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• PRISONER OF WAR COMPANY NO 143 AT BEAUMONT HAMEL, 1919

  part of "WALSHAM JRM (CAPT)" (photographs) Made by: Unknown Photographer

  Group portrait of Prisoner of War Company No 143 at the camp at Beaumont Hamel, nr Peronne, France. The commandant, Capt J R M Walsham MM is seated fifth from right.

• Study for 'Gassed' Studies of standing soldiers with rifles

  (art) Made by: Sargent, John Singer (RA) 1918

  image: a study of different elements of a gassed British infantryman standing side-on with his hands on the shoulders of another man in front of him. It includes a full length depiction of the man, with a blanket role over his right shoulder and his...

• Invasion Preparations in an English Village

  (art) Made by: Mozley, Charles 1944

  image: A view from an elevated postion looking onto a road in an English village. There are houses and a church in the background to the left, with a number of American military trucks and a jeep parked on the road in the foreground. To the right is a...

• Horsedrawn Sand Cart

  (vehicles, aircraft and ships)

  Sand or Desert Ambulance Cart. In Egypt, Sinai and Palestine, the narrow wheeled regulation pattern was useless, sinking in the sand. At first, 10, then 22, Sand Carts, were issued to each Field Ambulance.

• 1939-1945 Star

  (decorations and awards) 1945

  Association - recipient: see Notes to OMD 2718

• Mont St Eloi

  (art) Made by: Nash, Paul 1917

  image: a scene showing the ruins of the church at Mont St Eloi. The figures of lifeless trees dominate the foreground, and there is a soldier standing on the hill to the left. He appears to be looking out at the brilliant sun that beams down over the...

• The Field of Passchendaele

  (art) Made by: Nash, Paul 1917

  image: a battle scarred Western Front landscape near Passchendaele in Flanders. A large water-filled shell hole dominates the foreground, with two dead soldiers lying nearby on the left. Beyond them is the entrance to a dugout, a small bomb damaged brick...

• Horsedrawn GS Mk.VIII Wagon

  (vehicles, aircraft and ships)

  Model of British First world war horse-drawn Wagon GS MkII, complete with associated equipment, and stores. It has a natural wood finish, black lettering, and simple but "heavy" non-scale fittings. It also has two rather out of scale horses. To...

• sword bayonet for Short Magazine Lee-Enfield rifle (SMLE Mark 3) & Pattern 1907, third type

  part of "British Pattern 1907 sword bayonet [third type], with scabbard" (weapons and ammunition) Made by: Sanderson Brothers and Newbould

  SPECIMEN & (SEE) WEA 467 & WEA 470 & WEA 472

• Jacket, sheepskin ('Bunny'): British

  (uniforms and insignia)

  Additional outer clothing made of animal hides were issued to soldiers on the Western Front during the winter of 1914-1915. Some were made of sheepskin, some of goatskin. Whilst effective in having good insulation properties, the men often referred to...