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Object description
Papers recording his service as an officer with the Lancashire Fusiliers (May 1915 - August 1919) and the Manchester Home Guard (May 1940 - May 1943), including: a blank ts Field Service Post Card (2pp); his Temporary Commision (1p, May 1915); ts Map of Lens, France (Scale 1:100,000); ts Trench Map of France (Sheet 57D S.E. Edition 2B); ts menu (no date, 1p) for Inkerman Day; ms/ts Medical Label (no date, 2pp) for the Hospital Ship SS BRIGHTON issued by No 24 General Hospital, Etaples on 1 July 1916 for a gun shot wound left thigh while serving as a Lieutenant with B Company, 16th (2nd Salford) Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers (96th Brigade, 32nd Division) attacking Thiepval on the first day of the Battle of the Somme; ts report (July 1917, 1p) by Lieutenant Colonel H Hawkins, OC 6th (R) Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, Scarborough, on his "highly satisfactory" service; ts Menu (2pp, no date) for the Midland Hotel, Manchester celebrating "the Signing of Peace, 1919" with ms autographs (3pp); ts Protection Certificate (Officer), No 1 Dispersal Unit, Prees Heath (Army Form Z.S., August 1919, 1p) on his demobilisation as a Captain; ts Cover for Certificates and Other Documents of a Soldier on Demobilisation, Transfer to the Reserve or discharge (Army Form Z.53, no date, 1p); ms/ts memorandum from Messrs Cox & Co (October 1919, 1p) concerning his Gratuity and War Savings; ts letter from the Ministry of Pensions (March 1920, 1p) acknowledging his relinquishment of his disability grant; ts presscutting of a photograph (no date, 1p) of the diminishing number of veterans attending the Thiepval Parade; 2 copies of ts Even Song booklet (November 1930, 4pp) of parodies of songs sung at Annual Dinners, dedicated to Colonel C M Abercrombie (OC 16th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, 1914 - 1917); ts Diary, 1914 - 1919, of 16th (2nd Salford) Battalion The Lancashire Fusiliers (no date, 13pp) with ms autographs (1p, November 1959); ts memorial card (no date, 2pp) from the Reverend R L Hussey (Rector of Sacred Trinity Church, Salford) and a Form of Service (November 1935, 11pp) for the laying up of the Colours and the Unveiling and Dedication of the Memorial to all ranks of the 15th, 16th, 19th and 20th Salford (Service) Battalions Lancashire Fusiliers (the Salford Brigade) in his church; his ts identity card for No 4 Group, Local Defence Volunteers (May 1940, 1p) issued as Company Commander of the Urmston area; ts Home Guard Standing Orders (no date, 4pp) for No 5 Company, D Battalion, No 3 Zone, Urmston; his ts Military Identity Card No M114219 (September 1940, 4pp, with photograph) as a Lieutenant Colonel; his ts National Registration Indentity Card (May 1943, 4pp); a signed copy of "Britain's Home Guard: A Character Study" by John Brophy with illustrations by Eric Kennington (February 1945, 48pp); and 14 photographs of the Lancashire Fusiliers (4), the Manchester Pals (1), the 2nd (Volunteer) Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment (1), the Home Guard (1), and Walton in the uniforms of the 2nd (Volunteer) Battalion Manchester Regiment, Lancashire Fusiliers and Home Guard (7).
Content description
Papers recording his service as an officer with the Lancashire Fusiliers (May 1915 - August 1919) and the Manchester Home Guard (May 1940 - May 1943), including: a blank ts Field Service Post Card (2pp); his Temporary Commision (1p, May 1915); ts Map of Lens, France (Scale 1:100,000); ts Trench Map of France (Sheet 57D S.E. Edition 2B); ts menu (no date, 1p) for Inkerman Day; ms/ts Medical Label (no date, 2pp) for the Hospital Ship SS BRIGHTON issued by No 24 General Hospital, Etaples on 1 July 1916 for a gun shot wound left thigh while serving as a Lieutenant with B Company, 16th (2nd Salford) Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers (96th Brigade, 32nd Division) attacking Thiepval on the first day of the Battle of the Somme; ts report (July 1917, 1p) by Lieutenant Colonel H Hawkins, OC 6th (R) Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, Scarborough, on his "highly satisfactory" service; ts Menu (2pp, no date) for the Midland Hotel, Manchester celebrating "the Signing of Peace, 1919" with ms autographs (3pp); ts Protection Certificate (Officer), No 1 Dispersal Unit, Prees Heath (Army Form Z.S., August 1919, 1p) on his demobilisation as a Captain; ts Cover for Certificates and Other Documents of a Soldier on Demobilisation, Transfer to the Reserve or discharge (Army Form Z.53, no date, 1p); ms/ts memorandum from Messrs Cox & Co (October 1919, 1p) concerning his Gratuity and War Savings; ts letter from the Ministry of Pensions (March 1920, 1p) acknowledging his relinquishment of his disability grant; ts presscutting of a photograph (no date, 1p) of the diminishing number of veterans attending the Thiepval Parade; 2 copies of ts Even Song booklet (November 1930, 4pp) of parodies of songs sung at Annual Dinners, dedicated to Colonel C M Abercrombie (OC 16th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, 1914 - 1917); ts Diary, 1914 - 1919, of 16th (2nd Salford) Battalion The Lancashire Fusiliers (no date, 13pp) with ms autographs (1p, November 1959); ts memorial card (no date, 2pp) from the Reverend R L Hussey (Rector of Sacred Trinity Church, Salford) and a Form of Service (November 1935, 11pp) for the laying up of the Colours and the Unveiling and Dedication of the Memorial to all ranks of the 15th, 16th, 19th and 20th Salford (Service) Battalions Lancashire Fusiliers (the Salford Brigade) in his church; his ts identity card for No 4 Group, Local Defence Volunteers (May 1940, 1p) issued as Company Commander of the Urmston area; ts Home Guard Standing Orders (no date, 4pp) for No 5 Company, D Battalion, No 3 Zone, Urmston; his ts Military Identity Card No M114219 (September 1940, 4pp, with photograph) as a Lieutenant Colonel; his ts National Registration Indentity Card (May 1943, 4pp); a signed copy of "Britain's Home Guard: A Character Study" by John Brophy with illustrations by Eric Kennington (February 1945, 48pp); and 14 photographs of the Lancashire Fusiliers (4), the Manchester Pals (1), the 2nd (Volunteer) Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment (1), the Home Guard (1), and Walton in the uniforms of the 2nd (Volunteer) Battalion Manchester Regiment, Lancashire Fusiliers and Home Guard (7).
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Catalogue date 2005-10-19