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Total number of records: 1403

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives661
Books and printed items384
Indexes342
Objects16

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
world war, 1914-1918301
somme, 1st battle of the, france, 191652
english wit and humor, pictorial50
world war, 1939-194528
somme, 2nd battle of the, france, 191816
photographs13
letters12
conscientious objectors11
verdun, battle of, verdun, france, 191611
thiepval memorial (thiepval, france)10

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
France33
Arras (France)8
Normandy (France)8
Somme (France)7
Belgium6
Verdun (France)5
Cambrai (France)3
Loos-En-Gohelle (France)3
Paris (France)3
Picardy (France)3

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Bairnsfather, Bruce (1887-1959)56
Great Britain. Commonwealth War Graves Commission21
Pneu Michelin (Firm)20
Becke, A F16
Great Britain. Army13
Great Britain12
Edmonds, Sir James E (1861-1956)11
Cave, Nigel (1954-)10
Holt, Tonie6
Holt, Valmai6

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 16001
From 17001
From 180036
From 19001329
From 200031

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 18991
Up to 19991343
Up to latest54

Archive Series

France

1914-1918

Collections of personal papers of French men who served, mainly at the Dardanelles, with the French Navy East Mediterranean Squadron. The seriest also contains the papers of French men serving on the...

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Category: France (Occupied) and post-war France

H.Stephenson (GS) German book 'Liller Kriegszietung' found in German dug-out.

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Category: France (Occupied) and post-war France

H.R.Wight (GS) Letters 53-56 1918-19 re a French family and

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Category: France (Occupied) and post-war France

R.H.D.Tompson (GS) See diary for 1919. Work involved supplying British troops in France and those occupying Germany. 10.7.19 - appointed G.S.O. II

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Archive File

France, Tom

1945

Standing Orders for the 79th Armoured Division; Report and photographs relating to Belsen Concentration Camp; Publication 'The Story of the 79th Armoured Division', 1945; Recollections.

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Archive File

"Somewhere in France"

March 1918

Lena Ashwell Concert Party "Somewhere in France".

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Archive File

Tunnelling in France

1920

Tunnelling in France: Paper by Major R F J Weeks R E and

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Archive Print Item

The battlefields of France

Story, Sommerville

[1919-20]

I. Rheims and Berry-au-Bac.--The Marne cities and Chateau-Thierry.--IV. Verdun, the forts of Vaux and Douaumont, the forest of the Argonne, etc.

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Archive Sub-series

France / French

1939-1945

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Category: France / French

Cdr J. A. Garland (RN) - British RN Naval Liaison Officer with French at Alexandria, 1940

Category: France / French

J. Garnett (NAVY) - Work with French agents (covert)

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Category: France / French

Norman Lee (RAF) - As an 'evader', cooperation with Maquis

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