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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...

• Tregear, Frederick Mansel Vincent (IWM interview)

  (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1979-08-24

  British officer served with 2nd Bn King’s Own Scottish Borderers in Egypt, 1924-1926

• 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...

• Pagri (Turban) Indian Army

  (uniforms and insignia)

  First World War period Indian Army pagri (turban). The dress of the soldier serving in the Indian Army often reflected his race, religion and caste, and none moreso than his headdress. The turban (pagri, or lungi) could be worn in a variety of ways to...

• Cap, Service Dress (F/M Haig)

  (uniforms and insignia)

  This cap was worn by Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig KT GCB GCVO KCIE (1861-1928), Commander in Chief British Expeditionary Force, France & Flanders 1915-1918. Created Earl Haig in 1919.

• Sick and Dying: Man [Barratt] Sick with Tropical Ulcers and Fever, Three Days before Death, Thailand, 26 July 1943

  (art) Made by: Searle, Ronald William Fordham (artist) 1943-07-26

  image: A study of the head and shoulders of a sick and emaciated man lying in a bed. He is covered with a blanket, and his head is resting on a backpack.

• In the Jungle - Self Portrait, Konyu, Thailand Jungle, July 1943

  (art) Made by: Searle, Ronald William Fordham (artist) 1943

  image: A self portrait showing the artist in ragged uniform. He wears glasses, has a bandage round one arm and appears very thin.

• 'D' (HOWITZER) BATTERY OF CXVI BRIGADE, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY, IN THE SALONIKA CAMPAIGN 1915-1918

  part of "BEGG TONY (MR)" (photographs) 1917-02

  A British sniper preparing to fire from a front line trench (position C4) on La Tortue (Tortoise Hill), Doiran Front, February 1917.

• Pour Achever La Croisade du Droit - Souscrivez! [To Finish the Just Crusade - Subscribe!]

  (posters) Made by: Chavannaz, D (artist) 1918

  whole: the image occupies the majority of the poster surface, with the title incorporated and positioned upper left. Further text is placed across the top and bottom. image: Allied troops, mounted on horseback, drive the German eagle back towards a cloud...

• Emprunt National 1918 [National Loan 1918]

  (posters) Made by: Chavannaz, B (artist) 1918

  whole: the title and image are integrated, with the title positioned upper right, in black, and the image placed left. All held within a narrow black border. image: French and British soldiers sit upon a partially visible French tank, watching explosions...

• direction sign, to Hell Fire Corner

  (equipment)

  Hell Fire Corner was a particularly dangerous point on the Menin Road on the eastern edge of the City of Ypres

• Arakan Campaign : Battle of Rathedaung, 1943

  (art) Made by: Gross, Anthony 1944

  image: an Indian soldier lies dead with his arms above his head in the thick undergrowth of the jungle. His Bren gun and helmet lie by his side. Through the jungle a river is just visible on the horizon.