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Photocopies of correspondence and photographs, taken from five albums, relating to Sclater's career, 1898-1927, including letter from FM Sir (Henry) Evelyn Wood, Adjutant General to the Forces, confirming Sclater's appointment as Bde Maj, Aldershot, 1898; seventeen copies of photographs and nine sketch maps relating to the Second Boer War, South Africa, 1899-1902, including photographs of Bloemfontein and Brandfort, Orange Free State, and sketch maps of the Battles of Modder River, Nov 1899 and Paardeberg Drift, Feb 1900; two photographs of the 13 pounder Quick Fire gun, newly issued to the Royal Horse Artillery, 1904; letter from Lt Col Rt Hon Arthur John Bigge, 1st Baron Stamfordham, thanking Sclater for congratulatory letter on the award of a peerage to Stamfordham, 1911; three photographs of Indian Army sepoys, 1912; correspondence, 1912- 1917, including letters relating to recruitment, military inspections and the availability of manpower from FM Sir John Denton Pinkstone French, Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces, Feb 1917, Gen Sir (Henry Macleod) Leslie Rundle, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Command, Feb-May 1916, and Lt Gen Sir (Cecil Frederick) Nevil Macready, Adjutant General to the Forces, Jul 1917; letter to Slater from Gen Sir (Francis) Reginald Wingate, relating to riots in Egypt, Jun 1920; letter to Sclater from Lt Gen Sir George Fletcher MacMunn, Quartermaster General, India, dated Jun 1921, relating to the political and military situation in India, particularly in the aftermath of the massacre of 479 Indian civilians by troops of the Indian Army, commanded by Brig Gen Reginald Edward Harry Dyer, Amritsar, Punjab, Apr 1919; printed obituary of Sclater [1927].

Papers, 1940-1942, including correspondence, reports and memoranda relating to gunnery techniques and tactics, when Stanford commanded Support Group, 8 Armoured Div, Middle East, 1941-1942. Typescript summary of points arising from Exercise DRAGON, Jan 1941, with typescript precis of lecture 'Tactical handling of German and Italian armoured formations'; typescript memoranda by Maj Gen Charles Wake Norman on armoured tactics, Apr 1941; typescript memorandum on point of aim for the 2 pounder anti-tank gun, [1941]; typescript memorandum relating to the organisation of self propelled artillery, Royal Horse Artillery, Jan 1942; typescript papers on the role of an air observation post in an armoured division, with typescript precis of lecture entitled 'The air observation post', 1942. Correspondence with Lt Col Rawdon Hoare, Commanding Officer, 5 Regt, Royal Horse Artillery, 1940-1942, on anti-tank exercises; deployment of Royal Horse Artillery when supporting armoured troops and regimental targets.

Copies of papers relating to Stone's career, 1939-1982, including typescript account entitled 'Duck shooting in the upper Jordan valley, 1938-1939', a shoot organised by Maj Gen Bernard Law Montgomery, General Officer Commanding 8 Div, northern Palestine, 1939; typescript extracts from letters by Stone to his wife whilst serving in Palestine, 1938, and extracts from letters to his wife whilst serving as Chief Engineer, Berlin, Germany, 1945-1946; letter from Lt Col Desmond Harrison, Royal Engineers, dated 26 Jun 1940, relating to the campaign in France and the evacuation of the BEF (British Expeditionary Force) from Dunkirk, 26 May-Jun 1940; typescript 'Chief Engineer's diary', 16 Apr 1942-5 Nov 1945, with an account by an unknown English woman who spent the war in Germany, entitled 'Notes on Berlin in April 1945'; typescript account by Stone of the Normandy invasion and advance of 2 Army to the Netherlands, Jul-Oct 1944; typescript extracts from letters by Stone to his wife, Greece, Feb-Oct 1946, and letters from Mount Zion College, Jerusalem, Palestine, Jul 1946; typescript autobiography, 1895-1950; typescript notes on Atomic Research Centre, Aldermaston, Berkshire, 1950-1958; printed booklet in French and English entitled Keep in mind. La Batisse aux Anglais (1977) by Philippe Bauduin, with related correspondence, 1976; typescript draft obituary, 1983.

'The diary of 85 (Essex) Medium Battery, Royal Artillery, 1943-1945', notably covering their service in North West Europe, 1944-1945, written by Tilney and other members of the officers' mess, printed in 1947.

Papers relating to his military service, 1938-[1943], 1948-1951, principally comprising papers relating to anti-aircraft searchlight training, 1938-[1943], including 'The training of the anti-aircraft searchlight spotter' by Capt Lancelot Edgar Conhop Mervyn Perowne, reprinted from The Royal Engineers Journal, Sep 1938, and School of Anti-Aircraft Artillery and School of Anti-Aircraft Defence course notes and papers, [1939-1943]; military and War Office editions of Ordnance Survey maps of North Midlands, Lincolnshire and East Anglia, 1939, 1941, 1948-1949; 'The officer and fighting efficiency', pamphlet issued by War Office, 1941; notes relating to Company and Battery Commanders' Course No 5, Army School of Chemical Warfare, 1944; 5 Anti-Aircraft Group training directives and operational orders, 1949; orders, instructions and other papers relating to 58 Anti-Aircraft Bde, Royal Artillery (Territorial Army) Exercises DERWENT and CORGI, 1950.

Papers, 1938-1983, mostly concerning the Hollerith (prototype computer) and the Army Statistics Club, including printed booklet entitled 'The Inns of Court Regiment (the Devil's Own)', 1938; newspaper cuttings and obituaries, 1944-1983, with nine photographs relating to Webster's Army career, notably photographs of 25 pounder gun and crew [1944]; printed volume entitled 'Administrative history of 21 Army Group, 6 Jun 1944-8 May 1945' (Restricted publication, 1945); eight typescript editions of 'The Bulletin of the Stats Club', 1949-1953, with related administrative correspondence, 1946-1979; two editions of The Tabulator. A journal devoted to Hollerith electrical punched card accounting, 1953 and 1958; edition of 'The history of 353 (London) Medium Regt RA (TA), 1861-1961' by Maj B J Grimwood, Col John Ewart Marnham and Lt Col E H Beasley [1962].

Photographs relating to his service in the Middle East, 1941-1943, and North West Europe, 1945, including official photographs and diagrams of the flak control tower at Nansum, Netherlands, 1945, and official photographs and report on the Möhne Dam and its defences, Germany, [1943]. Notebook relating to his work as a gunnery instructor, ND, including photographs, [1939-1945].

Manuscript diaries, 1939-1946, notably covering his command of 2 Corps, BEF, France and Belgium, 1939-1940, his service as Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces, 1940-1941, and as Chief of the Imperial General Staff, 1941-1946, with detailed accounts of meetings and conversations, and comments on personalities. Detailed unpublished memoirs, 1883-1946, written in [1946-1960]. Personal files, 1940-1946, principally comprising copies of official and semi-official correspondence with FM Sir Bernard Law Montgomery, 1942-1945, relating to his commands of 8 Army, Middle East, 1942-1943, and 21 Army Group, North West Europe, 1944-1945; with FM Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Viscount of Cyrenaica and of Winchester, 1940-1945, relating to his commands in the Middle East, 1940-1941, and India, 1941-1945; with FM Sir (Henry) Maitland Wilson, 1943-1945, relating to his commands in the Middle East, 1943-1944, and as head of British Joint Staff Mission, Washington, 1944-1945; with FM Hon Sir Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, 1942-1945, relating to his commands in the Middle East, 1942-1943, and Italy, 1943-1944, and the Mediterranean, 1944-1945; with Lt Gen Sir Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson, 1942-1945, relating to his commands in North Africa, 1942-1944, and East Africa, 1945; with Adm Lord Louis (Francis Arthur Victor Nicholas) Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia, 1943-1945; with FM Sir John Greer Dill, head of British Joint Staff Mission, Washington, 1941-1944; with Lt Gen Frederick Arthur Montagu Browning, Chief of Staff, South East Asia Command, 1944-1945; with Lt Gen Herbert Lumsden, South West Pacific Area, 1944; with Lt Gen Sir Frank Noel Mason-Macfarlane, Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Gibraltar, 1942; and with Gen Wladyslaw Sikorski, Polish Forces, 1941-1943. Papers relating to his role as Chief of the Imperial General Staff, 1941-1946, dated 1940-1951, notably including conference papers for Combined Chiefs of Staff meetings, 1943-1945; semi-official correspondence with Lt Gen Sir Claude John Eyre Auchinleck, 1940-1945, relating to Auchinleck's commands in Norway, India and the Middle East, 1940-1945. Other papers relating to his life and career, 1897-1963, dated 1897-1966, 1992-1993, including letters to his mother, 1906-1920, notably covering his service in India, 1906-1914 and France and Belgium, 1914-1918; texts of his lectures on artillery given at Staff College, Camberley, 1923-[1926]; papers relating to his post-war activities, notably his role as Chancellor of Queen's University, Belfast, 1949-1963, dated 1949-1968; papers relating to ornithology, 1950-1963; published and unpublished articles collected by Alanbrooke and his wife, 1929-1967; texts of his speeches and broadcasts, 1944-1962; photographs, [1902-1963], 1978, 1992, mainly official photographs of Alanbrooke as Chief of Imperial General Staff, 1941-1942. Papers collected by Mrs M C Long in preparation for the writing of Alanbrooke's biography, dated 1954-1958, notably including texts of interviews with friends and colleagues, 1954-1958. Correspondence relating to Alanbrooke's papers and Sir Arthur Wynne Morgan Bryant's books Turn of the tide (Collins, London, 1957) and Triumph in the West (Collins, London, 1959) (both based on Alanbrooke's diaries), dated 1951-1968. Correspondence of FM (Richard) Michael (Power) Carver, Baron Carver, relating to erection of Alanbrooke statue in Whitehall in 1993, dated 1991-1993

Various photographs, [1924-1955], principally of army personnel, including Royal Review, Aldershot, 1924, Canadian soldiers and troop carrier, 1944, staff of Movement Control, Dover, 1945, Old Sarum, 1955 and photographs relating to Malaya, [1949], and the Ross Battery, ND. Identity card, 1946. Royal Regiment of Artillery Magazine, 1992.

Edition of Memoirs of Lieutenant-General Sir John Cowley, 1905-1993, edited by Colin Maitland (Deltastet, London, 1998), chiefly covering Cowley's education at Connaught House and Wellington College, the Quetta earthquake, India, 1935, service in World War Two, 1939-1945, in the Middle East and North West Europe, and service as Controller of Munitions, Ministry of Supply, 1957-1960.

Papers of Brig John Crum, 1946, relating to the history of 8 Anti Aircraft Brigade, comprising typescript document by Capt Laurence Edgar Cates, 'History of 8 A A Brigade', detailing their work, June 1941-August 1945, including service in Iraq, 1941-1943, and Italy, 1943-1945; also copy of The History of the 17th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, 1938-1945 by Lt Col Henry Swanson Eeles, (Courier, Tunbridge Wells, 1946).

Personal papers of Charles John ffoulkes comprising scrap book compiled 1915-1938 containing cuttings, photographs, prints, etc 1883-1938; and two photograph albums (attributed to ffoulkes,) [1900-1950].

1 History of the British army, Lt Col Whigham. 2 Exercise: calculation of time and space, Lt Col Whigham. 3 Marches: exercises I, II, III and IV, Lt Col Ballard. 4 1796 campaign, I, Lt Col Stewart. 5 Exercise in writing orders (1st), Lt Col Whigham. 6 Artillery lecture, No 1, Lt Col Furse. 7 Artillery lecture, No 2, Lt Col Furse. 8 Artillery exercise No 1, Lt Col Furse. 9 1796-7 campaign, No 2 - Rivoli, Lt Col Stewart. 10 A) Arms administration prior to Crimean War. B) Mr Cardwell's system, Lt Col Whigham.

11 1800 campaign - Marengo, Lt Col Stewart. 12 Notes on strategy (Col Henderson), Lt Col Stewart. 13 Artillery lecture, No 3, Lt Col Furse. 14 Artillery lecture, No 4, Lt Col Furse. 15 1805 campaign - Ulm, Lt Col Stewart. 16 1805 campaign - after Ulm to Austerlitz, No 2, Lt Col Stewart. 17 1805 campaign - Austerlitz, Lt Col Stewart. 18 Exercise on 1805 campaign, Lt Col Stewart. 19 Exercise in writing orders (2nd), Lt Col Whigham. 20 1806 campaign - Jena, Lt Col Ross. 21 Tactical lecture (5) - 'Defence', Lt Col Ballard. 22 Exercise - railway calculations, Lt Col Bols. 23 Artillery lecture No 5, 'In Defence', Lt Col Furse. 24 Artillery lecture No 5, 'fire tactics', Lt Col Furse. 25 Organization exercise - M.I - 'war', Lt Col Hoskins. 26 Appreciation of a situation, hints on, the Commandant. 27 Instructions on writing papers on military subjects, The Commandant. 28 Artillery lecture No 7 - 'horse artillery', Lt Col Furse. 29 Military engineering exercise (1), Lt Col Fowler. 30 Exercise in writing orders, No 3, Lt Col Whigham. 31 Cardwell reforms, Lt Col Whigham. 32 "Return" showing rank and file sent to India, Lt Col Hull. 33 Reorganisation of the T and S, Col Foster. 34 '1812' (skeleton map), Lt Col Ballard. 35 Military engineering exercise No 2, Lt Col Fowler. 36 Artillery lecture No 9 (heavy artillery and Howitzers), Lt Col Furse. 37 Artillery exercise No 2, Lt Col Furse. 38 'Colenso', Lt Col Furse. 39 Artillery lecture No 10 (mountain artillery), Lt Col Furse.

40 Artillery lecture No 11 (organisation), Lt Col Furse. 41 Exercise 'drafts', Lt Col Hull. 42 Horse and remount establishments, Lt Col Bols. 43 Tactical exercise; 6 syndicates under directing staff, Lt Col Stewart. 44 1814 tactical campaign, No 1. Maps 1) France etc 2) 1814 and insert 3) Vauchamp 4) General theatre, Lt Col Stewart. 45 Reconnaissance (1) - exercise, Lt Col Roper. 46 1814 campaign, No 2, Lt Col Stewart. 47 1814 campaign No 3, Lt Col Stewart. 48 Scheme. Report and sketch required. 12 syndicates, Lt Col Furse. 49 1815 campaign, No 1, Lt Col Stewart. 50 Organisation of staff duties in the field, Lt Col Whigham. 51 1815 campaign, No 2 (before Waterloo), Lt Col Stewart. 52 "Billets" (lecture), Lt Col Roper. 53 'Training with other arms' - (attachment) - report reqd, Col Gough.

54 Campaign of 1815, No 3, Lt Col Stewart. 55 Campaign of 1815, No 4, Lt Col Stewart. 56 Paper required on 1815 campaign (memoir), the Commandant. 57 Reconnaissance for 31st March, Lt Col Roper. 58 Analysis peace establishment, Sqdn Br. Cavalary, Lt Col Whigham. 59 Resume of Napoleonic warfare (1), Lt Col Stewart. 60 Resume of Napoleonic warfare (2), Lt Col Stewart. 61 Cavalry indoor scheme, No 1, Lt Col Greenly. 62 Reconnaissance for 12th, Lt Col Roper. 63 "Frederick the great", Lt Col Ballard. 64 'Co-operation between the various arms' (Conference on paper on), The Commandant. 65 messages and signals, instructions re, Lt Col Whigham. 66 Mobilisation exercise (indoor), Lt Col Hull. 67 American Civil War (outline United States), Lt Col Ballard. 68 Reconnaissance (4) for 1/5 (mounted), Lt Col Roper. 69 Instructions for finishing sketches, Lt Col Roper. 70 American Civil War (4), Lt Col Stewart. 71 American Civil War, exercise on, Lt Col Stewart. 72 Cavalry scheme (22nd-23rd May), Lt Col Greenly. 73 Tactical exercise (for 25th May), Lt Col Stewart. 74 American Civil War (5) - Kernstown, Lt Col Stewart. 75 Reconnaissance exercise, Lt Col Roper. 76 Outdoor exercise (staff duties in action), Lt Col Whigham. 77 Field fortifications (exercise) - May 30/31, Lt Col Fowler. 78 Reconnaissance exercise, 1st June, Lt Col Roper.79 Paper on machine guns, Lt Col Hoskins. 80 Tactical exercise, Lt Col Stewart. 81 Artillery lecture "coast defence" (1), Lt Col Furse. 82 Artillery lecture "coast defence" (2), Lt Col Furse. 83 Artillery lecture "coast defence" (3), Lt Col Furse.

84 Reconnaissance (mounted), Lt Col Roper. 85 Railway control exercise (1) - 9th June, Lt Col Bols. 86 Tactical exercise 'advanced guard', Lt Col Ballard. 87 Intelligence and reconnaissance course (indoor), Lt Col Whigham. 88 Notes on the printing company, RE, Lt Col Whigham. 89 Artillery lecture 'coast defence' (4), Lt Col Furse. 90 Staff tour 27th - 29th June, Lt Cols Whigham, Hoskins. 91 Staff tour 27th - 29th June, Lt Col Ross. 92 Staff tour 27th - 29th June, Lt Col Ballard. 93 Tactical exercise 'retreat after an action', Lt Col Stewart. 94 Course of instruction in artillery (syllabus), Lt Col Furse. 95 Reconnaissance 'defensive position', Lt Col Roper. 96 Appreciation of the situation, 12/6/1815, The Commandant. 97 Memory reconnaissance (mounted), Lt Col Roper. 98 Paper on staff duties (Egypt), Lt Col Whigham. 99 Mil. Engineering, practical examination (syllabus) Lt Col Fowler. 100 Tactical exercise, July 10th, Lt Col Ballard. 101 Railway control exercise (2) - 11th July, Lt Col Bols. 102 Work in No10 district and record office, Lt Col Hull. 103 American Civil War, Notes No 8, Lt Col Stewart. 104 Reconnaissance, 18th July, Lt Col Roper. 105 'Protection' - July 21st, Lt Col Hull. 106 Transport and supply services, Col Foster. 107 American Civil War, 1862 'Gettysburg', Lt Col Furse. 108 Exercise 'use of demolitions and obstacles', Lt Col Fowler. 109 Cavalry exercise, 28th July (indoor), Lt Col Greenly. 110 'Stars surrounding North Pole', Col Perceval. 111 Railways: designation of personnel, Lt Col Bols. 112 Egypt: establishment of staff office at HQ; and memo for guidance of staff of army of occupation, Lt Col Whigham. 113 Reconnaissance, 4th October, Lt Col Roper. 114 Railway systems of Australia, Lt Col Hoskins. 115 Allotment of staff duties in a territorial division, Lt Col Hull. 116 Syllabus for examination in 'military history and geography' and 'strategy and tactics', Dec 1911, Lt Col Stewart. 117 Syllabus of military engineering, Lt Col Fowler. 118 Reconnaissance, 9th October, Lt Col Roper. 119 Paper on imperial general staff, Lt Col Hoskins. 120 Cavalry tactical exercise, 13th October, Lt Cols Whigham & Greenly. 121 Administrative exercise, 17th October, Col Foster. 122 Campaign of 1866, notes No 1, Lt Col Stewart. 123 Campaign of 1866, notes No 2, Lt Col Stewart. 124 Campaign of 1866, notes No 3, (Moltke's projects), Lt Col Stewart. 125 Campaign of 1866, exercise I, Lt Col Stewart. 126 Territorial force: pay & allowances (W.O letter No 9 / General no/2339 F4, 17.12.10), Lt Col Hull. 127 Campaign of 1866, notes No 4, Lt Col Stewart. 128 Night operations, 24th/25th October, Lt Col Whigham. 129 L. of C. establishments - organization administrative services (war), Col Foster. 130 Syllabus for examination in staff duties, organisation, and administration, Lt Col Gough. 131 Syllabus for examination in supply, transport and remounts, Col Foster. 132 Syllabus for examination in military, martial, and international law, Lt Col Bols. 133 Tactical exercise - 26th and 30th October, Lt Col Stewart.

134 Military aviation, Captn Brooke-Popham. 135 Preparation of schemes for tactical exercises, Lt Col Whigham. 136 Exercise in preparation of schemes for field operations, Lt Col Whigham. 137 Paper on education of officers, Lt Col Roper. 138 Campaign of 1866, notes No 5, and Moltke's orders, 22nd June, Lt Col Stewart. 139 Correspondence between Benedek, Crown Prince and Clam Gallas, Lt Col Stewart. 140 Campaign of 1886, notes No 6, Lt Col Stewart. 141 Campaign of 1886, notes No 7, Lt Col Stewart. 142 Campaign of 1886, exercise (2), Lt Col Stewart. 143 Campaign of 1886, notes No 8, Lt Col Stewart. 144 Campaign of 1886, notes No 9, Lt Col Stewart. 145 Map of Zululand, etc, Lt Col Ballard. 146 Campaign of 1866, notes No 10, Lt Col Stewart. 147 Advantages and disadvantages, billeting v bivouacking cavalry, Lt Col Greenly. 148 Graphic illustration of the march and supply of 2 divisions, Col Foster. 149 Military law. Notes by Col. Pemberton, D Judge Advocate, Lt Col Bols. 150 Franco-German war, notes and exercises, Lt Col Bols. 151 The laws and usages of war on land, Lt Col Bols. 152 Strength of European and native armies in India, Lt Col Roper. 153 French and German lines of communication of an army, Lt Col Bols. 154 Administrative exercise, 7th December, Col Foster. 155 Transport - India, Lt Col Bols. 156 [Map of] Worth, Col Perceval.

Books, pamphlets and folio-size posters on explosives and firearms dating from 1598 to 1920. Many of the pamphlets in the collection relate to the manufacture and use of gunpowder.

Papers of James Edge-Partington comprising the original manuscript version of An album of the weapons, tools, ornaments … of the natives of the Pacific Islands, issued for private circulation by James Edge-Partington and Charles Heape. Manchester, 1890-8, with illustrations (MS 339) and an index of objects from the Pacific arranged geographically, 1896, some of the objects were reproduced in An album... (MS 205).

Material relating to pressure goups in the Caribbean area including statements and leaflets issued by the Caribbean Conference of Churches and the Caribbean Youth Conference.

Papers, 1780s-1790s, largely of Captain Francis Light, including several hundred Malay letters, primarily letters received by Light and his business partner, Captain James Scott, from rulers and dignitaries of the Malay Sultanates.

The letters cover the history of relations, negotiations and conflicts between Light, the rulers of Kedah and the Governor General in Bengal leading up to and including the settlement of Penang in 1786 and the armed conflict of 1791. There are also letters dealing with business affairs between Light and Malay nobles such as the purchase, shipment and sale of commodities, ammunition, slaves and opium, and the maintenance of good political and economic neighbourly relations; letters from the Sultanate of Selangor; letters from royal merchants at the Malay courts; and letters concerning trade from various rulers and nobles in the Peninsula and Sumatra, especially from Aceh, Asahan and other North-Sumatran states.

In addition, the collection contains several dozen letters and documents from the same period relating to Bencoolen (Benkulen) and the West Sumatran Presidency, which are unrelated to Light.