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world war, 1914-19185
photographs2
letters1
naval history, modern1
south african war, 1899-19021

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Great Britain. Army2
Johnstone, Tom2
Jordan, Gerald (1933-)1
Marder, Arthur Jacob1

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cockade

c.1914-1918

1 Cockade, Prussian, metal, black, white and orange,

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Category: Horses and Cavalry

M.B.Donald (GS) Army Form re entrainment of - see front of

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Category: Transport

M.B.Donald (GS) for Army form on regulations for train transport of men and horses. (Document near front of Orange/brown folder)

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Category: Attitudes/Opinions - Towards the Germans

A.Howse (EP) Diary 20.11.17 Orphanage at Kamleh full of German children. "Very good pals" with the Tommies who kept them supplied with oranges and lemons.

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MCKNIGHT A

1914-1918

Pte. K.O.S.B's. Bereavement plaque. Unknown medal.( Russian. Ribbon orange and black even stripes. Could refer to W.Reid. See Arbroath Roll of Honour Book). Notification of award of British War Me...

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Category: Morale

E.Speed (AFE) Letter 14, 22.12.14: "The S.A.M.Rifles who have been operating in G.S.W.[Africa] and the [Orange] Free State, seem very fed up with everything and have no confidence in their officers". Aslo letter 25, 8.8.17 re his own morale - very high.

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Category: Grief

E. Speed (AFE): Letter 28, 18.11.17, from his aunt (in South Africa) to his mother after Speed's death, full of pain of bereavement: "What an awful war! It is terrifying the number of bereaved homes. Here in the [Orange] Free State some families have lost two and three and even more of their menfolk, I think it awful when....some are only 18 years old." "This German East African campaign is nearly finished now. Ernest was one of the heroes who helped to win it!!!"

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LEE, A B

1914-1919

2 supplements to 'The London Gazette' (Sep 1917, Nov 1919); Ink drawing of SS Orange Branch (nd); Admission ticket to Buckingham Palace for Investiture by H.M. The King (Dec 1919); 37 photographs (191...

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Archive Print Item

Naval warfare in the twentieth century, 1900-1945 : essays in honour of Arthur Marder

Jordan, Gerald (1933-); Marder, Arthur Jacob

[1977]

"The published writings of Arthur J. Marder": p. 233-234. Includes index.

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DUNNING, ALFRED DURHAM ERIC

1915-1918

Typescript of diary (18 Feb 1915 to 12 Nov 1918) with biographical details added.

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