Showing 14 results

Character-sketch of the Portuguese President Maj Sidonio Paes, following his leadership of an uprising against the late Government. 3pp.

Correspondence from Barnardiston in response to an included circular letter from the War Office, recommending the award of Tsingtau battle clasps to the General Service Medal (later renamed the British War Medal). Includes original manuscript draft of reply. 4pp.

Official letters of invitation and congratulation from Japanese officials, notably the Mayors of Tokyo and Hiroshima, and mainly in Japanese characters. 7 items.

Correspondence with the Foreign Office in London, the Belgian Legation in Lisbon, and the Belgian Foreign Ministry in Le Havre, concerning staff conversations on the defence of Belgian neutrality and possible British assistance in the matter between Barnardiston and Gen Ducarne, in Brussels, 1906. Includes a copy of La Epoche, a Madrid newspaper, on the same subject. 10pp and newspaper..

Personal diary, covering both Barnardiston's command of 39 Div in France and the commencement of his post as Chief of the British Military Mission to Portugal. The entries are brief, and mainly concerned with appointments and meetings, but there are interesting descriptions, notably of the disposition of his troops just behind the Western Front; notes on artillery and mortar schools; the journey to Portugal; meetings with various named Portuguese political and military figures; inspections of Portuguese preparations for war, including troops, ships, ordnance and powder factories, supply depots, barracks and forts; visits to local beauty spots and entertainments; the arrival of an official Foreign Office note accepting an offer of a Portuguese division to fight on behalf of the Allies; a muted attempt at a revolution, which placed the country under martial law. Inserted is a cutting from a Portuguese newspaper. 1 vol.

Personal diary and notebook, covering Barnardiston's post as Chief of the British Military Mission in Portugal, largely composed of descriptions of sightseeing trips, weather details and appointments, but also including political commentary, such as attempts to ensure the successful embarkation of troops bound for France; negotiations in London between the War Office and the Portuguese Mission concerning the provision of shipping by the British Government for the transportation of Portuguese troops, May 1917; a general strike in Portugal, Aug 1917; reports of complaints about the conduct of Portuguese troops in France, Oct 1917; opinions of Barnardiston and locals on pro-German sympathies in Portugal; the overthrow of the government by a Revolutionary Committee under Maj Sidonio Paes, and Barnardiston's firsthand account of the fighting and aftermath, 6/7 Dec 1917; commentary on President Paes and his reception by the country; a summary of the events of the revolution as related by Paes to a reporter; Barnardiston's award of the Order of Aviz, and historical notes on the order; a description of an influenza epidemic in Portugal; the murder of President Paes, 14 Dec 1918, and a detailed description of the political troubles after his death, including proposals for a military dictatorship. Included are several Portuguese newspaper cuttings. 1 vol.

Personal diary and notebook covering the final months of Barnardiston's post as Chief of the British Military Mission to Portugal, and mainly consisting of descriptions of civil unrest in that country, including an uprising by monarchist sympathisers which extended to much of the southern part of the country, and the Government's military reaction; a demonstration held in Lisbon against the police being armed, which developed into rioting and mob rule; Barnardiston's descriptions of, and observations on, Portuguese history, politics and national character; a discussion of the threats posed by Spanish and German influence in Portugal. 1 vol.

Personal letter of ephemeral nature from Prince Victor Jerome Frederic Napoleon to Barnardiston. 1p.

Various ephemera collected by Barnardiston following the capture of Tsingtao by Japanese and British troops, including menus from official celebration dinners, postcards from Japanese civilians congratulating him and the British Army on their success, a sketch of Japanese Maj Hiwatashi, and a newspaper cutting picturing Japanese and British officers. 9 items.

Farewell message from Buckingham Palace to the men of 39 Div on their departure for active service in France. 1p.