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Copies of typescript Indian Corps Intelligence Summaries, France, Aug 1915, and typescript account in French entitled 'Quelques faits importants de la Guerre par rapport a Merville', 1919. Papers relating to Sanderson's military intelligence work, 1940-1945, including typescript intelligence reports and summaries relating to the likely invasion of UK, 1940-1941, notably typescript Southern Command memorandum entitled 'Enemy craft likely to be used in invasion of UK and their employment', Jan 1941; typescript translations of German directives on the planned invasion of the UK, Operation SEELÖWE, 1940, taken from documents captured by the Allies in 1945; typescript copies, with translations, of Adolf Hitler's last will and his private and political testament, dated 29 Apr 1945. Printed volume, 'Notes on German preparation for invasion of the UK', prepared by General Staff, War Office, and issued to officers of MI14, Apr 1941. Printed volume in German entitled Informationsheft GB, produced by the Germans in World War Two as a manual on British life, customs, Government and administration [1940].

Copies of papers, 1953-1981, including typescript article by Scotter entitled 'Streamlining the Infantry Division', 1953; three typescript articles by Scotter, 'Streamlining the Infantry Division' [1954], 'Tactics in nuclear war' 1955, and 'Unification-Management and Command' 1970; typescript notes for Joint Services Staff College Exercise GAZETTE, 1959; typescript essay by Scotter on future options for global deployment of British forces, Staff College Camberley Bertrand Stewart essay competition, 1961; correspondence with Maj Gen Terence Douglas Herbert McMeekin, General Officer Commanding 3 Div, on Army relations with civilians, 1968; correspondence with Gen Sir John Mogg, General Officer Commanding in Chief Army Strategic Command, on future planning for Army administration, 1969; typescript memorandum entitled 'Needs for Canadian forces', 1970; correspondence with Maj I E Kerr, Royal Corps of Signals, 1976, on Scotter's command of 19 Infantry Bde (1967-1969); typescript texts of speeches, 1977-1981, including address as Vice Chief of the General Staff to the Director of Infantry's Conference, 1977, and speech made at Headquarters 1 (British) Corps Study Period, Bielefeld, West Germany, 1980; lecture text by Scotter on command and motivation, 1981, prepared as a Kermit Roosevelt lecture to be delivered shortly after his new appointment as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (DSACEUR), though Scotter died before taking office.

Copies of papers coverning the career of Shea in South Africa, France, Palestine and India, general correspondence and lectures, 1897-1966; notably including letters and despatches from the Boer War, 1901-1902, compiled by Shea as an officer in De Lisle's Australian brigade with an account of a march to sieze the drift over the Vet Reiver, accounts and commendations; diaries describing his service in France, 1914-1915; papers on service in Palestine, including correspondence, congratulatory telegrams from Gen Edmund (Henry Hynman) Allenby, Gen Sir Edward Stanislaus Bulfin and Maj Gen Philip Walhouse Chetwode on operations in Palestine, notes on fighting issued to 60 Div, Orders of Battle and composition of British and Turkish forces at Beersheba, Gaza and Jerusalem, other tactical notes, photographs of Jerusalem, encampments, troops crossing the Jordan river, Shea and other officers, and correspondence on the subsequent Official History of Palestine, 1917-1955; material on Shea's India service, principally guidance notes on relations with civilian Indians, notes by Shea on the Duzdap railway line, India-Persia, report entitled 'A review of the Waziristan situation with suggestions regarding the future', correspondence on Shea's address to the 1900 Club and the House of Commons and India Committee on conditions in India, maps of Eastern Command, North West Frontier Province and India in its entirety (3 items), 1921-1933; Camberley Staff College assignment reports on the defence of the land frontier of India and Belgium, and other essays on Basutoland and the balance of power in Europe, 1905-1906; general correspondence with Shea describing retirement, decorations, cavalry in the Russian Civil War (1919-1920), and on cavalry actions in the 20th Century, 1919-1955; notes on Aldershot Interdivisional Army Manoeuvres, 1912; typescript lectures and addresses by Shea on the Palestine campaign under Allenby, and on India, 1918-[1942]; maps and aerial photographs of Flanders, with trench positions, Le Touquet and Macquart, 1915-1916, photographs of Sadowa and surrounding countryside, Czechoslovakia (18 items), pencil sketch map of Swat Valley, India, 1897; obituaries of Shea, 1966.

Microfilm copies of papers relating to his naval career, 1942-1946, principally comprising 'Africa Navy blues', an illustrated account of his experiences in the RN, 1942-1946, written in 1946, covering his service on HMS BIRMINGHAM in a convoy from Egypt to Malta (Operation VIGOROUS), June 1942, and on anti-submarine trawlers in the Bay of Bengal, 1942, during the Allied invasion of Madagascar, 1942, and in South Africa, 1942-1945; diary, 1943-1945. 'War time trawler', a transcript of a broadcast by James McClurg of the South African Broadcasting Corporation concerning his experiences on board an anti-submarine trawler during World War Two, written in [1940-1945].

Papers relating to his role in the development and production of armoured fighting vehicles, dated 1914-1959, 1964, 1994, principally comprising correspondence, memoranda and minutes relating to the Landships Committee, 1915-1916, and the Tank Supply Committee, Tank Supply Department (later Mechanical Warfare Supply Department) and Mechanical Warfare (Overseas and Allies) Department, 1916-1918; progress reports and memoranda on design and construction of landships, 1915; plans, drawings and blueprints for landships and tanks, 1915-1916; 'Notes on the employment of tanks' by Col Ernest Dunlop Swinton, printed at the Foreign Office, 1916; 'Mechanical warfare, a summary of British tank development, 1914-1918', typescript text by Stern, [1925]; papers relating to the establishment of the Allied Tank Factory at Neuvy Pailloux, Chateauroux, France, dated 1917-1918; notes and reports by Lt J Rackham and George Watson relating to the use of tanks on the Western Front, 1917; 'The tactical employment of tanks in 1918', unofficial report by Col John Frederick Charles Fuller, 1917; correspondence and memoranda relating to Ministry of Supply Special Vehicle Development Committee and the Tank Board, 1939-1943, and the design and development of TOG heavy tanks, 1939-1944, including correspondence with Rt Hon Edward Leslie Burgin, Minister of Supply, 1939-1940, Rt Hon Herbert Stanley Morrison, Minister of Supply, 1940, Rt Hon Sir Andrew Rae Duncan, Minister of Supply, 1940-1941 and 1942, Rt Hon William Maxwell Aitken Beaverbrook, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Minister of Supply, 1941-1942, Sir James Lithgow, Chairman of the Tank Board, 1941, and Rt Hon Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill 1940-1942, Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister of Defence, Sir William Tritton of Tritton, Foster and Co, and Cdr R H Stokes-Rees, 1943-1944; official reports by Lt Col Gordon Hall on British and Italian use of tanks in the Middle East, 1940-1941, dated 1941; specifications and technical reports relating to tanks, 1939-1944; minutes of Special Vehicle Development Committee, 1939-1942; papers relating to investigation of Stern's position in the Ministry of Supply, 1942, dated 1939-1942, including transcriptions of interviews with Stern, 1942; correspondence and memoranda relating to Stern's evidence before the Sub-Committee on National Production and Supply of the House of Commons Select Committee on National Expenditure; publications and printed material relating to tanks, 1915-1919, 1939-1946, 1959; photographs, 1915-1918, 1939-1945, principally comprising British, French and Canadian photographs of tanks, 1915-1918; photographs of TOG tanks, 1939-1942; films concerning the development of the tank, 1918, 1941-1942, 1957. Other papers relating to his life and career, notably including photographs relating to his service with the Royal Naval Air Service, 1914-1915; copies of personal correspondence, 1918-1919.

Papers of Adml Edward Hawke. They contain a virtually unbroken series of letter and order books relating to Hawke's career afloat from June 1743 onwards. The only gap appears in the in-letters between November 1759 and April 1762; otherwise chronological omissions correspond with Hawke's periods ashore. There is nothing relating to his service as First Lord of the Admiralty.

Papers of Sir John Donald Kelly, consisting of reports on the unsuccessful attack on the Goeben; on the Dardanelles, February to May 1915, and on a German raider in West Indian and South American waters, December 1916 to March 1917. There are orders relating to the Dardanelles, 1915, to the surrender of the German High Seas Fleet, 1918, to the Chanak incident of 1922, to the Invergordon mutiny in 1931 and to Kelly's final commands. The letters are mainly official but the private correspondents include Prince Louis of Battenburg (1854-1921), 1903, Earl Beatty (1871-1936), 1918 and 1932, Lord Louis Mountbatten (1900- ), 1929, Sir Roger Keyes (1872-1945), 1930 to 1931, and Lord Chatfield, 1932 to 1936. In addition, a small collection of fifteen letters, 1831 to 1847, relate to Captain, later Vice-Admiral, William Kelly (c 1795-1874), and are mostly concerned with the attack on the forts of Tamatave, Madagascar, in 1845. William Kelly is believed to have been a relative of Sir John Kelly.

Papers of Sir William Archibald Howard Kelly, consisting of a draft of his memoirs which is very detailed until 1933; after this period it has only a few notes and observations on Turkey. The diaries for 1899, 1901, 1903, 1905 to 1907, 1910, 1914 to 1916, 1919 to 1921, 1923 to 1929 and 1931 to 1933 are also detailed. The correspondence forms two groups; the first, 1914 to 1917, includes letters from Earl Beatty (1871-1936), Admiral Tyrwhitt (1870-195T) and Lord Jellicoe (1859-1935); the second group, 194G to 1944, includes those from Admirals Cunningham (q.v.), Harwood (1888-1950) and Willis (1889-1976). Some notebooks, news cuttings and articles complete the collection.

Papers of Augustus Keppel, consisting of two groups. The first, deposited on permanent loan in 1944, is a collection of letters, 1778, from the Admiralty and Keppel's replies. There are also court martial resolutions on Admiral Byng, 1757. The second, purchased in 1946, is a series of order books, 1748 to 1778, and two Quarter Deck order books, 1761 to 1762, 1778.

Papers of Sir Arthur Henry Limpus, including official service documents; logs, 1878 to 1879, 1880 to 1882, 1884 to 1885; notes, photographs and diaries for the Boer War period; an official out-letterbook, 1912 to 1913; a diary kept by Limpus's wife during their stay in Turkey and letters from Limpus to his wife, 1912 to 1916. There are also letters concerning the Dardanelles Campaign from Admirals de Roebeck (1862-1928) and Wemyss (1864-1933) and Field-Marshal Methuen (1845-1932), Governor of Malta.

Papers of Thomas Louis, 1796-1806, comprising thirty-eight items relating to the official honours Louis received for his services.

Papers of John Louis, 1811-1848, comprising personal letters and official appointments.

Papers of Lord Terence Lewin. The bulk of the collection relates to the period following Lewin's retirement from the Navy. There are substantial numbers of lecture notes, together with correspondence concerning Defence policy and organisation, the Falklands conflict, the George Cross Island Association, the Siege of Malta anniversary and memorial and various maritime societies. Also featured are a small amount of naval documents, including midshipman's journals from HMS VALIANT, Order books for HMS CORUNNA, URCHIN and HERMES, Lewin's paybook from 1949 and his 'metioned in dispatches' certificates. Also included are a folder concerning the loss of HMS SOMALI, (a destroyer that was torpedoed and then broke in two whilst being towed by HMS ASHANTI), photo albums of the aircraft carrier, HMS HERMES, and a notebook kept by Lewin as Chief of Defence Staff during the Falklands campaign. The 'Personal Papers' section includes school reports and certificates, together with honours such as his Barony, Grant of Arms and Warrant of Appointment. The collection is also well served with photos of Lewin at varying stages of his career.

Papers of Sir Geoffrey John Audley Miles. The papers chiefly cover the period of Miles' naval career, starting with his examination reports from the Naval College and ending with his time as Commander-in-Chief of the RIN. The papers include top secret correspondence, reports, directives, intelligence reports, photographs, newspaper cuttings, honours, certificates etc. The correspondence includes several letters from Lord Louis Mountbattern.

Papers of Adml Benjamin William Page. They consist of Page's official and private correspondence 1778 to 1841, contained in three volumes and loose papers.

Records of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, part 1: 1942-1945 is a themed microfilm collection containing copies of official documents of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1942-1945. Documents include meeting minutes and memoranda and reports relating to grand strategic issues, the Pacific theatre, the European theatre, and the Soviet Union. Meeting minutes include those for the conference held at Casablanca, Morocco, codenamed ANFA, in which the Anglo-American Combined Chiefs of Staff (CCS) first discussed the policies of German unconditional surrender, the Combined Bomber Offensive from Great Britain against Germany and the establishment of the French National Committee for Liberation, 14-24 Jan 1943; the Allied conference held at Washington, DC, codenamed TRIDENT, in which President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Prime Minister Rt Hon Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, and the Combined Chiefs of Staff (CCS) discussed the decision to delay the invasion of France until May 1944, the Italian surrender, and the Battle of the Atlantic, 11-25 May 1943; the Allied conference at Quebec City, Canada, codenamed QUADRANT, in which the Allies endorsed a plan for the invasion of the Normandy coast in France, formed a new theatre of war, South-East Asia Command, with Acting Adm Lord Louis (Francis Albert Victor Nicholas) Mountbatten as Supreme Allied Commander, and regulated the procedures for co-operation between Great Britain and the US regarding the development and production of the atomic bomb, 12-24 Aug 1943; the Allied conferences at Cairo, Egypt, codenamed SEXTANT, in which the Allies discussed combined operations in South-East Asia with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek's Chinese forces, 22-26 Nov and 2-7 Dec 1943; the Allied conference at Teheran, Iran, codenamed EUREKA, in which the Allies first co-ordinated future strategy with Soviet Prime Minister Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin, including plans to coincide military operations against Germany in France and the Soviet Union in May 1944, 28-30 Nov 1943; the conference at Quebec City, Canada, codenamed OCTAGON, in which the Allies discussed the post-war division of Germany and a plan for its de-industrialisation, 12-16 Sep 1944; the conferences at Malta and Yalta, Soviet Union, codenamed ARGONAUT, in which the Allies discussed the division of post-war Germany, the occupation of Germany and Austria, Soviet involvement in the war against Japan, and the future government and frontiers of Poland, 30 Jan-9 Feb 1945; the conference at Potsdam, Germany, codenamed TERMINAL, in which the surrender terms for Japan were discussed, the boundaries and peace terms for Europe were determined and Poland's government and frontiers were debated, 16 Jul-2 Aug 1945. Papers relating to grand strategic issues include US Joint Chiefs of Staff documents on Allied production and assignment of war materials; British and US merchant vessel losses; US policy concerning assignments of Lend-Lease military aircraft, naval vessels and munitions to Great Britain; Allied petroleum supplies; propaganda and unconventional warfare; war crimes and prisoners of war; and the summit conferences held between the Allied powers of the US, Great Britain and the Soviet Union, 1942-1945. Papers relating to the European theatre include US Joint Chiefs of Staff memoranda and operational reports concerning the planning and conduct of Allied offensive operations in Europe, including the invasion of North Africa, codenamed Operation TORCH, Nov 1942; the invasion of Sicily, Italy, codenamed Operation HUSKY, Jul 1943; the US preparation for the invasion of Europe, codenamed Operation BOLERO; and the Allied invasion of Europe, codenamed Operation OVERLORD, Jun 1944. Papers relating to the Pacific theatre include US Joint Chiefs of Staff memoranda and operational reports concerning the Japanese war economy; Japanese Imperial Army logistical capabilities; locations and strengths of Japanese forces in the Pacific; British participation in long range bombing of Japan; Allied operational efforts in Burma, India, Malaya, and the Philippines; Soviet claims on the Sakhalin and Kuril islands; and the co-ordination of Allied strategic plans for the defeat and occupation of Japan, 1943-1944. US Joint Chiefs of Staff papers relating to the Soviet Union include estimates, memoranda, conference minutes and reports concerning the disclosure of Allied technical information to the Soviet Union; Soviet military action to facilitate Operation OVERLORD; liaison between Allied theatre commanders and the Soviet Army; Soviet capabilities with reference to the Far East; US Lend-Lease requirements for the Soviet Union; and estimates of Soviet post-war capabilities and intentions, 1943-1945.

Papers of Sqn Ldr Cyril Edward Roberts comprising his memoirs [1988] covering the period 1909-1987, including his service as confidential clerk under Gen Sir Richard O'Connor, 1937-1941 in Palestine and Egypt, annotated with notes by Roberts, and personal letters from O'Connor to Roberts, 1963-1981.

Papers relating to his service in the Indian Army, dated [1941], 1942, [1944], 1947, 1962-1964, 1970, 1973, 1984, principally comprising photographs of convoys at Sarwekai on the route between Mangai and Wana, South Wazaristan, India, [1941]; operation instructions for 50 Parachute Bde exercise in Tughlakabad area, India, Mar 1942; 'Some notes on Gurkhas', typescript text by Stevenson-Hamilton, 1943; typescript account of the service of 4 Prince of Wales's Own Gurkha Rifles, India, 1943-1944, written by Stevenson-Hamilton in [1944]; typescript account of the service of 2 Bn, 4 Prince of Wales' Own Gurkha Rifles, Italy, 1944, written by [Stevenson-Hamilton] in [1944]; unsigned official notes on a tour of Arakan by 98 Indian Infantry Bde, Burma, 1944; 71 Indian Infantry Bde instructions for operations in Maungdaw, Burma, Apr 1944; typescript text on Gurkha operations in Wazaristan and the Punjab, India, 1947, and on the proposed transfer of Gurkha regiments to the British Army, 1947; notebook containing notes on misdemeanours and crimes committed by soldiers at Garlochhead Training Camp, Helensburgh, 1962-1964.

Papers relating to Watts' RN career, training of RN Engineers and meteorology, 1945-1990, including three telegrams relating to the German and Japanese surrenders, May and Aug 1945, and to the signing of the Japanese surrender, Tokyo Bay, Japan, Sep 1945; lectures and talks by Watts relating to RN Engineer training, 1960-1962; typescript lecture notes entitled 'The Instructor Branch' [1961]; typescript address to Royal Naval Reserve Instructor Officers, [1964]; correspondence with R Adm Sir William (Alfred) Bishop, R Adm Christopher John Howard, Capt John Athol Burnett, RN, Capt Arthur Ernest Johnston, RN, Capt Alexander Malcolm Morrice, RN, Cdr William Nimmo Bowman, RN, and Richard J Ogden, Apr-Nov 1988, relating to research for a lecture by Watts on 'Meteorology in the Royal Navy in World War Two' to the History Group of the Royal Meteorological Society, Oct 1988, with edition of Meteorology and World War II. Second conference, October 1988, edited by Brian Douglas Giles (Royal Meteorological Society, School of Geography, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, 1989); typescript account of German bombing of HMS ILLUSTRIOUS off Pantelleria, Mediterranean, 10 Jan 1941, entitled 'A day to remember', with two sketch maps of the operation [1990]; typescript lecture notes on the organisation of the RN Meteorological Service in World War Two [1990].

Papers relating to his work at SHAPE, 1953-1955, dated 1953-1955 and 1957, comprising 'Some brief thoughts on problem of co-ordination of progress in study of the tactical use of the atom bomb', draft text by White, Sep 1953; draft of directive from Supreme Allied Commander Europe to Commanders-in-Chief concerning the future form of land battle in Europe, 1954; typescript notes on 'The philosophy of the future land/air battle' written by White for FM Sir Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein and of Hindhead, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Jun 1955; unsigned typescript 'Notes for discussion between Marshal Juin and Field Marshal Montgomery' on 24 Aug 1955, relating to the organisation of NATO land forces; 'Memorandum on the economics of Western defence' by Montgomery, dated 1955; 'Organisation for war in modern times', text of lecture to Royal United Service Institution by Montgomery, 12 Oct 1955; texts of Montgomery's final addresses to staff of SHAPE exercises CPX 5 and CPX 7, mainly concerning international organisation for future war, 1955 and 1957.

Papers of Louis Edward Wilson, 1914-1959, relating to World War One Fundraising Tank Campaign and to the waterproofing of tanks during World War Two, including: booklet, The German Raid on the Hartlepools, December 16th 1914, with photographs of bomb damage and list of the dead, 1914; correspondence, photographs, brochures, programmes, invitations and publicity material relating to the National Tour around the UK of the Tank Campaign of the National War Savings Committee, 8 Jan 1917-19 Dec 1919; letters from Maj Gen Sir Ernest Swinton, contributor to the invention of the tank and first commander of the Tank Corps, 18 Aug 1922-18 Jul 1945; correspondence concerning Wilson's career and the process of tank waterproofing, 14 Sept 1939-28 Jun 1946 and 3 Jan 1959; papers relating to tank waterproofing, 1940-1945, including: notes on supplies for the Dieppe raid, Aug 1942; notes taken from minutes of Tank Committee meetings, Aug 1942-Jun 1943; lists of companies manufacturing tanks, 1945; summary of the uses of Bostik in tank wading, Aug 1940-Jan 1945; `A Tank Goes for a Swim', illustrated article from Picture Post, 21 Oct 1944; German aerial photograph of Coventry, showing Armstrong Siddeley aircraft engine works, Oct 1940; photographs of tank landings on manoeuvres in the UK, 1943, in Sicily and Italy, 1943, and in Normandy, 1944; booklets containing waterproofing and wading instructions, 1943-1944, for tanks including the Churchill Mk I, II, III, and IV; Light Tank M5, M5A1 and Howitzer motor carriage with radio equipment; Sherman Mk III and Mk V; Stuart Mk III and Mk V; Car, Scout and Humber Mk I and II; Armoured Car and Humber Mk I, II, III and IV; Valentine Bridgelayer; Armoured Car, Staghound; Churchill AVRE; Churchill ARV; Centaur Mk IV; 3in gun motor carriage M10; Carriers; Crusader, Gun Tractor Mk I; Cromwell Mk I, II, IV, V, VI and Centaur Mk I, III, IV. Also copy of We Planned the Second Front by Maj John Dalgleish (Gollancz, 1945) with mention of the waterproofing efforts.

Papers relating to his service with the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 1943-1945, principally comprising official report by [Woods] on waterproofing technology, 1945; official reports on the waterproofing of 'A' and 'B' vehicles and equipment, 1943-1945, by Brig Hugh Roberts Howard, Deputy Director Mechanical Engineering (Wading), War Office, 1944-1945; 'Waterproofing of army equipment for amphibious operations', official report by Woods, [1943-1945]; photographs of wading tests on army vehicles, 1944; Combined Operations pamphlets on the responsibilities of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 1944, and the waterproofing of vehicles and equipment, 1944; 'The Army waded ashore', a typescript account of the role of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in the preparations for D Day, 6 Jun 1944, written by Woods in [1944-1945].

Papers of Lt Col John Horace Marriott, 1941-2007, comprising memoir of life and service, 1916-1944, covering: early life in Hove, 1916-1922; Switzerland, 1922-1926, including detailed account of skiing in the 1920s; education, including at Sandhurst, 1929-1935 and military service including Lt, 2 Bn, Leicestershire Regt, 1936; service in Londonderry, 1936; Aldershot, 1936-1938; Palestine, 1938-1940, including night patrols in the Nablus region; Battalion Intelligence Officer, Acre, 1939; Western Desert, 1940-1941, including Sollum and Bardia, Dec 1940 - Jan 1941; battle of Crete, May 1941; Syria, Jun-Sep 1941; Tobruk, Sep-Dec 1941; India, 1942-Aug 1943 and 70 Div (subsequently renamed 3 Indian Div) Long Range Penetration (LRP) operations under Bernard Fergusson, Burma, 1943-1944. The memoir includes sketches of a barrack room, Londonderry; latrines, Sandhurst (Commanding Officer's one-man tent, and six seater 'thunderbox', in use) and a mule carrying radio equipment, Burma.

Transcripts of Marriott's letters home, 19 Feb-9 Jun 1941, including on successful treatment of casualties and edition of The Green Tiger, newsletter of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment, for Spring 2007, with obituary for Marriott and a photocopy from the letters page of a subsequent edition, with an appreciation by John Penlington, former driver to Marriott.

Papers relating to his service in World War Two, dated 1941-1946, 1941-1946, 1951, principally comprising semi-official and personal correspondence, 1941-1946, including letter to his wife describing events leading up to his dismissal from command of 7 Armoured Div, 1942; pamphlet on the Battle of Keren, Mar 1941, produced by Maj Gen Sir Nigel Trapp, HQEritrea District, for visit of Commander-in-Chief, Middle East Land Forces, to Keren battlefield, Eritrea, Mar 1947; Report to the Combined Chiefs of Staff by the Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia, 1943-1945 by AF Louis (Francis Albert Victor Nicholas) Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (London, HMSO, 1951); operational notes and training instructions for 7 and 9 Indian Divs during the Burma campaign, 1943-1945; 'Warfare in undeveloped countries. Part 1: desert warfare', War Office publication written by [Messervy] in 1954; printed histories by Messervy and others describing operations in Burma by 12 Army, 14 Army, 4 Corps, 15 Indian Corps, 23 Indian Corps, and 25 Indian Div; Ministry of Information publications, dated [1945], concerning campaigns in the Middle East and Far East, 1941-1945, the Merchant Navy, 1939-1944, Combined Operations, 1940-1942, Britain's anti-aircraft defences, 1939-1942, and civil defence in the UK, 1940-1941, and the war effort on the Home Front, 1942-1944; Government of India publications,dated [1944-1946], describing the service of various divisions of the Indian Army during World War Two.

US Armed Forces in Vietnam, 1954- 1975 are microfilmed copies of official and unofficial papers relating to the US Army involvement in the Vietnam War, 1954-1975. Papers are categorised into the following sections: 'Vietnam: Reports of US Army Operations', US Army after action reports during the Vietnam War, 1966-1969; 'Vietnam: US Army senior Officer Debriefing Reports', senior US Army officer debriefing reports during the Vietnam War, 1968-1973; 'Vietnam: Lessons Learned', post-action analyses of the conflict in Vietnam, 1972-1980, and; 'Indochina Studies', reports presented to the US Army Center of Military History, Washington, DC, relating to the effect of the Vietnam War on the Republic of Vietnam, Cambodia (and later the Khmer Republic), and Laos, 1979-1980. US Army after action reports presented to the US Adjutant General's Office (Army), Washington, DC, relate to military operations, including the US joint operation, Operation CRIMP, the attack by air and land to strike at Viet Cong strongholds in the Republic of Vietnam (RVN), Jan 1966; and, search and destroy missions and military operations pursued in the Republic of Vietnam by US 1 Infantry Div, US 1 Cavalry Div, US 1 Cavalry Div, US 25 Infantry Div, US 18 Infantry Div, US 101 Airborne Div (Airmobile), US 1 Air Cavalry Div, US 4 Infantry Div, US 11 Armored Cavalry Regt, 1 Australian Task Force, US 1 Special Forces, Feb 1966-Apr 1969. Senior officer debriefing reports presented to the Adjutant General's Office (Army), Washington, DC, relate to US Army organisation and command; Vietnamese local government counterinsurgency actions; the Mission of the US Army Support Command, Saigon; the causative factors of Vietnamese insurgency; US psychological operations (PSYOPS); US Army medical statistics; the US pacification program; the US 101 Airborne Div (Airmobile) re-organisation following the Tet Offensive, 30 Jan- 24 Feb 1968; US Special Forces assistance to the Vietnamese Special Forces; land clearing in Indochina; US Long Range Patrol Activities; the Phoenix Program; the process of 'Vietnamization'; and, the US Army Drug Abuse Program, Feb 1968-Nov 1972. Papers presented to the US Department of the Army on lessons learned from the Vietnam War primarily relate to base development in the Republic of Vietnam; US Army communications and electronics; airmobility; riverine operations; US Army Special Forces operations; US Army command and control; financial management of the campaign in Vietnam; logistics and support; US military intelligence; US tactical and material innovations; allied participation and contributions to the war; US training of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam; and, the effect of the war on the US soldier, 1972-1980. 'Indochinese Studies' papers presented to the US Army Center of Military History, Washington, DC, relate to the Vietnam War and its effect on Cambodia and the communist Khmer Rouge; the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong Easter Offensive against the Republic of Vietnam; the effect of the pacification program on the South Vietnamese population; the state of Royal Lao Army; and, the effect of the war on South Vietnamese society and the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces, 1979- 1980.

Minutes of Meetings of the National Security Council, with Special Advisory Reports are microfilmed copies of meeting minutes and Special Advisory Reports undertaken by the US National Security Council, 1947-1960. Material in the collection relates to US strategic nuclear forces capabilities, 1947-60; US policy with respect to Japan, the Soviet Union, China, 1948-49; military assistance to non-communist nations, 1948-49; US policy on atomic warfare, 1948; the Berlin Blockade; the United Nations decision to introduce military forces to Palestine, 1948; US policy towards Soviet satellite states in Eastern Europe, 1949; US courses of action with respect to the Republic of Korea, 1950-1953; responsibilities of the Central Intelligence Agency with respect to guerrilla warfare, 1952; US policy and courses of action to counter possible Soviet or satellite action against Berlin, 1952; US objectives and actions to exploit the unrest in the Soviet satellite states, 1953; US courses of action with respect to Latin America, Iran and South Asia, 1953-85; covert operations, 1954-75; nuclear attack warning channel and procedures for civilians, 1955-65; the political implications of Afro-Asian military take-overs, 1959; and US policy towards Cuba, 1959-60. Special Advisory Reports concern Europe, the Soviet Union and its satellites, Latin America, Japan, The Middle East, the People's Republic of China, South East Asia, Angola, North Africa, 1947-1960.

Papers of social scientist and progressive activist, Peter Hunot, 1939-1971, including: minutes, agendas, administrative correspondence and reports of the Central Board of Conscientious Objection, 1942-1945; pamphlets, leaflets and broadsheets published by the Central Board of Conscientious Objection, and general pamphlets relating to conscientious objection, 1940-1971; photographs of ARP (Air Raid Precaution) and NFS (National Fire Service) staff, committee meetings, bomb damage and the ARP at work, 1939-1945; papers, reports, statements, minutes and correspondence from Hunot's involvement with the National ARP Co-ordinating Committee and the ARP and NFS Review, 1940-1944; pamphlets, periodicals and publications regarding civil defence and ARP duty in Britain and America, 1942-1945.

59-page typescript foolscap volume with photographs and plans pasted onto and between the pages.

This volume is one of a set of seven that records the damage caused by the Independent Force's bombing raids during 1918 and the enemy counter-measures that were encountered. This volume starts with a general account of the bombing of Germany by the Independent Force and its predecessor, the 8th Brigade, Royal Flying Corps. The volume records bombing raids and their affect on railway targets including those at Metz, Thionville, Trier (Treves), Saarbrucken, Ehrang and other locations. Many of the photographs show bomb damage caused by specific raids and some of the plans are marked to show where bombs exploded.

50-page typescript foolscap volume with photographs and plans pasted onto and between the pages.

This volume is one of a set of seven that records the damage caused by the Independent Force’s bombing raids during 1918 and the enemy counter-measures that were encountered. This volume is a report of a post-war inspection by British officers of German airfields from Metz eastwards to Karlsruhe. The report concentrates on analysing the layout, organization and structures found on the airfields.

1 Specimen of Fld Book Traverse to plot, Lt Col Heard. 2 Draw diagram of constn of W.O. Home & India, Lt Col Capper. 3 Contour skeleton map, Lt Col Gough. 4 Precis recommendations made by committee on W.O. organisation, Lt Col Capper. 5 Changes in tactics due to S.A. War, Lt Col Kiggell. 6 Sketch map showing positions of Allies & French in Spain & Portugal, Lt Col Haking. 7 Skeleton map of Virginia to fill in, Lt Col Haking. 8 Plane-table sketch, Lt Col Gough. 9 Sketch of Turf Hill & Saddleback, Lt Col Gough. 10 Series of short lectures based on "Combined training" to Regtl Officers, Lt Col Kiggell. 11 Rapid horseback sketch, Lt Col Gough. 12 Review situation prior to 11.7.61 as S.O. to McDowell, Lt Col Haking. 13 Correct Tables LVI, LVII. LIX & LXI W.E. in accordance with recent changes. 14 Horseback sketch, Lt Col Hough. 15 Tactics No 3. Prepare lecture on "Combined Training" pp. 37 - 68, Lt Col Kiggell. 16 Road sketch, Lt Col Gough. 17 Quote para in "Combined Training" which best illustrate battle of Bull Run, Lt Col Kiggell. 18 Road report, Lt Col Gough. 19 Road report - on bicycles, Lt Col Gough. 20 Precis of 2nd report of W.O. Committee, Lt Col Capper. 21 Write orders Kimball should have issued at Kernstown about 4.30 p.m., Lt Col Kiggell. 22 Fill in and complete map. Contn of No 19, Lt Col Gough. 23 Ride over area of country with view to making memory sketch later. 24 Compare French and our systems of ranging when using indirect fire, Col Johnston. 25 Make table of road spaces occupied by units in W.Est. when in normal order of march, Lt Col Capper. 26/27 Two specimens of freehand drawing, line work, Lt Col Gough. 28 March Orders of Infy Division, Lt Col Capper. 29 Orders, As C. of Staff write operation Orders as for battle of Adowa. 30 Selection of camping grounds, Lt Col Gough. 31 Discuss strategic lessons to be learnt from American Campaign between 24.3 and 17.5.62, Lt Col Haking. 32 Defence of river line, passages, etc., Col Johnston. 33 Panoramic sketches and report, Lt Col Gough. 34 Outposts, Lt Col Kiggell. 35 Details of report required while attached to other arms, Commandant. 36 "Road Spaces" of troops in march formation, Lt Col Capper. 37 River reconnaissance & report, Lt Col Gough. 38 Defence of advanced position with appreciation, Lt Col Kiggel. 39 Continuation of No. 32. Distribution of troops. Details of fortification &c., Lt Col Kiggell. 40 Summary of lectures in artillery 1904, Col Johnston. 41 Example for précis & indexing, Lt Col Gough. 42 Make tabular statement of forces in colonies, Lt Col Gough. 43 River reconnaissance. River Blackwater, Lt Col Gough. 44 Continuation of 38 & 39, Lt Col Kiggell. 45 Discuss probable effect of Napoleon's advancing by Mons in 1815, Lt Col Kiggell. 46 Programme of visit to Woolwich & Chatham, Col Johnston. 47 Continuation of No 44. Counterstroke by G. Reserve, Lt Col Kiggell. 48 Syllabus of Military Engineering, Col Johnston. 49 Theatre of War. Waterloo Campaign, Col Johnston. 50 Defence of Post. Estimate of Time. Tools. &c, Col Johnston. 51Protection of convoy through hostile country, Lt Col Kiggell. 52 Advanced guard-outposts. Sketch & report, Lt Col Gough. 53 Securing passages of River Blackwater, Col Johnston. 54 Rear Guard action, Lt Col Kiggell. 55 Visit to Isle of Wight, Col Johnston. 56 Sum up report of Isle of Wight defences &c, Col Johnston. 57 Horseback sketch, Lt Col Gough. 58 Explain course of Reservist & corps - Mobilization to Embarkn., Lt Col Gough. 59 Details of ammunition of artillery in the Field, Col Johnston. 60 5 maps Waterloo Campaign 16th June 1815, Lt Col Kiggell. 61 Map, Waterloo, morning of the battle, Lt Col Kiggell. 62 Map, Sketch map 1866 campaign, Lt Col Kiggell. 63 S.R. 26th - 29th September, Lt Col Kiggell. 64 Estimate supplies available for detached force. Nature & amount with map, Col Johnston. 65 S.R. 26th-29th September, Col Johnston. 66 S.R. 26th-29th September, Lt Col Gough. 67 Preliminary orders &c. and instructions for party, Lt Col Kiggell. 68 S.R. 26th-29th September, Lt Col Haking; I. General situation. II. Special Idea Red, Lt Col Capper. 69 Syllabus. Staff Duties & Organisation, Lt Col Gough. 70 Camping scheme with outposts, Lt Col Kiggell. 71 Supplies &c. for 2 A.C. & Cav Divn; I. Forecast of supplies. II. Reports, Col Johnston. 72 Continuation of No 70, Lt Col Kiggell. 73 Supply No. 3. Describe arrangements in any British campaign, Col Johnston. 74 Scheme for inter-communication by telegraph of Cav. Bde. Of Advance Guard, Lt Col Gough. 75 Moltke's prospects for 1866 campaign, Lt Col Kiggell. 76 Staff Ride at Reading. See no 65, Col Johnston. 77 Raid on L. of C. of main army, Lt Col Kiggell. 48 1866 Campaign. What steps might each side have taken to mislead adversary? Lt Col Kiggell. 79 Intelligence report of any country abroad known to officers, Lt Col Gough. 80 March orders. 2nd A.C. Continuation of No 70, Lt Col Kiggell. 81 As Intelligence officer draw up memo of Corps requirements for detached force in Persia. 82 March of A.C. to attacj position, Lt Col Kiggell. 83 Supply & Transport. Employment of Mechanical transport in the field, Col Johnston. 84 Comparison of organisation of German, Russian, & English W.O. systems. 85 Syllabus for examination in Military History &c, Lt Col Kiggell. 86 Syllabus for examination in Field Artillery & Supply, Col Johnston. 87 The soldier's ration in peace & war, Col Johnston. 88 Brief Austrian appreciation of evening of 26th June 1866, also orders &c, Benedek should have issued. 89 Contn of No 82. Orders for attack. Lt Col Kiggell. 90 Supply scheme No 5. Siege of Hong Kong, Col Johnston. 91 As S.O. on Wellington's Staff suggest scheme for establishing rapid communication to scattered forces. 92 Arrangements for advanced base for Supply, Col Johnston. 93 Supply No 6. Contn. Of No. 90, Col Johnston. 94 Position of armies evening of 2nd July 1866, Ly Col Kiggell. 95 Principles of martial law, Lt Col Gough. 96 Contn. Of 90. Paper of food values, Col Johnston. 97 Contn. Of No. 90. Estimate of rations available, daily scale &c.

1 L. of Commn of an Army (4 Parties), Lt Col Kiggell. 2 Draw up table of rate of fire, etc, of Field guns, etc., Col Johnston. 3 Paper on invasion of France by Upper Rhine instead of by Palatinate, Lt Col Haking. 4 Contn of No 1. Reconn: of roads, Lt Col Kiggell. 5 Strategic value of railways in India and method of military control, Lt Col Capper. 6 Road sketch, Gough. 7 Notes on Mil: Topography (To Jun.D. also), Lt Col Gough. 8 Contn of No 1. Exam of ground on 4.2, Lt Col Kiggell. 9 As officer on Napoleon III's staff show best course of action in prelimy operations against Germans, Lt Col Haking.

10 Skeleton map Metz to Rhine to fill in, Lt Col Haking. 11 Field book traverse, Lt Col Gough. 12 Contn of No 1. Recon for selection of posts, Lt Col Kiggell. 13 Contn of No 1. Recon for selection of posts, Col Johnston. 14 Railway exercise No 1, Lt Col Capper. 15 Contn of No 1. Railway Recon., Lt Col Capper. 16 Contn of No 1. Reqd for Tuesday an Apprectn; Work for Thursday. Defensive measures, works, etc., Col Johnston. 17 Apprectn of Stn 3.8.70 as S.O. to MacMahon, Lt Col Haking. 18 Railway Reconnaissance, Lt Col Capper. 19 As S.O. to Crown Prince appreciate situation 9 p.m., 4.8.70, Lt Col Haking. 20 I. Cavalry raids on L. of C. apprectn., Lt Col Gough. 21 Railway Recon: (contn of No 1), Lt Col Capper. 22 As officer on German H.Q. Staff suggest best means of crossing Saar on 5.8.70, Lt Col Haking. 23 Detail of French Army at Woerth, Lt Col Kiggell. 24 Illustrate teaching of 'Comd Training' in value of cav : &c, by reference to war in Soth East of France 1870, Col Johnston. 25 Sketch map, Hagenau Forest and Country North, Lt Col Haking. 26 Suggest best means of getting Russian Baltic Fleet to China Sea from Kronstadt, Commandant. 27 River Recon: Contn of No 1, Commandant. 28 Scheme for War Game for Offrs of a Divn, Lt Col Haking. 29 How best to meet difficulties of advance through woods, Lt Col Kiggell. 30 Recon: of ground for Autumn manoeuvres, Commandant. 31 Make table for sea transport of A.C. and Cav Brigade, Lt Col Capper. 32 Sketch map of country between Saar and Vosges Mountains, Lt Col Haking. 33 Details of sea transportation of troops, landing etc., Lt Col Capper. 34 Work out General and Special ideas for manoeuvre scheme, Commandant.

35 Appreciate situation at 4 p.m. 15.8.70, as S.O. to Prince Frederick Charles, Lt Col Haking. 36 Explain how 5th German Cav. Could have rendered assistance between noon and 3 p.m. at Mars-La-Tour, Lt Col Kiggell. 37 Reconnaissance of coast, Lt Col Capper. 38 Recon of coast, preceding Staff Ride, Lt Col Capper. 39 Environs of Metz, Lt Col Haking. 40 Schedule for 2nd part of Staff Ride, Lt Col Haking. 41 Reconnaissance, 5 parties, 28th to 30th March, Lt Col Haking. 42 Reconnaissance, 5 parties, 28th to 30th March,Lt Col Capper. 43 Reconnaissance, 5 parties, 28th to 30th March, Col Johnston. 44 Reconnaissance, 5 parties, 28th to 30th March, Lt Col Kiggell. 45 Reconnaissance, 5 parties, 28th to 30th March, Lt Col Gough.

46 Tonnage required by units for "Long" and "Short" voyages. Lt Col Capper. 47 Reconn: under Commandant. Rear guard actions, Lt Col Kiggell. 48 Attack and defence of positions - Cavalry operations, Col Johnston. 49 French movements round Metz 13-15 Aug '70, Lt Col Haking. 50 4 studies of actions etc at Worth, Gravelotte, Mars-la-Tour and St Privat. 51 Staff Tour 6th to 9th June, 4 parties, Commandant. 52 Reconnaissance, 1st Day-Appreciation and Camps, Commandant. 53 Continuation of Ripley scheme, Disposition of force, Lt Col Haking. 54 Explanation re 2nd Line Transport. Lt Col Capper. 55 Marking out Camp, Lt Col Capper. 56 2 papers-Attack & Defence of positions, I Appreciate Confederate situation at Gettysburg, ii Orders for attack, Lt Col Johnston. 57 Continuation of Ripley scheme-Outposts, Lt Col Jaking. 58 Camping, laying out camp, Lt Col Capper. 59 Laying out camp for Army Corps, Lt Col Capper. 60 Continuation of Ripley Scheme- Appreciation as S.O. to C-in-C, Lt Col Haking. 61 Continuation of Ripley scheme-Defence of position, Lt Col Haking. 62 Continuation of 61 Cantonments, Lt Col Capper.

63 Continuation of No 61. Attack by Blue, Commandant. 64 Staff Tour Mountain Warfare (1/2 Division), Lt Col Haking; Opposing forces with capitals, Lt Col Kiggell. 65 Staff Tour RED-Cheltenham; (1/2 Division), Lt Col Capper; BLUE Southampton, Lt Col Gough. 66 Covering retreat of disorganized force, Lt Col Haking. 67 Arrangements for review, Lt Col Capper. 68 Staff duties during & after battle. 69 Retirement of disorganised force, Lt Col Capper. 70 Detached force operating against invader, Commandant. 71 Description of unit &c to which attached during summer vacation, Commandant. 72 River Reconnaissance, Lt Col Capper. 73 March orders, rear-guard action etc, Commandant. 74 Forcing passage of a river (example Duero), Lt Col Haking. 75 Discuss lessons (strategical and tactical) of Salamanca Campaign, Lt Col Haking. 76 Proposals for Scheme of Manoeuvres 1905 parties representing Army Council, Lt Col Capper. 77 Recon: Re-embrkation of defeated invading force, Lt Col Capper. 78 Inspection Staff Ride. Opposing forces 2 parties Red (Bristol) Blue (Oxford), Commandant. 79 Review campaign of 1805 from Ulm to Austerlitz, Lt Col Haking. 80 Imperial Strategy No. II. Ascertain what foreign territory is bulnerable by raiding forces, Lt Col Aston. 81 Study of possible campaign in Basutoland, Lt Col Haking. 82 As C. of S. Japanese Army, appreciate situation in Far East as at present, Commandant. 83 Continuation of No. 76. Prepare map of area, Lt Col Capper. 84 Battle of Salamanca, Lt Col Haking. 85 Discuss operations round Chancellorsville 1863, Lt Col Haking. 86 Austerlitz, Lt Col Haking. 87 Egypt-Nile Delta, Lt Col Haking. 88 Attack on Foreign trade etc, Paper (M), Lt Col Haking. 90 Amplify and criticise No. 88, Lt Col Aston. 91 Prepare summary for & against France and Spain forming alliance, Lt Col Aston. 92 Defence of Indian Frontier (with state and 2 maps), Commandant. 93 Sketch map Battle of the Alma, Lt Col Haking. 94 Telegraph cables in war. Paper (F.2), Lt Col Aston. 95 I. Germanic Confederation in 1866, Lt Col Haking. 96 Tables showing trade of United Kingdom, Lt Col Aston. 97 II. Germanic Confederation in 1866, Lt Col Haking. 98 Details of armies in 1866 campaign, with map, Lt Col Haking. 99 2 maps 1866 campaign, Lt Col Haking. 100 Tratenau to Nachod, Lt Col Haking. 101 War Game. Investment of Windsor by Invaders, Commandant. 102. Continuation of No. 101 Operations of Field Armies, Commandant. 103 1866. Positions of Austrians and Prussians on 28th and 29th, Lt Col Haking.

1 Changes in WO admin: from 1856 to 1904, Col Banon. 2 Precis minute (by Lord Kitchener), Lt Col Barrow. 3 American Civil War, No 1; and maps of United States & Virginia, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 4 American Civil War, No 2, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 5 1st lecture, artillery, Lt Col Furse. 6 Scheme 1. Describe incident illustrating combination of gun and rifle fire, Lt Col Furse. 7 American Civil War, No 3. Bull Run, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 8 Colonel Henderson's "notes on strategy", Lt Col Hon G Morris. 9 Diagram etc, showing division on the march, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 10 Memory sketch and report, Col Banon and Lt Col Ross. 11 Marches (2 lectures), Lt Col Hon G Morris. 12 IInd and IIIrd lectures, artillery, Lt Col Furse.

13 Appreciation of a situation, and on writing papers connected with military subjects, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 14 American Civil War, No 4, Lt Col Stewart. 15 Discuss McClellan's plan for operations in E Virginia in spring of 1862, Lt Col Stewart. 16 Exercise in writing orders, No 1, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 17 2 graphs showing length of advance from Sta: Adv: Depot and tree showing chain of supply to field, Col Banon. 18 American Civil War, No 5. Battle of Kernstown and map of the Valley, Lt Col Stewart. 19 Operation orders, examples German and English, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 20 Exercise in writing orders, No 2, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 21 American Civil War, No 6, Lt Col Stewart. 22 IVth and Vth lectures, artillery, Lt Col Furse. 23 Exercise in writing orders, No 3, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 24 American Civil War No 7: Battle of McDowell and map of Stuart's raid, Lt Col Stewart. 25 VI lecture, artillery, Lt Col Furse. 26 Artillery in the attack. Assume position as at Colenso, 15.12.1899. 16 syndicates, Lt Col Furse. 27 Reconnaissance (memory) - mounted, Lt Col Barrow. 28 Telephone equipment carried by a division, Lt Col Furse. 29 American Civil War No 8. Front Royal etc, Lt Col Stewart. 30 As staff officer to General Banks, appreciate the situation 17.4.1862, Lt Col Stewart. 31 VIIth lecture, artillery. Fire discipline, Lt Col Furse. 32 Establishment, drafts &c, 1st part, Lt Col Whigham. 33 VIIIth lecture, artillery - heavy art: &howrs, Lt Col Furse. 34 Road reconnaissance. As SO of Red Force, report on section of route of flank guard, Lt Col Barrow. 35 Constitution and work of colonial defence committee, Col Banon. 36 American Civil war, No 9. Cross Keys and Port Republic, with map of battle, Lt Col Stewart. 37 IXth lecture, artillery: horse artillery, Lt Col Furse. 38 Scheme 3. Positions converse of Magersfontein; British troops opposing advance of hostile force, Lt Col Furse. 39 Billeting scheme, 9 syndicates, Col Perceval. 40 American Civil War, No 10. Stuart's raid & seven days - with 2 small maps, Lt Col Stewart. 41 Memo describing maintenance of regr armies, Col Banon. 42 XIth lecture, artillery. Organization, Lt Col Furse.

43 XIIth lecture, artillery. Ammunition supply, Lt Col Furse. 44. Drafts, recruiting, etc. 2nd part, Lt Col Whigham. 45 Instns re report while attached to other arms, The Commandant. 46 American Civil War, No 11. To Battle of Fredericksburg, with 3 small maps, Sharpsburg, etc, Lt Col Stewart. 47 Outpost scheme. 6 syndicates, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 48 XIIIth lecture, artillery. Coast defence (i), Lt Col Furse. 49 American Civil War, Chancellorsville, May /63, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 50 Reconnaissance of road through wooded country, Lt Col Barrow. 51 American Civil War - Chancellorsville - 2nd lecture, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 52 American Civil War - Gettysburg- 2 lectures and map, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 53 American Civil War - operations, Bull Run to Gettysburg. Comment on most useful points of strategy and tactics, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 54 Attack and defence. 7 syndicates, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 55 Artillery scheme - select defensive position. 14 syndicates, Lt Col Furse. 56 The development of tactics, Lt Col Stewart. 57 XVth lecture, artillery. Coast defence (ii), Lt Col Furse. 58 Plane table sketch, Lt Col Barrow. 59 XVIth lecture, artillery. Coast defence (iii), Lt Col Furse. 60 XVIIth lecture, artillery. Coast defence (iv), Lt Col Furse. 61 Course of instruction in artillery, 1909, Lt Col Furse. 62 Organization and mobilization of foreign armies. Papers for four lectures, Lt Col Barrow. 63 Waterloo campaign, notes No 1. Maps general, positions 15th/16th June, and table showing Wellington's army, Lt Col Stewart.

64 As staff officer to Napoleon, discuss advantages and disadvantages of advance by certain lines, Lt Col Stewart. 65 Tactical exercise - action of advanced guard. 4 exercises, 6 parties, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 66 River reconnaissance, Lt Col Barrow. 67 Defence in a wood. Sketch of defensive position and appreciation. 15 parties, Lt Col Stewart.68 tactical scheme. Rear guard action. 14 parties, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 69 Waterloo campaign. Notes no 2 and maps of Ligny and Quatre Bras, Lt Col Stewart. 70 Wood fighting, etc, Lt Col Stewart. 71 Reconnaissance in connection with supply scheme. Sketches to be reproduced for use of Senior Division, Lt Col Barrow. 72 Waterloo campaign. Notes No 3, Lt Col Stewart. 73 Attack of a position. 8 syndicates, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 74 Waterloo campaign. Notes no 4 and map of field of Waterloo, Lt Col Stewart. 75 What lessons from 1815 campaign most useful for modern war? Lt Col Stewart. 76 Horseback reconnaissance of road, Lt Col Hull. 77 Tactical exercise. 8 syndicates, Col Perceval and Lt Col Hon G Morris. 78 Decisive defensive action. 8 syndicates, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 79 Eye sketch of rear guard position, Lt Col Barrow. 80 Cavalry (1), Lt Col Barrow. 81 Cavalry (2), Lt Col Barrow. 82 Notes on panorama sketching by Captain Moberley, Lt Col Hull. 83 Cavalry (3), Lt Col Barrow. 84 Napoleon's campaign of 1814. 1st lecture with table of opposing forces and 2 maps, Lt Col Hon G Morris.

85 Napoleon's campaign of 1814, 2nd lecture, Lt Col Hon G Morris/ 86 Comment on parts of "notes on strategy" as exemplified by 1814 campaign, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 86A Tactical exercise, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 87 Camping scheme for div. Report & sketch, Lt Col Hull. 88 Fortification scheme (3 days). 5 parties, Lt Col Harper. 89 Reconnaissance (disputing passage of river), Lt Col Barrow. 90 Napoleon's campaign of 1814 (3rd précis), Lt Col Hon G Morris. 91 Tactical exercise (withdrawal). 12 parties, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 92 Preliminary arrangements for staff tour. 5 parties with directing staff, Senior division draw up schemes, The Commandant. 93 Napoleon's campaign of 1814 (4th précis), Lt Col Hon G Morris. 94 Memo for mobilization of cavalry regiment, Bde of RFA or Inf Bn. Officers work in pairs, Lt Col Hull. 95 Tactical exercise. 10 parties, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 96 The special reserve, Lt Col Whigham. 97 Military administration scheme (India), Lt Col Barrow. 98 Programme of work for bridging on 15th, Lt Col Harper.

99 Area reconnaissance, Lt Col Barrow. 100 General & special ideas for staff tour, 21-25rd. Appreciations required from each officer. 5 parties, with 2 officers of Senior division, to each, Col Perceval, Lt Cols Ross, Barrow, Lt Col Hon G Morris and Lt Col Stewart. 100A Tactical exercise, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 101 Panoramic sketch of enemy's position, Lt Col Hull. 102 Syllabus for examination in Military History, Strategy and Tactics, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 103 Mobilization paper. Fill in AF. B89, Lt Col Hull. 104 Horseback reconnaissance, Lt Col Hull. 105 Reconnaissance and panorama, Lt Col Barrow and Lt Col Hull. 106 Campaign 0f 1866. Notes No 1 with 4 maps, The Commandant. 107 "1866" no 2, Lt Col Stewart. 108 "1866" No 3, Lt Col Stewart. 109 Area reconnaissance, Lt Col Barrow. 110 Work in supply, transport and remounts: staff duties and military law, Lt Col Barrow and Lt Col Hull. 111 Work in military engineering, Lt Col Harper. 112 Moltke's projects for campaign of 1866. No 4, Lt Col Stewart. 113 "1866", no 5 and map of operations to 3rd July, Lt Col Stewart. 114 Hints on making an appreciation of a situation, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 115 Appreciation of the situation. 15 syndicates, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 116 Notes for lectures on "Austerlitz; composition of Grande Armee"; order of battle and 3 maps, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 117 Intelligence and communications scheme. As DMI to D of Wellington 12.6.1815. 15 syndicates, Lt Cols Ross and Barrow. 118 Precis of lectures on supply and transport, Lt Col Hull. 119 "1866" No 6 and map of operations on the Iser, Lt Col Stewart. 120 Review criticism of deployment movements of Prussians between May 15th and June 15th, 1866, Lt Col Stewart. 121 Tactical exercise: attack. Attack orders and report on available artillery positions. 6 syndicates, Lt Col Stewart. 122 Warfare in uncivilized countries, Lt Col Stewart. 123 For three lectures on infantry, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 124 Supply scheme "living on the country", 4 syndicates, Lt Col Hull. 125 Paper on "frontages" issued in connection with lectures on infantry, Lt Col Hon G Morris.

126 Tactical exercise, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 127 "1866" No 7, Lt Col Stewart. 128 "1866" No 8, Lt Col Stewart. 129 Specimen plan, supply depot on L of C, Lt Col Hull. 130 Section of typical redoubt, Lt Col Harper. 131 "1866" No 9. Copy of correspondence between Benedek, CP of Saxony and Clam Gallas; and sketch of billets of VI Austrian corps on June 27th, 1866, Lt Col Stewart. 132 Syllabus of lectures, return of troops and map to illustrate "Salamanca", Lt Col Hon G Morris. 133 Scheme C, Compare and comment on points in campaign of Austerlitz and Salamanca, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 134 Lines of Torres Vedras, Lt Col Harper. 135 No 3. Precis of lectures on supply and transport, Lt Col Hull. 136 Lecture XX - siege artillery, Lt Col Furse. 137 Sebastopol, Lt Col Harper. 138 "1866" No 10, Lt Col Stewart. 139 Scheme D. Discuss handling of command by Prince Frederic Charles between 25th and 27th/6/'66, and write instructions Benedek should have issues on 20.6.'66 for Cam Gallas, Lt Col Stewart. 140 The supply reserve depot, Woolwich, Lt Col Hull. 141 S and T. report as special services officer on country which may become theatre of war, Lt Col Hull. 142 "1866" No 11, Lt Col Stewart. 143 Sebastopol - attack on the Malakoff, Lt Col Harper. 144 Night operations, with 2 plates showing 10 examples, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 145 "1866" No 12, Lt Col Stewart. 146 Set of 4 [maps] to illustrate siege of Port Arthur, Lt Col Harper. 147 "1866" No 13 and map showing opposing armies evening of 2nd July, 1866, Lt Col Stewart. 148 "Sadowa", 1st lecture and maps, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 149 "Sadowa", 2nd lecture, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 150 "Sadowa", 3rd lecture, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 151 As SO to Benedek, write orders in place of those issued by Krismanic for general action on July 3rd, Lt Col Hull. 152 Col Pemberton's lectures on Military Law; army act & rules of procedures; evidence; and territorial forces act, Lt Col Hull. 153 Committee of Imperial defence, Col Banon.

1 American civil war No 1, and maps of US. 1861, Virginia and Maryland, and the Valley, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 2 American Civil war No 2, Bull Run, with maps, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 3 American Civil war No 3, Lt Col Stewart. 4 As CGS Conf. forces, appreciate situation in E Virginia end of February, 1862, Lt Col Stewart. 5 Col Henderson's "notes on strategy", Lt Col Stewart. 6 On writing papers connected with military subjects, Lt Col Stewart. 7 Hints on making an appreciation, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 8 Draw up memo dealing with points necessary to bring out in area reconnaissance, Lt Cols Barrow and Hull. 9 American Civil war No 4, Battle of Kernstown, Lt Col Stewart. 10 Exercise in marches, time and space; diagram etc required. 14 syndicates, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 11 Artillery lecture No 1, Lt Col Furse.

12 Artillery lecture No 2, Lt Col Furse. 13 Marches, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 14 Artillery lecture No 3, Lt Col Furse. 15 Orders for march of brigade, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 16 Instructions for carrying out intelligence course, Col Gough. 17 Memory sketch of position, Lt Col Barrow. 18 American Civil war No 5. Results of Battle of Kernstown, Lt Col Stewart. 19 Orders, and index of sections of FSR affecting issues of orders in the field, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 20 Artillery lecture No 4, Lt Col Furse. 21 Horseback reconnaissance, Lt Col Hull. 22 American Civil war No 6, Front Royal and Winchester, Lt Col Stewart. 23 Artillery lecture No 5, Lt Col Furse. 24 Artillery scheme No 1. 15 syndicates, Lt Col Furse. 25 Seven tables etc containing examples of staffs for intelligence force; 'General' or 'Army' HQ etc, Col Gough. 26 Lecture on protection, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 27 American Civil war No 7. Maps of Cross Keys and environs of Richmond, Lt Col Stewart. 28 Intelligence scheme. On occupation of Crete state steps to be taken; strength of intelligence branch &c, Col Gough. 29 Lecture 'The Cardwoll system', Lt Col Whigham. 30 Area reconnaissance, Lt Col Barrow. 31 Cavalry scheme No 1, Lt Col Barrow.

32 American Civil war No 8. Stuart's raid and the 7 Days, Lt Col Stewart. 33 Tactical exercise. Rearguard in retreat. 6 syndicates, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 34 Artillery lecture No 6 Fire tactics, Lt Col Furse. 35 American Civil war No 9 and maps of Sharpsburg, Lt Col Stewart. 36 Artillery lecture No 7. Fire discipline, Lt Col Furse. 37 Artillery scheme No 2. 15 syndicates, Lt Col Furse. 38 River reconnaissance, Lt Col Barrow. 39 Exercise in writing orders (general idea), Lt Col Hon G Morris. 40 Artillery lecture. Heavy artillery and howitzers, Lt Col Furse. 41 American Civil war. Chancellorsville, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 42 Camping scheme. Officers work in pairs, Lt Col Hull. 43 Gettysburg, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 44 American Civil war, scheme 2. Appreciate situation for Lee, July 1st, 1863. Officers work in pairs, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 45 2 lectures. "The battle" and "information", Lt Col Hon G Morris. 46 Allez! Allez! Same as issued for No 1 of senior division - ½ division each day, The Commandant. 47 Report on visit to Woolwich arsenal, Lt Col Furse. 48 Tactical scheme - defence in a wood. 6 parties, Lt Col Stewart. 49 Waterloo campaign: 1st set of notes and all usual maps except field of Waterloo, Lt Col Stewart. 50 Waterloo campaign, 2nd set of notes and map of field of Waterloo, Lt Col Stewart. 51 As CGS to Napoleon, appreciate situation, 8am 17th June 1815, Lt Col Stewart. 52 Billeting scheme, No 1. Officer work in pairs, Lt Col Hull. 53 3 lecture "night operations" with two sets of diagrams, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 54 Military administration scheme, Lt Col Barrow.

55 Tactical exercise, "protection at rest". 2 parts, 7 syndicates, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 56 Artillery lecture No 10. Mountain artillery, Lt Col Furse. 57 Drafts etc, 1st lecture, Lt Col Whigham. 58 Artillery lecture, No 11 - organisation, Lt Col Furse. 59 Drafts etc, 2nd lecture, Lt Col Whigham. 60 Selection and preparation of position. 10 syndicates, Lt Col Furse. 61 Artillery lecture No 12 - ammunition supply, Lt Col Furse. 62 Horseback reconnaissance, Lt Col Hull. 63 The development of tactics, Lt Col Stewart. 64 Artillery lecture No 13, Lt Col Furse. 65 Artillery lecture No 14, Lt Col Furse. 66 Report on training, while attached to other arms, The Commandant. 67 Notes for lectures on "Austerlitz", "order of battle" and composition of Grande Armee, with map of Ulm to Brunn, 1805, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 68 Cavalry scheme I, protection of cavalry on march, Lt Col Barrow. 69 Tactical exercise, defence of position. 8 syndicates with directing staff, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 70 Artillery lecture No 15, coast defence, Lt Col Furse. 71 Organisation of army administration in India on abolition of military supply department, Lt Col Bols. 72 Austerliz diagram and battlefield, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 73 Artillery lecture No 15. Coast defence, Lt Col Furse. 74 Tactical exercise (Vite! Vite!) - retirement after action. 10 syndicates, Lt Col Stewart.

75 Billeting scheme - 6 syndicates, Lt Col Hull. 76 Scheme prepared by "A" parties of senior division for ST 8th-10th June. 8 parties. Appreciations to be handed in June 3rd, Directing staff and senior division. 76A Tactical exercise. Attack and defence, 6 parties, Lt Col Stewart. 77 Re visit division to Isle of Wight defences, Lt Col Furse. 78 Campaign of 1814. Set of notes for lectures and maps - 6 copies, to each of division, of litho' map, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 79 Tables "E" and "F" - continuation of tables issued with No 25, Lt Col Whigham. 80 Cavalry scheme No 2. Contact squadron. 6 parties, Lt Col Greenly. 81 Artillery lecture, No 18. Coast defence V, Lt Col Furse. 82 Course of instruction in artillery, Lt Col Furse. 83 On billeting and bivouacking of cavalry, Lt Col Barrow. 84 Night operations (tactical exercise). 7 syndicates, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 85 Reconnaissance, Lt Col Barrow. 86 Cavalry scheme, Lt Col Greenly. 87 Artillery lecture, No 19. Coast defence vi, Lt Col Furse. 88 L of C and advanced base scheme. 5 syndicates, Col Foster and Lt Col Harper. 89 Tactical; exercise; 4 parties under directing staff, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 90 Attack of a position. Two parts, 7 syndicates, Lt Col Stewart. 91 Cavalry Allez! Allez! No 2. 6 parties, Lt Col Whigham. 92 2nd area reconnaissance, Lt Col Barrow. 93 Schemes prepared by "B" parties of senior division for staff tour, 20/22nd July, 8 parties. Appreciations to be handed in on 16th July, directing staff and senior division.

94 Syllabus for examination in "Military history and geography" and "strategy and tactics", Lt Col Hon G Morris. 95 Course of instruction in administrative subjects, Col Foster. 96 Compare supply and transport of modern army with conditions obtaining at beginning of XIXth century, Col Foster. 97 Reconnaissance (rapid) and panorama, Lt Col Barrow. 98 Cavalry schemes: I advanced guard, II flank guard, Lt Col Barrow. 99 Memory reconnaissance, Lt Col Barrow. 100 Salamanca. Notes for lectures and set of four maps, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 101 Syllabus for examination in cavalry, infantry, etc, Col Gough. 102 Syllabus for examination in military engineering, Lt Col Harper. 103 Scheme A, strategy and tactics, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 104 Memory reconnaissance (mounted), Lt Col Barrow. 105 "1866" - notes No 1; maps; small general; German confederation; 'A' strategical, 'B' quadilaterals, Lt Col Stewart. 106 "1866" Notes No 2, Lt Col Stewart. 107 "1866" Notes No 3, Lt Col Stewart. 108 Tactical exercise: delaying enemy's march, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 109 "1866" notes No 4 (Moltke's projects), Lt Col Stewart. 110 Infantry (1st lecture), Lt Col Hon G Morris. 111 "1866" notes No 5 and map of operations to 3rd July '66, Lt Col Stewart. 112 "1866" scheme B. Review criticism of deployment and movements of Prussians between 15th May and 15th June, 1866, Lt Col Stewart. 113 Mobilization scheme. Fill in AF B.89, Lt Col Hull. 114 "1866" notes Nos 6 and 7, Lt Col Stewart. 115 "1866" notes No 8. Maps: operations on the Iser, and positions of both armies on 25th June, Lt Col Stewart. 116 Tactical exercise: advanced guard in pursuit. 9 parties, Lt Col Stewart. 117 Division in enemy's country; billeting and bivouacking, outpost, etc. 9 syndicates, Lt Cols Hull and Hoskins. 118 Cavalry scheme for 28th: measures for security etc of detachment marching to protection of LofC in enemy's country, Lt Col Greenly. 119 Syllabus, work in military law, Lt Col Bols. 120 Infantry (2nd lecture), Lt Col Hon G Morris. 121 "1866" notes No 9; map, "position on 26th June", Lt Col Stewart. 122 "1866" scheme C. State and discuss situation on evening of 26th June, from Austrian point of view, Lt Col Stewart. 123 "1866" notes No 10, Lt Col Stewart.

124 L of C, French and German armies, Lt Col Bols. 125 A. Army system prior to Crimean War. B. Army system introduced by Mr Cardwell, Lt Col Whigham. 126 Colonel Edmond's lecture on "laws and usages of war", Lt Col Bols. 127 To calculate transport and time to evacuate wounded, Lt Col Russell. 128 "1866" notes No 11; and map showing billets of VI Austrian Corps morning of June 27th 1866, Lt Col Stewart. 129 cavalry scheme: Allez! Allez! Continuation of no 118, Lt Col Greenly. 130 Administrative services, India, Lt Col Bols. 131 "1866" notes No 12 (for 2 lectures, 12 and 13), Lt Col Stewart. 132 Notes infantry (3rd lecture), Lt Col Hon G Morris. 133 Uncivilized warfare. Map Sudan expedition, 1884-5, Lt Col Stewart. 134 Cavalry in co-operation with the other arms, Lt Col Barrow. 135 Uncivilized warfare, notes No 2, Lt Col Stewart. 136 Establishments - horses, Lt Col Bols. 137 Bush warfare, Major Hogg. 138 "1866" notes No 14; map, positions 2nd July, Lt Col Stewart. 139 Sadowa, 1st lecture, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 140 Strategy and tactics - scheme D, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 141 Sadowa - 2nd lecture, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 142 Colonel Pemberton's lecture on evidence, Col Foster. 143 Sadowa - 3rd lecture, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 144 Some considerations in the realm of strategy, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 145 Section through modern infantry fort, Lt Col Harper. 146 Staff duties Allez! Allez!, Lt Col Whigham. 147 Memoir: four important lessons from 1866 campaign and their application to our cavalry division and 6 divisions, The Commandant. 148 cavalry scheme: short narrative of operations in diary form as kept by squadron commander, Lt Col Greenly. 149 [Map of] Port Arthur, Lt Col Harper. 150 India, Lt Col Stewart. 151 Afghanistan, Lt Col Stewart. 152 Persia, Lt Col Stewart

Papers of Gen Sir Richard McCreery, 1928-1960; including notes relating to Staff College, 1928-1929; edition of The Cologne Post and Wiesbaden Times, 3 Nov 1929, relating to the final evacuation of British Forces from the Rhine; map of Aisne battlefield, 1914; notes relating to 12 Royal Lancers training exercises, chiefly on Salisbury Plain, 1937-1938; detailed narrative of 2 Armoured Brigade operations, France, May-Jun 1940, with brief diary of events, and official photograph with original caption, 'A conference at HQ during operations on the Somme Front'; map for 5 Corps training exercise, Salisbury Plain, Dec 1940; official correspondence as Commander, 8 Armoured Div, Home Forces, Dec 1940-Oct 1941, discussing topics including unit inspections, accommodation, recruitment and appointments; report on 'The supply of mobile forces by air', c 1942, regarding supply in the Western Desert; letter from Maj Gen Gerald Templer, Cdr 56 Div, Italy, 18 Mar 1944, commenting on recent operations; messages to all ranks as Commander, 8 Army, Italy, 12 October 1944-26 April 1945; pamphlet, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps, 1945, relating to the development of the Corps, 1940-1945; notes on the Tunisian campaign and notebook containing brief notes on operations in Italy and Austria, 1944-1946, possibly compiled retrospectively as lecture notes; detailed itinerary for British Troops in Austria battlefield tour of Italy, 5-11 May 1946; letter from V Adm Louis Mountbatten, South East Asia Command HQ, 8 Aug 1946, asking for any available polo ponies to be sold to the Malta Polo Club; booklet sent as Christmas card, 1946, with illustrations of Russian Army personnel; publications British Army of the Rhine battlefield tour: first day. 8 Corps operations east of Caen, 18-21 July 1944 (Operation GOODWOOD) (BAOR, Jun 1947) and British Army of the Rhine battlefield tour: fourth day. 43 (W) Division assault crossing of the River Seine, 25-28 August 1944 (BAOR, Jun 1947); brief notes relating to British Army of the Rhine organisation and administration, [1947]; letter from Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury, 16 Dec 1947, relating a recent conversation with Emmanuel Shinwell, Minister of Defence, concerning the role of Christian teaching in Army education, particularly with regard to National Servicemen in Germany; routine official correspondence as Colonel Commandant, Royal Armoured Corps, 1947-1957; memorandum from FM Sir Bernard Law Montgomery as Chief of Imperial General Staff, 29 May 1948, relating to deployment of tanks by Royal Armoured Corps; notes on 'The Reserve Army, 1946-1949', by Brooke Claxton, Minister of National Defence, 1949; letter from Lynch Maydon, the Conservative MP for Wells, 7 Nov 1956, responding to the latter's criticism of the invasion of the Suez Canal Zone; correspondence, May-June 1957, relating to proposed mergers of army regiments; papers, chiefly training notes, relating to the Royal Armoured Corps, 1960.

Papers of Herbert Alfred Humphrey, 1883-1945, comprising volume of testimonials, letters of introduction, 1887-1915; correspondence, 1900-1918, notably with the Admiralty concerning proposals for a torpedo, 1914, Ministry of Munitions concerning chemical plants, 1917-1918; correspondence with Brunner, Mond and Co, 1890-1919, relating to his employment with the company, experiments with TNT, 1890-1919, and notes and diagrams on the manufacture of calcium nitrate, 1916; correspondence relating to Industrial Chemical Industries, 1920-1946, concerning chemical manufacture, his employment; papers concerning Brunner, Mond and Co, [1930]-1948, comprising notes concerning the history of the chemical plant at Billingham, [1930];
correspondence concerning enemy attack, technical education, 1940-1948; reports and correspondence relating to the Department of Explosive Supplies, Ministry of Munitions, 1915-1917, concerning TNT, manufacture of ammonium nitrate, calcium nitrate, explosives trials; reports relating to war service, 1914-1919, concerning the purification of TNT, shells, Hausser process; correspondence and printed papers relating to war service, 1916, inventions, 1939-1944;
correspondence with professional institutes, 1887-1938; letters, papers and reports relating to visits, annual dinners, 1886-1945; patents, 1895-1934, relating to engines, purifying gases and raising liquids; papers relating to the Metropolitan Water Board, 1909-1913, concerning water pumps; engineering drawings of pump schemes never built [1910-1912]; papers and diagrams concerning projected installation of Humphrey pumps at El Mex, Egypt, 1911-1914; articles, mostly concerning the Humphrey Pump, 1909-1936; photographs and papers relating to the Humphrey Pump, 1913;
student notebooks made whilst a student at Finsbury Technical College and Central Institution, 1883-1887.

Papers and correspondence, 1948-1980, of Eric Henry Stoneley Burhop, relating to his interests outside his scientific research. The collection comprises biographical material on Burhop's interest in furthering rapprochement between East and West, principally relating to the 'passport case' when, owing to Burhop's involvement in the atomic energy project in 1944-1945, the Foreign Office withdrew his passport on the eve of a visit to the Soviet Union in 1951, causing a libel case arising from his treatment by the press; papers relating to the award of the Lenin Peace Prize to Burhop in 1972; correspondence on the possible nomination of Bertrand Russell for the World Peace Council's International Peace Prize, 1957; and documentation of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, largely the first conference of 1957, including the role of the World Federation of Scientific Workers in its organisation, and manuscript notes of the proceedings. There are no records of his scientific research or scientific correspondence.

Papers of Sir Walter Eric Chiesman comprising typescript copies of his theses, including his MD thesis The application of Rehberg's filtration re-absorption theory of renal secretion in the study of the excretion of water urea etc by the human kidney in health and disease', andThe treatment of tuberculous pleural effusion by aspiration and replacement with air' [1920s];
file of papers by Chiesman, including off prints of published articles and typescript lectures relating to toxic effects of ethylene chlorohydrin, haemorrhage from peptic ulcers, diagnosis and treatment of lesions due to vesicents, industrial medicine, absenteeism, 1932-1963;
`Wartime papers' file containing mainly papers and lectures of Dr W E Chiesman, Medical Officer of the Ministry of Supply Factories, including papers relating to medical aspects of chemical warfare including health of factory workers and descriptions of individual cases, accident statistics, treatment of toxic burns, first aid in event of gas attack, decontamination of clothing, 1938-1943.

Manifestos, speeches, constitutions, leaflets, newspapers, convention reports and communiques issued by the Angolan Revolutionary government in exile (GRAE), the Frente Nacional de Libertação de Angola, the Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola and the União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola.

Two reports on ordnance engineering services in Malaya during the period 1941-1942, written by Ashton following the destruction of all records at Malaya Command in 1942, [1946]; papers relating to the above reports, principally comprising Ashton's report to Air Cdre Modin on RAF Senior Training Corps mechanics attached to the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Malaya, [1942-1943], an account of ordnance engineering services in Malaya during 1941-1942 by the Assistant Director of Ordnance Services (Engineering), 3 Indian Corps, [1942-1946], reports on ordnance services in Malaya during the period 1941-1942, written for Ashton by Capt E J Coulthard, H J Howland and Lt G A Neale, [1946].

Typescript extract from unpublished memoir relating to Beaumont's RAF service in World War Two, 1939-1945, including Operation DYNAMO, the evacuation of the BEF (British Expeditionary Force) from Dunkirk, France, May-Jun 1940, visits to France by Prime Minister Rt Hon Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, Jun 1940, the Battle of Britain, 1940, and Beaumont's involvement as Deputy Air Officer, Administration, No 84 Group, 2 Tactical Air Force, in the preparations for Operation OVERLORD, the Allied invasion of occupied Europe, 1944, and the North West Europe campaign, 1944-1945.

The collection includes personal accounts written or recorded by Brixmis members beginning as far back as 1946, when Brixmis came into being at the end of World War Two following the division of Germany into 4 Military Zones of Occupation, till its dissolution in 1990 at the end of the Cold War; this archive also includes photographs, video, film and audio tape material relating to Brixmis. Following the Brixmis personal narratives are a number of reports and correspondence initiated by the Stasi (East German secret police) and the Soviets on the subject of minimising the intelligence gathering activities of the Allied Missions ( FMLM-French, USMLM-American, BRIXMIS-British ) operating in East Germany but officially attached to the occupying Soviet Forces. There is also a series of Stasi reports covering the detailed monitoring of Brixmis and other Allied Mission operational activities in East Germany. Other third party material ( mainly obtained from web sources and therefore cannot be verified in absolute detail but that forms an important backdrop to the narratives of the Service personnel who served with Brixmis ) has been provided to help the reader or researchers to better understand the environment and circumstances that Brixmis and the other Allied Missions operated in the Soviet Occupied Communist State of East Germany and includes material from the American and French Missions who had the same role as Brixmis. Major political events of worldwide significance e.g. the erection of the Berlin Wall, are covered and an excellent French documentary film (by Artline Films and broadcast on French TV and on the Military History channel in 2010) on the role of the Allied Missions is also included by kind permission of the French production company.

Photographs relating to his naval career, 1912-1949, including photograph album containing photographs taken during his service on HMS BACCHANTE, 1914-1915, at Gallipoli, 1915, and in the North Sea, 1916-1918, Baltic Sea, 1918-1920, East Indies and East Africa, 1921-1924, China Station, 1932-1934, Mediterranean, 1941-1943; photographs of Allied landings at Sword Beach, Normandy, France, 1944. Two volumes of press cuttings relating to the publication of Bless our ship (George Allen and Unwin, London, 1958), 1958, The flowers of the sea (George Allen and Unwin, London, 1962), 1962 and 1971, and Salute the soldier, (George Allen and Unwin, London, 1966), 1966, and Gallipoli (George Allen and Unwin, London, 1975), 1975.

Typescript memoir by Cadell, edited by his son Ian V Cadell in 1997, relating to his RAF career, 1925-1945, including details of the establishment of 80 Wing, RAF Countermeasures Unit, 1940, the establishment of the intelligence listening station, Chicksands, Bedfordshire, 1941-1943, and Cadell's role in the development of radar, 1939-1940.

Copy of manuscript memoir relating to Clarke's life and career, 1909-1957, especially to his service as a signals officer in the Middle East, Sicily and Italy, 1942-1945.

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 relating to Crick's service in the Western Desert, 1941-1943, as Instructor, War Intelligence Course, School of Military Intelligence, Matlock, Derbyshire, 1943-1944, and with Operational Intelligence, G2 Division, Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces (SHAEF), 1944-1945, including copy of War Diary, General Staff Intelligence Branch, Headquarters 8 Army, 25 Sep-31 Oct 1941; typescript memorandum by Crick 'The possible effect of CROSSBOW on OVERLORD', on how Operation CROSSBOW, (Allied countermeasures against German V-weapons), could influence Operation OVERLORD, (the Allied invasion of occupied Europe), Mar 1944; typescript memorandum by Crick 'The heart of Germany', on the importance of the Ruhr industrial region to Allied strategy, Mar 1944; typescript report by Crick on visit to OKW (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, the German Armed Forces High Command), Flensburg, Germany, 11 May 1945. Papers relating to Crick's service with the British Joint Services Mission, Washington DC, USA, 1953-1956, including typescript text of lecture by Maj Gen Sir Kenneth William Dobson Strong, Director of Joint Intelligence Bureau, on UK and US Intelligence collaboration and spheres of influence [1953]; typescript memorandum 'Probable Bloc preoccupations in Asia, including Middle East, until mid 1955' [1953]; papers relating to the reorganisation of the Economic and General Division of the Joint Intelligence Bureau, 1956. Papers relating to the Imperial Defence College tour of Pakistan, India, East Pakistan, Ceylon and Aden, Aug-Sep 1960, including itineraries, travel arrangements, three photographs, invitations and a printed map of the Middle East showing oil wells, refineries and pipelines, 1960. Manuscript and typescript notes for a lecture by Crick entitled 'A career in Intelligence', given at Intelligence Corps course, with one audio tape of 20 minute lecture by Crick on interrogation techniques, Ashford College, Kent, Oct 1984. Edition of In the caves of the mind. Poems by Alan Crick (Privately published, Rye, Sussex, 1992). Newspaper cuttings, photographs and publications, 1938-1959, including German newspaper cuttings relating to the visit to Danzig by Rt Hon Alfred Duff Cooper, First Lord of the Admiralty, Aug 1938; three editions of Battledress. The Cadet magazine, Feb-Jun 1940; nine editions of The Crusader Eighth Army Weekly, Oct 1942-Apr 1943; sixteen editions of 'Interim. British Army of the Rhine Intelligence Review', Jun 1945-Apr 1946; three editions of 'Occupation. British Army of the Rhine Intelligence Review', May-Jul 1946. Edition of '21st (British) Army Group in the campaign in North West Europe 1944-1945. Lecture by Field Marshal Sir Bernard L Montgomery to the Royal United Service Institution, London, October 1945'; six photographs and five copies of photographs of Crick, Western Desert and Germany, 1941-1945, and two group photographs, Staff and Students, Joint Services Staff College, 1948, and Military Attachés Conference, Episkopi, Cyprus, 1959.

Official and personal correspondence and typescript and manuscript texts of speeches of Lt Gen Sir Napier Crookenden relating to service as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Command, 1969-1972; correspondence relating to service as Col Commandant, Prince of Wales Div, 1970-1974;photographic slides, film, audiotape and related papers relating to Crookenden's Kermit Roosevelt Lecture Tour of the USA, 1971, relating to the Army's role in Internal Security, with specific reference to operations in Northern Ireland, 1969-1971; research notes and correspondence relating to Dropzone Normandy: the story of the American and British airborne assault on D Day, 1944 (Allan, London, 1976), Airborne at war (Allan, London, 1978) and Battle of the Bulge, 1944 (Allan, London, 1980).

Midshipman's log book, by Currey, 1876-1878, including service on HMS DUKE OF WELLINGTON, Flagship of Adm Sir George Elliot, Portsmouth, Dec 1876-Jan 1877, HMS ALEXANDRA, Mediterranean Fleet, Jan 1877-Aug 1878 and HMS CRUISER, Mediterranean Fleet, Aug-Sep 1878; papers and plans relating to anti-submarine warfare, 1913-1915, including typescript draft text of lecture by Currey entitled 'Hints on organised coast defence v submarines' [1914]; fifty six manuscript naval signals, Aug-Dec 1914, including signals to R Adm, 5 Battle Sqn from the Admiralty on support to be given to operations by Chatham Royal Marine Force at Ostend, Belgium, 26-27 Aug 1914, signals relating to the loss of the battleship HMS AUDACIOUS to a mine in the Atlantic, 27 Oct 1914, and signals ordering RN battlecruisers HMS INVINCIBLE and HMS INFLEXIBLE to sea, 4 Nov 1914 (prior to the Battle of the Falklands Islands, 8 Dec 1914); journal and signal book kept by Mid Richard Reynell on board Currey's flagship, HMS PRINCE OF WALES, 1914-1915.

'Operation BUFFALO: the indoctrination of serving officers. AWE Report No T1/93', official Atomic Weapons Establishment report on a nuclear warfare training programme for British Army officers held during the BUFFALO atomic tests at Maralinga, South Australia, 1956, written by Drake Seager in 1994 using contemporary notes and reports. 'British atomic trials', copy of printed article by Drake Seager, [1953].

Papers relating to V Adm Sir John Wilson Musgrave Eaton's life and career, 1945-1972, including typescript copy of Night Order Book, HMS SHEFFIELD, May-Jun 1945; photographs, press cuttings and printed material relating to Eaton's service as Capt of HMS ST VINCENT, RN Boys Training Establishment, Gosport, Hampshire, 1947; typescript volume entitled 'Naval Staff Handbook', Royal Naval Staff College, Greenwich, 1950; texts of lectures by Eaton, RN Staff College, Greenwich, including 'Grand strategy: its background and application in a future war' and 'The principles of war', 1950-1951; typescript texts of speeches and lectures, [1952]-1960, including Empire Day speech to the Royal Yacht Sqn, Australia [1952], and lecture on the capture of Gibraltar, 1704, to the RN Club, 1960; newspaper cuttings relating to the Court Martial of Able Seaman James McNiven McSporran for an assault on V Adm Eaton during an inspection, 1955; Civil Defence manuals and naval publications, 1956-1958; edition of Log of the President's cruise in the USS CANBERRA (CAG2), edited by Capt E P Aurand, US Navy, Naval Aide to US President Dwight David Eisenhower, 14-20 Mar 1957; photographs of Eisenhower with Eaton and US Adm Jerauld Wright, Supreme Allied Commander's Headquarters, Norfolk, Virginia, USA [1957]; typescript letters to retired senior officers from the First Sea Lord, 1959, 1970 and 1972, from AF Louis (Francis Albert Victor Nicholas) Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, 23 Apr 1959, Adm Sir Michael Le Fanu, 1 Jun 1970, and Adm Sir Michael (Patrick) Pollock, 2 Nov 1972; printed plan of Admiralty organisation, Jan 1960; typescript statement of evidence by Eaton, as then commanding destroyer HMS SOMALI, on Cdr (Jack) John Egerton Broome's command of convoy PQ.17, 4 Jul 1942, statement prepared for a libel action brought by Broome against David John Cawdell Irving, Jan 1970, in relation to his book The destruction of convoy PQ.17 (Cassell, London, 1968).

Papers relating to his military career, 1944-1952, dated [1944-1953], [1960-1980], comprising account of advance of 2 Bn, Essex Regt through Northern France and Belgium, June-Oct 1944, notably covering the attack on Le Havre, 10 Sep 1944, written in [1945], with appendix dated [1960-1980]; account of withdrawal of 2 Infantry Bde from Belgium and Northern France, May 1940,culminating in their evacuation from Dunkirk on 1 Jun 1940, written in [1944-1945]; notes on the allotment and loading of vehicles, Operation OVERLORD, June 1944; map of German defences at Le Havre, issued by [the War Office], 1944; map showing position of 51 and 49 Div to the north of Le Havre, 7 Jun 1944, issued by the War Office, 1947; two accounts of the work of 1 Bn, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regt, in Malaya, 1952, written in [1953].

Papers relating to his service in the BEF during 1940, dated 1940 and 1980, notably including a text comprising a description of his role as Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General, General HQ, BEF, France, 1940, written in 1980, an account of his work relating to ammunitions supply, May 1940, including an expedition to Dunkirk to unload an ammunitions ship, written in Jun 1940,an account of a reconnaissance expedition to assess the area around La Rochelle and La Pallice as a possible site for a new base for UK forces, Jun 1940, written in 1980, and a conclusion giving Fernyhough's views on the success of the Dunkirk evacuations, May-Jun 1940, written in 1980.