Filter results

Category

Media

Display location

Creators

Subject period

Places

Events

Associated person/organisation

Materials

Subjects

Themes

Keywords

• 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.

• Briefing model - Part of Juno & Sword Beaches (D-Day)

  (vehicles, aircraft and ships)

  Part of an incomplete British Second World War briefing model (scale of 1/5280) made in preparation for the invasion of Normandy on D-Day, 6 June 1944. The model comprises six sections, four of which cover the coastline from Berniers to La Breche, and...

• Greece: An orphanage. Curing scabies with anachryl

  (art) Made by: Cole, Leslie 1945

  image: A distressed young girl being painted with anachryl by a masked nurse, attended by two women, a priest and two British soldiers. Three other children await their turn.

• private purchase medical kit

  (equipment) Made by: Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd, London

  Privately purchased kit associated with the First World War service (in the British Army) of F C Levey

• Webbing, 1908 pattern (Battle Order)

  (equipment) Made by: Mills Equipment Company 1919

  Following the criticism of the Slade-Wallace equipment worn on campaign in South Africa during the Second Anglo-Boer War and its unsuitability for future service, the 1903 Pattern Bandolier Equipment was introduced. Although it had advantages over its...

• The Gymnasium : Dermatological Ward, Colchester Military Hospital

  (art) Made by: Bawden, Edward 1943

  image: A view of a low red brick building on the top of an embankment, drawn from below. Men wearing blue trousers and khaki shirts lie about in the sunshine on the grass below the building.

• Boots, 1914 pattern ankle boots (brown): British Army

  (uniforms and insignia)

  Boots Brown leather ankle length boots with studded soles. The boots have holes drilled to the heels for display purposes.

• Recruit's Progress: Medical Inspection

  (art) Made by: Weight, Carel Victor Morlais (CBE, RA) 1942

  image: New recruits are lined up for inspection; all are stripped to the waist. The inspector sits at a table, head leaning on an elbow, while a recruit faces him, arms in the air and trousers round his ankles. Foreground right, a recruit, full...

• Occupational Workshop at a Convalescent Depot

  (art) Made by: Gross, Anthony 1942

  image: soldiers at work at a row of work benches. In the foreground a soldier with a bandaged foot sits next to his crutches working on a boot. On the floor is a can of oil and some machine parts. At the back of the room the men are working with wood.

• doll, Father Christmas

  (souvenirs and ephemera)

  'Father Christmas' needlwork doll associated with the First World War service of Lance Corporal Charles James Frampton. Lance Corporal Frampton made this doll whilst recuperating in hospital from injuries he sustained on the Western Front. He later died...

• 'Trenchman' belt

  (souvenirs and ephemera)

  First World War period commercially produced (unofficial) personal kit in the form of a broad waist belt, which was claimed by its manufacturers to provide protection for the wearer from body infestations (notably lice) and 'chills' resulting from the...

• Princess Mary's Gift Fund 1914 Box, Class A smokers

  (souvenirs and ephemera)

  Princess Mary's Gift Fund (1914) Box. The Gift Fund was inaugurated by Princess Mary in October 1914 to provide a gift for every serviceman at the front or at sea ('Class A') for the first Christmas of the War. The majority of gifts were for smokers and...

• Princess Mary's Gift Fund 1914 Box, Class A smokers

  (souvenirs and ephemera)

  Princess Mary's Gift Fund 1914 Box. The Gift Fund was inaugurated by Princess Mary in October 1914 to provide a gift for every serviceman at the front or at sea ('Class A') for the first Christmas of the First World War. The majority of gifts were for...

• Grenade Carrier MKI (10 pocket) British

  (equipment)

  First World War period British Army equipment. Used by specialist 'bombers' in close-quarter trench fighting, the grenade carrier contained 10 No.5 Mills bombs, one to each pouch.

• Puttees (long): O/Rs, British Army

  (uniforms and insignia)

  Puttees Long khaki wool woven puttees. Both have a khaki tape sewn to one end for tying around the soldier's leg.

• Steel Helmet, MKI Brodie

  (uniforms and insignia)

  helmet Bowl-shaped helmet of drab khaki painted finish (60% of finish remaining), having a mild steel rim to the edge. The chinstrap is of brown leather.

• Steel Helmet, MK1 Brodie

  (uniforms and insignia)

  helmet Bowl-shaped steel helmet with drab khaki textured paint finish, having a steel rim to the edging and fitted with a brown leather chinstrap.

• Boots, 1914 pattern ankle length, brown (O/Rs)

  (uniforms and insignia)

  boots Pair of steel studded brown leather ankle length boots.

• Britons. Join Your Country's Army!

  (posters) Made by: Leete, Alfred (artist) 1914

  whole: the image occupies the centre, with the title separate and positioned across the top edge, in red. The text is separate and positioned in the lower quarter, also in red. Further text is integrated and positioned lower right, in black. All set...

• personal equipment, British Army Officer's Sam Browne

  (equipment)

  Standard army officer's personal equipment.

• location sign, Menin Gate

  (equipment)

  First World War period British Army location sign: this was the original British Army sign erected at the Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium. It was replaced in 1917 after being damaged. 'At the time of the Great War, there was no actual gate on the site. It was...

• rum jar, British

  (equipment)

  First World War period British Army rum jar marked with the letters 'SRD' which stood for 'Supply Reserve Depot'; other, more ironic, interpretations of the initials have included: 'Seldom Reaches Destination', 'Service Rum Diluted' and 'Soon Runs Dry...

• Respirator, Veil or Pad Type (British)

  (equipment)

  This early First World War British anti-gas 'respirator' consisted of a pad of cotton waste enclosed in a pad of muslin that was tied over the nose and mouth of the wearer. The pad was soaked in a solution of sodium hyposulphite, washing soda, glycerine...

• Bomb, Mortar 3" Stokes HE

  (weapons and ammunition) Made by: J & E H 1915-12

  Digitisation conflict note: image file named 'MUN_003125.jpg' depicts a British grenade discharger cup not a 'Bomb, Mortar 3" Stokes HE'.

• clasp knife, British Army issue (Turner 'Encore' clasp knife)

  (weapons and ammunition) Made by: Thomas Turner and Co, Sheffield

  First World War period British Army issue clasp knife. Manufactured by Thomas Turner & Co of Sheffield, this knife departs from the standard pattern knife of the period in that its grip scales are made of plain metal, rather than chequered horn....

• direction sign, Jerusalem

  (equipment)

  sign & backing canvas sign lettered in black on white, nailed to wooden board Polaroid photo in signs card index

• Shell, 60 Pdr Chemical (phosgene)

  (weapons and ammunition)

  shell Would have been filled with CG (Phosgene), painted grey

• Puttees (long): O/Rs, British Army

  (uniforms and insignia)

  Puttees Pair of matching long puttees of khaki wool, complete with tying tapes.

• location sign, 'Yellow Line

  (equipment)

  First World War period signboard used by British forces in a captured German trench at Beaumont Hamel (on the Somme front). During a major offensive when the objective was to penetrate and capture the German front and supply lines, the enemy trenches...

• British entrenching tool and helve

  (equipment) 1915

  First World War period British Army entrenching tool.

• Boots, Field Service (Officer's)

  (uniforms and insignia)

  Boots Matching pair of fine quality tall brown leather slip-on boots of riding style.