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ZADIK, Manfred (1887-1967)

ZADIK, Manfred (1887-1967)

  • ZADIK
  • Collection
  • 1916-1918

Eight albums in overlapping chronological order, containing photographs taken on the Eastern Front in Russia, Hungary and Romania, 1916-1918, many captioned in German; including of soldiers in the trenches, relaxing, training and during battle; details of trench structures and interiors; encampments and fortifications; graves; rural villages and towns; landscapes; local people; factories; soldiers being transported; also Zadik's Jewish identification card from 1938 and typescript copy of unpublished account 'A Century of Zadiks' by Frank Zadik (son).

Zadic, Michael, 1887-1967, lawyer

YOUNG, Maj Gen Peter George Francis (1912-1976)

  • YOUNG, PGF
  • Collection
  • 1958-1960

Papers relating to Cyprus, 1963-1968, including typescript account entitled 'The Green Line', concerning the UN patrolled peace-keeping line between Turkish and Greek controlled Cyprus, 1964. Correspondence relating to Cyprus, 1963-1964, including Young's letters as Joint Force Commander in Cyprus, Jan-Mar 1964. Correspondence, reports and memoranda on the political situation in Cyprus, Dec 1963-Feb 1964. Correspondence relating to Young's retirement from the Army, 1968. Four maps of Cyprus, various scales, dated 1958-1960..

Young, Peter George Francis, 1912-1976, Major General

YOUNG, Maj Sir Hubert Winthrop (1885-1950)

  • YOUNG, HW
  • Collection
  • 1917-1918

Copies of papers relating to operations in the Hedjaz (Hejaz), Arabia, especially the provision of camels and equipment to Sherif Faisal ibn Hussein's Northern Arab Army, 1917-1918, including typescript note by Lt Col Pierce Charles Joyce, Officer Commanding Northern Hejaz Troops, entitled 'Proposed employment of camels put at the disposal of Sherif Faisal by General Allenby', 22 Jul 1918; typescript memorandum by Young to Sherif Faisal ibn Hussein on the deterioration in condition of British supplied camels, in use by the Arab Army, Aug 1918; typescript memorandum by Young detailing equipment to be supplied to the Arab Army, Aug 1918; typescript narrative by Young entitled '1000 miles on a camel. How I got two guns out of the Sherifian Army' [1918].

Young, Sir Hubert Winthrop, 1885-1950, Knight, Major

YOUNG, Lt Col Geoffrey Douglas Pulford

  • YOUNG, GDP
  • Collection
  • 1900-1967

Publications collected by Lt Col Geoffrey Young, including: Regulations for Conducting the Duties of the Treasury Chests Abroad, 1st April 1900 (HMSO, 1900); text of 'Proclamation by the GOC in Chief (Lt Gen Sir William Raine Marshall) in Mesopotamia to the people of Iraq on the occasion of the successful conclusion of hostilities against the Turkish Armies', 2 Nov 1918; Joan, A War Horse: In Memoriam, November 1918 , by Maj F N Lund, RE; The Royal Army Pay Corps, an abridged history , 1953; The Prince Consort's Library: Aldershot, 1860-1960 , selection of essays celebrating the centenary of the Army Library Service military specialist library, Aldershot, 1960; History of 1(BR) Corps, 1909-1967 , 1967; extract from Chronicle of the Jagerkaserne Eichstatt, 1933-1952 , by Helmut Reis, translated by C Byass, relating to prisoner of war camp Oflag V11B, 1939-1945, nd.

Young, Geoffrey Douglas Pulford, 1920-1997, Lieutenant Colonel

YOUNG, Maj Gen Bernard Keith (1892-1969)

  • YOUNG, BK
  • Collection
  • 1932-1969

Typescript lecture notes on the training of officers, School of Military Engineering, Chatham, Kent [1940]; typescript memorandum by Young entitled 'Notes on Engineer intelligence', 1943; typescript notes by Young on the effects of bombing on port facilities in North Africa, 1943; typescript article by Young entitled 'The development of land mine warfare', 1944; typescript notes by Young entitled 'In Macedonia, 1916-1917', written in 1946, with a manuscript letter from Lt Col Anthony Heritage Farrar-Hockley, Commanding Officer 3 Bn, The Parachute Regt, thanking Young for the use of the notes, 1962; typescript volume entitled 'The Brigade Headquarter's Story. The story of the 130th Brigade HQ (43rd Wessex Division) 1939-1946', edited by S G M Liddle, with four photographs and typescript list of former 130 Bde officers, 1951; correspondence relating to Young's appointment as Hon Col, 121 Army Engineer Regt, Royal Engineers, Territorial Army, 1952-1959; edition of Salonika memories 1915-1919 by G E Willis (Salonika Reunion Association, Newbury Weekly News, Newbury, 1969); edition of Ten Chapters 1942 to 1945 by FM Sir Bernard Law Montgomery (Hutchinson, London, 1946); articles from The Royal Engineers Journal, 1932-1934, including article by Young entitled 'The diary of an RE subaltern with the BEF in 1914'.

Young, Bernard Keith, 1892-1969, Major General

WYNNE, Capt Graeme Chamley (1889-1964)

WYNNE, Capt Graeme Chamley (1889-1964)

  • WYNNE
  • Collection
  • 1908-1974

Papers, 1908-1974, including Wynne's letters home to his father from Germany, 1908-1911, including detailed descriptions of illegal duelling by students in Hannover, Germany and calling card of General Otto von Emmich, Commander, 10 Army Corps, Hannover, Germany, 1909-1915. Bound typescript account by Wynne, 29 Jul-4 Sep 1914, on his experiences in the BEF's (British Expeditionary Force's) retreat from Mons, Belgium, the Battle of Le Cateau, France, and capture by German forces during the Battle of Le Cateau, France, 26 Aug 1914, written as a POW in Germany, Sep-Oct 1914. Correspondence, press cutting, menus and Christmas cards relating to time as POW, Germany and Netherlands, 1914-1918, including letters written to parents from Portobello Barracks, Dublin, immediately before embarkation for France, Aug 1914; cutting from The Morning Post , 3 Sept 1914, listing Wynne as killed; letter home from POW camp, Magdeburg, Germany, 30 Dec 1914, referring to incorrect report of his death; menus, playing cards and Christmas cards with watercolours by Wynne and signatures of fellow POW's. Correspondence and papers relating to Wynne's work for the Historical Section, Cabinet Office, and to his publications, 1928-1958, including two letters from Maj Gen Sir Ernest (Dunlop) Swinton relating to German defence systems, 30 Sep 1939, and to Wynne's book, If Germany attacks. The battle in depth in the west (Faber and Faber, London, 1940), 2 Feb 1940; manuscript diary and typescript report by Wynne on an official visit to North Africa, 12 Apr-23 May 1943; letters to Wynne from Lt Gen Sir Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson, General Officer Commanding 1 Army, North Africa, rebutting allegations reported to Wynne by troops of 8 Army of Anderson's poor handling of 1 Army in operations in North Africa, May 1943; three letters from Capt Basil Henry Liddell Hart, dated Jan-Jul 1958, relating to Wynne's article on the Schlieffen plan and The Schlieffen plan. Critique of a myth by Professor Gerhard Ritter (Oswald Wolff, London, 1958). Correspondence, 1939-1974, relating to Wynne's publications, including his book If Germany attacks. The battle in depth in the west (Faber and Faber, London, 1940). Also photograph of Wynne's father, General Sir Arthur Singleton Wynne, c.1914.

Wynne, Graeme Chamley, 1889-1954, Captain

WORLD WAR ONE RECRUITMENT AND FUNDRAISING POSTERS

WORLD WAR ONE RECRUITMENT AND FUNDRAISING POSTERS

  • WW1 POSTERS
  • Collection
  • [1914-1916]

Recruitment and fundraising posters, World War One, 1914-1916, including Parliamentary Recruiting Committee posters and Parliamentary War Savings Committee posters. The posters are full colour and are designed as postive and negative propaganda to aid recruitment and encourage donation to the war effort and were aimed at domestic civilian audiences. Highlights include posters referring to the sinking of the liner, the Lusitania, appeals to assist in the defence of Belgium, examples of alleged German atrocities, and representations of Britain, British families and the British way of life thought to be under threat.

Parliamentary Recruiting Committee

WRIGHT-HOLMES, Maj Oliver (1909-1995)

  • WRIGHT-HOLMES
  • Collection
  • 1981-1983

Copies of extracts from 'One man's war', a memoir of his service with the Royal Armoured Corps and the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 1942-1946, written in 1981-1983. The extracts relate mainly to the practice of religion in the UK, India and Burma, 1942-1946, particularly the role of Christianity in army life.

Holmes, Oliver Wright-, 1909-1995, Major

WRIGHT, Col Leslie William (b 1920)

  • WRIGHT, LW
  • Collection
  • 1916

Papers relating to the defence of Calais, May 1940, dated 1940-1971, notably including copy letter from Wright to Kathleen Howard (later Mrs L W Wright), 28 May 1940, detailing the events of his escape from Calais; typescript extracts of messages from the log kept by Control Wireless Station of No 12 Wireless Section at Vice Admiralty, Dover, 1940, copied in [1960-1970]; 'Personal experience in the defence of Calais', manuscript text compiled by Wright in 1946 from a report written for the War Office in 1940; press cuttings and copies of press cuttings, 1940-1962; correspondence relating to the rescue of a group of soldiers (including Wright) from Calais harbour by HMS GULZAR, May 1940, dated 1940 and 1968; 'Calais 1940 remembered', article by Lt J A Evitts reprinted from the Journal of the Royal Signals Institution vol 10 no 3, 1971. Other papers relating to Wright and his family, 1916, [1975], 1986, notably including newspaper cutting concerning the rescue from under enemy fire of Wright's father, 2nd Lt Leonard Wright, by Pte William Hall, 1916.

Wright, Leslie William, fl 1920-2016, Colonel

WRIGHT, Capt John Piachaud, RN (1902-1980)

  • WRIGHT, JP
  • Collection
  • 1945-1950

Papers relating to his naval service, 1945-1950, principally comprising photographs of British Pacific Fleet ships and personnel, 1945.

Wright, John Piachaud, 1902-1980, Captain RN

WRETHAM, Kenneth Edward (b 1925)

  • WRETHAM
  • Collection
  • 1943-1945

Copies of official photographs of HMS RAJAH, 1944-1945, including details of anti-aircraft guns; aircraft on board (some crashed onto deck); aircraft being unloaded by crane; Suez Canal; wardroom and ratings messdeck, Christmas 1944; boxing and hockey on deck. Also copy of a certificate of service for 1943-1946; wireless history sheet, 1943-1945.

Wretham, Kenneth Edward, b 1925, telegraph operator

WORT, Brig George (1912-1984)

  • WORT
  • Collection
  • 1942-1946

1st Battalion, The Malay Regiment', particulars of British and Malay personnel, 1942-1945, compiled by Wort while in Changi POW camp, 1942-1945, with additional information added in 1946, and including an account of the role of 1 Bn in the Battle of Singapore, 9-15 Feb 1942, written by Lt Col J P G Andre, Officer Commanding, dated 1942. Copy photograph of Wort, 1958.

Wort, George, 1912-1984, Brigadier

BBC audio recordings, [1991-1992], relating to the Argentinian invasion of the Falkland Islands

One ¾ inch U-Matic video cassette containing audio recording of material from the BBC sound archive including interview with Bill [Greerson] former Falkland Islands and South Georgia customs officer discussing previous incidents involving Argentine challenges to British sovereignty of the Falkland Islands in 1948 and 1966 (1982); Harold Brilley's report on Anglo-Argentine talks in New York (1982); comments by Peter Alexander Rupert Carington, Sixth Baron Carrington (Lord Carrington), Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 1979-1982, on the incident involving the raising of the Argentine flag on South Georgia (1982); Harold Brilley's report of British decision to send HMS Endurance to the Falkland Islands (1982); and comments by Rt Hon Sir John William Frederic Nott, Secretary of State for Defence, 1981-1983, on the preparations of the British Navy for the defence of the Falkland Islands (1982). Previous Ref: FF3

BBC audio broadcast recordings, [1991-1992], relating to the Argentinian invasion of the Falkland Islands and the British political reaction

One ¾ inch U-Matic video cassette containing audio recording of material from the BBC sound archive including news reports of the unconfirmed Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands; reports by Laurie Margolis and Peter Marshall; and statements in the House of Commons [by Rt Hon Francis Leslie Pym, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 1982-1983, and Rt Hon John Silkin, Opposition Spokesman on Defence and disarmament 1981-1982], (2 Apr 1982). Previous Ref: FF2

BBC audio recording, [1991-1992], of a speech by General Leopoldo Galtieri

One ¾ inch U-Matic video cassette containing audio recording of material from the BBC sound archive including a speech by Gen Leopoldo Fortunato Galtieri, President of Argentina, 1981-1982 and recording of the music of the Argentine national anthem, (1982). Language: Spanish. Previous Ref: FF1

Audio recordings, 1991, of a meeting and a conversation relating to the Falklands War

One ¾ inch U-Matic video cassette containing audio recordings of negotiations between Alexander Meigs Haig, Jr, US Secretary of State, 1981-1982, and the Argentine Military Junta, Buenos Aires, Argentina, with Gen Vernon Anthony Walters, US Ambassador-at-large, 1981-1985, translating, 17 Apr 1982; and telephone conversations between Lt Gen Leopoldo Fortunato Galtieri, President of Argentina, and Dr Terry Fernando Belaúnde, President of Peru, 2 May 1982. For transcript of telephone conversation see item 3/1. Previous Ref: A20. Language: Spanish and English

Video recording, 1991, of interview with Rear Admiral Roberto Moya

Four ¾ inch U-Matic video cassettes of interview with R Adm Roberto Moya, Chief of the Argentine Military Household, and Naval member of the Malvinas Working Group, 1982. For English translation interview transcript see item 3/6. Previous Ref: A21, A22, A23 and A24. Language: Spanish

Video recording, 1991, of interview with Nicanor Costa Mendez

Four ¾ inch U-Matic video cassettes of an interview with Dr Nicanor Costa Méndez, Argentine Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1982. Also includes views of Buenos Aires by night. For English translation interview transcript see item 3/3. Previous Ref: A16, A17, A18 and A19. Language: Spanish and English

Video recording, 1991, of interview with Wenceslao Bunge

Three ¾ inch U-Matic video cassettes of an interview with Wenceslao Bunge, Argentine industrialist and unofficial diplomatic representative of the Argentine Air Force, 1982. Tape A13 also includes views of the Argentine Navy checkpoint, and Sheraton Hotel, Buenos Aires. For transcript of interview see item 3/2. Previous Ref: A13, A14 and A 15

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