Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1915-1919 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
160 tif and jpg files, totalling 608 MB
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Enlisted, Apr 1917; served with Royal Garrison Artillery, North West Frontier, India, 1917-1919; awarded Indian General Service Medal with clasp, 'Afghan 1919'.
Archival history
GB 0099 KCLMA Arnott, Lewis 1915-1919 Fonds 160 tif and jpg files, totalling 608 MB Arnott , Lewis , 1898-1971 , soldier
Enlisted, Apr 1917; served with Royal Garrison Artillery, North West Frontier, India, 1917-1919; awarded Indian General Service Medal with clasp, 'Afghan 1919'.
Digital copies given to the Centre by the family, 2011
91 copies of photographs relating to Lewis Arnott's service with Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA), North West Frontier, India, 1917-1919, including: captioned images of the Afghan delegation to peace talks with Britain, 1919; British forces in camp and on marches (including one dated 3 Nov 1915); views of Peshawar; fortifications; ammunition; artillery; motor cars; pack animals; gardens; daily life for soldiers and local people. Also 69 copies of informal snapshot photographs relating to the service of John Henry Cooper Arnott (brother) with Royal Engineers, Plymouth, World War One, including groups of unidentified soldiers and views of coastline.
As described in Scope and Content above.
Open, subject to signature of Reader's undertaking form, and appropriate provision of two forms of identification, to include one photographic ID.
Copies may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archives and Information Management.
English
Copies of Lewis Arnott's photographs are held in LHCMA as tif files. Copies of J H C Arnott's photographs are a mix of tif and jpg files.
This summary guide
Family retain original photographs, from which digitised copies were supplied to LHCMA.
The photographs of Gunner Peter Strang, LHCMA, include some duplicate images (Strang and Arnott served together).
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997; and UWA Department of Information Studies based on ISAD(G) second edition, 2000.
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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Digital copies given to the Centre by the family, 2011
Content and structure area
Scope and content
91 copies of photographs relating to Lewis Arnott's service with Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA), North West Frontier, India, 1917-1919, including: captioned images of the Afghan delegation to peace talks with Britain, 1919; British forces in camp and on marches (including one dated 3 Nov 1915); views of Peshawar; fortifications; ammunition; artillery; motor cars; pack animals; gardens; daily life for soldiers and local people. Also 69 copies of informal snapshot photographs relating to the service of John Henry Cooper Arnott (brother) with Royal Engineers, Plymouth, World War One, including groups of unidentified soldiers and views of coastline.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
As described in Scope and Content above.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open, subject to signature of Reader's undertaking form, and appropriate provision of two forms of identification, to include one photographic ID.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copies may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archives and Information Management.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
Language and script notes
English
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
The photographs of Gunner Peter Strang, LHCMA, include some duplicate images (Strang and Arnott served together).
Finding aids
This summary guide
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Rules and/or conventions used
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997; and UWA Department of Information Studies based on ISAD(G) second edition, 2000.
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Language(s)
- English