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KCH Nurses' League Endowment of bed fund (Benevolent Fund) account book, Jun 1936-[1944]

KCH Trust Fund (Nurses League) account book, Nov 1951-Oct 1962.

Account books for Society Common Room, 1876-1938.

Typescript account by Forward Observation Officer with 2/6 Queen's Royal Reg, 169 Infantry Bde, describing German counter-attack on the 1 Infantry Div sector of the Anzio bridgehead, Italy, February 1944. 1p.

Typescript narrative by Brig Roger Gillies Ekin, Commander 48 Indian Infantry Bde, on the withdrawal of Allied forces across the Sittang river and the blowing up of the Sittang bridge, Burma, 22-23 Feb 1942. 3pp.

Account of a prisoner of war march from Silesia by D Darque of 'G' Troop, 7 Commando, captured in Crete, 1941. 1 item

Forbes, Ulundi to Daily News, Capetown. Press telegram giving details of the pursuit since previous week. Carbon Manuscript, 36pp

Typescript narrative by General Sir Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson summarising his time as Commander, 1 Infantry Div, 12 Jun 1940 to May 1941 in UK, and Mar to May 1943 in North Africa. 1p.

Typescript account by Hamilton of his receiving of the drums of 2 Bn Gordon Highlanders from German Gen Werner von Blomberg, Minister of War, at a ceremony at the War Ministry, Berlin, Germany. 5pp

Manuscript letter from Hamilton to Maj Gen Martin Andrew Dillon, Assistant Military Secretary, War Office, giving Hamilton's account of the Battle of Majuba Hill, First Boer War, 27 Feb 1881. 9pp. With typed copy. 15pp

Joyce. Interview between Dr Weizmann and Sherif Feisal, 4 Jun 1918, Wahaida. Draft ms, 3 pp

Extract from a letter by Kennedy to his family describing the bombardment by an Allied squadron of forts at the entrance to the Dardanelles, 3 Nov 1914, as seen from the bridge of HMS INDOMITABLE. 3pp.

Manuscript account by Laycock of Lt Col Simon 'Shimi' Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat, Commanding Officer of 4 Commando's conduct during Operation ABERCROMBIE, (raid on the French coastal village of Hardelot), 21-22 Apr 1942. 1 item

Letter from Leslie Crowther, 12 Squadron Royal Flying Corps BEF, France, to his father giving an account of a reconnaissance over enemy lines. Copy. Typed carbon 3 pp

Letter from Leslie Crowther, Grant Hotel d'Angleterre, Rouen, to his father giving an account of his experiences in 29 Squadron. MS 7 pp

Typescript account by Albert Henry Lingen of his return to Grevena, Greece after the war. 1 item.

Unpublished account by Macleod entitled 'A secret service agent in South-West Africa: Ironside's story as told to me and from notes he left behind', detailing the service of FM (William) Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron of Archangel and Ironside, as a British agent in South Africa, German South West Africa and British Bechuanaland, 1902-1904, including the search for outlaw Boers north of the Orange River, 1902-1903, the Bondelzwart and Hereros Rising in German South West Africa, 1903-1904, Ironside's covert conscription into the German army disguised as a Boer transport driver, 1904. 1 vol.

Account by Macleod entitled 'Edmund Ironside, Field-Marshal and Baron, GCB, CMG, DSO: High points in his career', notably his service as Chief of the Imperial General Staff during the early stages of World War Two, Sep 1939-May 1940. 21pp.

Account by Macleod entitled 'The story of the Fourth Army and its part in the Deception Operation to cover the Normandy landing', detailing his role as commander of the fictional army, designed, by means of wireless traffic, to confuse the Germans into believing firstly (Mar 1944) that an invasion of Norway was planned, secondly (May 1944) that the Normandy landings were a feint to cover a main attack on the Pas de Calais, France, and lastly (Aug 1944) that 4 Army was intending to attack the Low Countries. 11pp.

Account by Macleod entitled 'Why was Passchendale fought?', giving a narrative of events during 1917, and the political and military background to the battle. 7pp.