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Telegram, 1937, on the retirement of Lady Gathorne-Hardy as President of Command Charities, Aldershot

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1937 Oct 1

Part of GATHORNE-HARDY, Gen the Hon Sir Francis (1874-1949)

Telegram from the Committee of the Command Charities, Aldershot, on the retirement of its President, Lady Isobel Constance Mary Gathorne-Hardy.

Telegram from General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson to Gathorne-Hardy, 1941, on the value of training at Aldershot

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1941 Mar 1

Part of GATHORNE-HARDY, Gen the Hon Sir Francis (1874-1949)

Telegram to Gathorne-Hardy from Gen Sir Henry Maitland Wilson, acknowledging the value of training received at Aldershot. 1p.

Sketch map of the Istrian peninsula (now in Croatia), c 1916

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[1914 - 1918]

Part of GATHORNE-HARDY, Gen the Hon Sir Francis (1874-1949)

Sketch map of the Istrian Peninsula.

Red Cross certificate for Lady Gathorne-Hardy, 1915

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1915 Dec 20

Part of GATHORNE-HARDY, Gen the Hon Sir Francis (1874-1949)

Certificate issuing the Special Badge Number 177 of the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St John of Jerusalem in England to Lady Isobel Constance Mary Gathorne-Hardy.

Rationing order for food, for Lady Gathorne-Hardy, 1918

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1918

Part of GATHORNE-HARDY, Gen the Hon Sir Francis (1874-1949)

Rationing order for food, made out for Lady Isobel Constance Mary Gathorne-Hardy.

Programme for the Trooping of the Colour, 1937

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1937 Jul 9

Part of GATHORNE-HARDY, Gen the Hon Sir Francis (1874-1949)

Programme and Order of March for the Trooping of the Colour on Horse Guards Parade, London.

Programme for the Trooping of the Colour, 1936

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1936 Jun 23

Part of GATHORNE-HARDY, Gen the Hon Sir Francis (1874-1949)

Programme and Order of March for the Trooping of the Colour on Horse Guards Parade, London.

Programme for the Aldershot Silver Jubilee Tattoo, 1935

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1935 Jun 13

Part of GATHORNE-HARDY, Gen the Hon Sir Francis (1874-1949)

Official programme of the Silver Jubilee Tattoo at Aldershot.

Programme for a royal review of the troops, Aldershot Command, 1935

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1935 Jul 23

Part of GATHORNE-HARDY, Gen the Hon Sir Francis (1874-1949)

Programme and Parade State for a review of the troops of the Aldershot Command, by HM King George V.

Programme for a royal presentation of colours to Guards battalions, 1936

GATHORNE-HARDY 3/9
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1936 Jul 6

Part of GATHORNE-HARDY, Gen the Hon Sir Francis (1874-1949)

Programme for the Presentation of Colours by HM King Edward VIII to 1 and 3 Bns Grenadier Guards, 1, 2 and 3 Bns Coldstream Guards, and 2 Bn Scots Guards.

Press cuttings, 1935-1936, on the Silver Jubilee and death of King George V

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1935 May 20 - 1936 Jan 28

Part of GATHORNE-HARDY, Gen the Hon Sir Francis (1874-1949)

Newspaper cuttings relating to the Silver Jubilee and death of HM King George V.

Press cuttings, 1932 and 1935, relating to the Aldershot Silver Jubilee Tattoo

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1932 July

Part of GATHORNE-HARDY, Gen the Hon Sir Francis (1874-1949)

Newspaper cuttings relating to the Aldershot Tattoo, and the Aldershot Silver Jubilee Review of the Troops by HM King George V, after which Gathorne-Hardy received a GVCO.

Press cuttings, 1914-1919, relating to Gathorne-Hardy's career and to the progress of the war

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1914 Sep 11 - 1919 Jul 21

Part of GATHORNE-HARDY, Gen the Hon Sir Francis (1874-1949)

Various newspaper cuttings, notably of despatches from the Western Front and Italy concerning the progress of the war; the terms of the armistice, 1918; the victory march of the Grenadier Guards through London, 1919; Gathorne-Hardy's career, including mentions in despatches (Feb 1915, Jan 1916), the award of a DSO (Feb 1915), a CB (Jan 1918), promotion to Brevet Col (Jun 1916) and temporary Maj Gen (Oct 1918).

Press cuttings relating to Gathorne-Hardy's career, 1933-1937

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1933 Apr 26 - 1937 Sep 9

Part of GATHORNE-HARDY, Gen the Hon Sir Francis (1874-1949)

Newspaper cuttings relating to various, notably Gathorne-Hardy's promotion to Commander in Chief, Aldershot Command; a letter to The Times by H R Headlam, disputing a suggestion that senior officers should be retired to make way for younger men; general events during his command at Aldershot, including the Aldershot Command Administrative Exercise, Aug 1937, and army manoeuvres at Audley End, Essex, attended by French Gen Maurice Gustave Gamelin, Chief of the French General Staff, Sep 1937; Gathorne-Hardy's retirement in 1937.

Press cuttings relating to Gathorne-Hardy's career, 1928-1933

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1928 May 25 - 1933 Aug 2

Part of GATHORNE-HARDY, Gen the Hon Sir Francis (1874-1949)

Press cuttings relating to various, notably Gathorne-Hardy's promotion to Lt Gen, 1928, and to Commander in Chief, Northern Command, 1931; exercises at the Durham Light Infantry Camp, Redcar, Yorkshire, 1933; his farewell to Northern Command on taking up his new post as Commander in Chief, Aldershot Command, 1933.

Press cutting of a letter by Kitchener, 1914, thanking Queen Mary for sending belts and socks to British troops

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1914 Nov 30

Part of GATHORNE-HARDY, Gen the Hon Sir Francis (1874-1949)

Newspaper cutting of a letter from FM Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and Broome, Secretary of State for War, to HM Queen Mary, thanking her for the sending of belts and socks for the British troops on the Western Front.

Prayers to be used at the fourth anniversary of the declaration of war, Aug 1918