corporal, 12th Field Ambulance RAMC (Royal Army Medical Corps), 7th Division, 4th Army Corps and Royal Engineers Signals, Gallipoli. Postcards, photographs and VP including photocopy of an extract from a publication "Working Lives", including a graphic description of the "Christmas Truce" 1914, until sent to Gallipoli in 1915 and later in the Middle East; photocopy of an official document from the Governor of the State of Georgia appointing him a Lieutenant Colonel on his Staff (dated 1967 ).


K1 KIRBY ATP Private, No 1 Company (Mortar), Royal Engineers. Typescript recollections, photocopies of 2 Duty Travel Passes, a Motor Transport Pass, a monthly Motor Transport Pass, a signal from the 3rd Canadian Division Commander and a Christmas card.


K2 KITCHING, Thomas Sergeant, 12th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry Regiment; Photograph portrait; Durham Light Infantry postcard & 12 embroidered postcards (mainly "Forget me not"), including Durham Light Infantry, Royal Flying Corps, Royal Garrison Artillery emblems etc, sent to Elizabeth (Lizzie) Hunter, 1915-1916 & nd; Brooch made out of piece of TK's left thigh bone, shattered when wounded on Somme, 7 July 1916. Donor: J Kitching


K3 KEIRL JH 2nd Lieutenant, 7th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry Regiment. VP, some post 1919.


K4 KING FDS Captain, The Dorset Regiment & Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry Regiment ; Official Summary of his Military Service.


L1 LEONARD W Private, 8th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers Regiment; Photocopy of German Red Cross POW parcel acknowledgement.


L2 LOWE WD Colonel, 18th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry Regiment;. Photocopies of 2 typescript letters written to Colonel Burdon in April 1918.


L3 LANE A Private, 4th Battalion, Hampshire Territorial Force. Photocopy of contemporary journal of a Troop Transport journey from Britain to India 1914-15. Per: D Way (See Research Correspondence).


L4 LAWS CE Gunner, Royal Horse Artilley and Royal Field Artillery. Army Form B2505A Certificate of Attestation, Army Form Z11 Protection Certificate,Army Form Z21 Certificate of Demobilization, silk PC from France sent to his wife on her birthday, post-war Ministry of Food and Ministry of Labour Registration Certificates. LAWS LCE Lance/Bombardier, Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery (Son of the above and served in the same Battery). Army Form Z18 Certificate of Employment during the War, Army Form Z11 Protection Certificate, Army Form Z21 Certificate of Demobilization, 33rd Divisional Christmas cards for 1916 & 1918, prayer card, employment reference, NFS Certificate of Service 1939-45, VP including 3 Reunion Menus, newspaper cutting and photocopy of article showing the Laws trio - Father and 2 sons serving in the same Battery.


L5 LUMMIS WM (Tape 672); Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant, 11th Prince Alberts Own Hussars & 2nd Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment; Typescript memoirs and typescript partially in the form of a diary for 1914 and 1915 describing his pre-war service and time until his being commissioned as Quartermaster. Later Canon WM Lummis..


L6 LINCOLN PL (1892-) (Tape 533/Transcript). Private, Honourable Artillery Company/2nd Lieutenant, /Lieutenant Colonel 10th Northumberland Fusiliers, later Air Commodore CB, DSO, MC, RAF. Commissioning Scroll, Appointment to DSO, telegram for attendance at Buckingham Palace for Investiture with MC, book "The Statutes of the Distinguished Service Order", photographs and medal ribbons, invitation to dedication of the Pennsylvania Memorials in France 1928.


L7 LE MAISTRE E Corporal, 8th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Protection Certificate and Certificate of Demobilization, Gift Box receipt and 2nd War Medals Certificate.


L8 LEWIS T. 7th Battalion, Border Regiment;. Soldiers Small Book, 2 medals and ribbons. WEBSTER G 16th Ba ttalion, Highland Light Infantry Regiment; Army Form 2079. Donor: Mrs H Spurway, niece of Lewis and daughter of Webster.


L9 LEWIS CHARLES, Lance/Corporal, 8th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regtiment; Western Front; Letter to his sister & VP re his Military Medal award, 2 photos and Boer War Gift Tin and badges. Donor: Mrs Faiemaine(niece) (see Research Correspondence)


L10 LEATHER Wm Private, 2nd Battalion, KOYLI (King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry); Post 1918 Army official papers, Methodist Hymn Book and related papers, Inland Revenue papers. Per: L.H-Smith (house clearance)


L11 LEE H Private, RASC (Royal Army Service Corps)& earlier service with other Regiments. Photographs, sundry official papers re service - pension following loss of eye, original eye patch and metal glass eye extractor. Donor: Mrs H Copley (daughter) See Research Correspondence.

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