First World War Collections in the UK - JISC World War One ...

First World War Collections in the UKA preliminary horizon-scanHoldinginstitutionRoyal MilitaryAcademy,SandhurstRoyal NorfolkRegimentalMuseumand Archive,NorwichRoyal NorfolkRegimentalMuseumand Archive,NorwichRoyal ScotsRegimentalMuseum,EdinburghRoyal WelchFusiliersMuseum,CaernarfonShropshireRegimentalMuseum,ShrewsburyThe KeepMilitaryMuseum,DorchesterThe Rifles(Berkshireand Wiltshire)Museum,SalisburyItem/ collection Link to website Brief description Region Type oforganisationSandhurstcollectionRoyal NorfolkRegimentcollectionRoyal NorfolkRegimentcollectionThe Royal ScotscollectionRoyal WelchFusilierscollectionShropshireRegimentcollectionDevon and DorsetRegimentscollectionsThe Rifles(Berkshireand Wiltshire)collectionNational military museumswww.sandhurstcollection.org.uk/www.rnrm.org.uk/www.rnrm.org.uk/www.theroyalscots.co.uk/page/history/www.rwfmuseum.org.uk/mu.htmlwww.discovershropshire.org.uk/html/search/verb/GetRecord/homepage:20060811144042www.keepmilitarymuseum.org/www.thewardrobe.org.uk/homeCollection incorporatesthe archive of the RoyalMilitary Academy,Woolwich, The RoyalMilitary College,Sandhurst and theRoyal Military AcademySandhurst.Collection of objects,photographs and otherarchive material relatingto the history of the RoyalNorfolk Regiment.Collection of objects,photographs and otherarchive material relatingto the history of the RoyalNorfolk Regiment.The Royal Scots, formedin 1633, are the oldestInfantry Regiment of theLine in the British Army.They have seen servicein every major Britishconflict since that date.Records, medals,uniforms and photographsrecording the history ofthe Regiment.Small but rich collectionof artefacts relating to theKing’s Shropshire LightInfantry and the County’sArtillery, Yeomanry,Militia, Volunteer andTerritorial unitsCollection includes papersand photographs relatingto The 11th, 39th and 54thRegiments of Foot, theDevonshire Regiment,the Dorsetshire and TheDorset Regiment, theDevonshire and DorsetRegiment and the QueensOwn Dorset Yeomanryand associated DorsetYeomanry units.Collections includesbooks, archives,photographs, works ofart. Also flags, equipment,uniform, medals andinsignia.South EastEastern EnglandEastern EnglandScotlandWalesWest MidlandsSouth WestSouth WestMilitarymuseumMilitarymuseumMilitarymuseumMilitarymuseumMilitarymuseumMilitarymuseumMilitarymuseumMilitarymuseumSubject area Status Medium Key individuals Highlights or Detailed Description Hours of access Social Networking Online access Link to website Terms of useMilitary service(British)Military service(British)Military service(British)Military service(British)Military service(British)Military service(British)Military service(British)Military service(British)ImportantRegularRegularImportantImportantRegularRegularRegularPrivate papers,photographiccollections, film,objects - small,objects - large,works of art andfirearms andweaponryPrivate papers,photographiccollections,objects - small,objects - large,works of art andfirearms andweaponryPrivate papers,photographiccollections,objects - small,objects - large,works of art andfirearms andweaponryPrivate papers,photographiccollections,objects - small,objects - large,works of art andfirearms andweaponryPrivate papers,photographiccollections,objects - small,objects - large,works of art andfirearms andweaponryPrivate papers,photographiccollections, film,objects - small,objects - large,works of art andfirearms andweaponryPrivate papers,photographiccollections, film,objects - small,objects - large,works of art andfirearms andweaponryPrivate papers,photographiccollections,objects - small,works of art andfirearms andweaponry.Edith Cavell (1865-1915)Edith Cavell (1865-1915)Siegfried Sassoon(1886-1967), David Jones(1895-1974)Cadet and staff registers, uniforms, silverware, paintings, equipment and otherartefacts relating to the long history of the Royal Military Academy.The Royal Norfolk Regiment served on the Western Front, at Gallipoli and inthe Middle East during the First World War. The Archives contain regimentalmagazines, histories, and First World War Battalion War Diaries. Highlightsillustrated by a photograph and caption on the website: Only known exampleof a “Beacon Poncho Coat” made by J. Barbour & Sons. This example wasworn by Major Philip Hamond on the Western Front. Medal collection. Objectsand papers related to Nurse Edith Cavell and the different ways she wascommemorated.The Royal Norfolk Regiment served on the Western Front, at Gallipoli and inthe Middle East during the First World War. The Archives contain regimentalmagazines, histories, and First World War Battalion War Diaries. Highlightsillustrated by a photograph and caption on the website: Only known exampleof a “Beacon Poncho Coat” made by J. Barbour & Sons. This example wasworn by Major Philip Hamond on the Western Front. Medal collection. Objectsand papers related to Nurse Edith Cavell and the different ways she wascommemorated.The Royal Scots expanded to thirty-five battalions during the First World War,fifteen of which saw active service. These battalions were posted on the WesternFront, in the Dardanelles, Macedonia, Egypt and Russia. Seventy one battlehonours were awarded to the regiment as well as six VCs. Collection includesdiaries, autobiographies and memoirs from the First World War period.Royal Welch Fusiliers was the regiment of writers Siegfried Sassoon, RobertGraves, Dr. J.C. Dunn, Frank Richards and Llewelyn Wyn Griffith and artist DavidJones. Highlights of the collection: Sassoon’s pistol, engraved with his initials,Lord Howard de Walden’s trench knife and sketchbooks filled with the drawingof David Jones.Regimental histories, printed histories, pamphlets, documents and a limitedphoto collection. Many of the formal records of the Regiment, for instance, itsWar Diaries are now stored at the Shropshire Records and Research Centre.Regimental and military history books, copies of some of the War Diariesrelating to the Regiments (originals are held at the National Archives).Dorsetshire Regimental journals from 1912. Nominal roll for the Queen’s OwnDorset Yeomanry compiled at the point of mobilisation in August 1914 and at atime when the Yeomanry were renumbered in 1917. Rare or privately publishedbooks relating to the Queen’s Own Dorset Yeomanry. Rolls of honour formembers of the Regiment killed during the First World War. Names of prisonersof war from the Devonshire and Dorset Regiments held in Europe in 1915.Large documents and photographic collections covering the story of theBattalions on the Western Front and in the Middle East. For example, there arephotos of men stationed near Ypres and images of the town, destroyed. The 1stBattalion was also stationed in Ireland during the Irish War of Independencethat followed the First World War. Objects and equipment with personal storiesrelating to men that served in the Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiments during theFirst World War. War Diaries of the Royal Berkshire and Wiltshire Regimentsare online.Open by appointment only. None specific to the collection Searchabledatabase ofcadets and staffregistersMuseum opening times: Tuesday -Friday: 10am - 4.30pm, Saturday:10am - 5pm. Half term and EasterHolidays: Monday - Saturday: 10am- 5pm. Archive: All items accessibleby appointment. If a user is unableto visit, a volunteer can searchthe indexes on their behalf freeof charge.Museum opening times: Tuesday -Friday: 10am - 4.30pm, Saturday:10am - 5pm. Half term and EasterHolidays: Monday - Saturday: 10am- 5pm. Archive: All items accessibleby appointment. If a user is unableto visit, a volunteer can searchthe indexes on their behalf freeof charge.The Regimental Museum, situatedwithin Edinburgh Castle, is openMonday – Friday: 9.30am – 3.45pm (October – March) and9.30am – 4.45pm (April – October).Researchers can apply for accessto parts of the collection that arenot on display.Museum opening times: March- June: Daily 9.30am - 5pm, July -August: 9.30am - 6pm, September -October: 9.30am - 5pm, November- February: Monday - Saturday:10am - 4pm, Sunday: 11am - 4pm.The regimental library and archiveare not held on site and may beviewed by appointment only.Housed in Shrewsbury Castle,which has variable opening times.Visitors are therefore encouragedto phone before making a visiting.Tel. No. 01743-262292 or 358516.Research desk is available for use.April - September: Monday -Saturday: 9.30am - 5pm; October-March: Tuesday - Friday: 10am- 4.30pm and Saturday and Mondayduring some school half-termholidays. See website for mostup to date information. Libraryand archives: Text from website:“Our library and archive are notopen to the public. Under certaincircumstances, visits can bearranged for a Wednesday morning,but this is at the discretion of theCurator. We would need at leasttwo weeks’ notice. We would needan outline of your research needs inthe first instance. Personal archivevisits are charged at £20.”Museum opening times: Monday- Saturday: 10am - 5pm, Sunday:12pm - 4.30pm. Items in thecollection not currently exhibitedcan be viewed by appointmentalthough four weeks’ notice needsto be given. Initial enquiries cost£21, which covers the cost of anhour’s research and preparation ofmaterials. Additional charges mayapply for further detail.None specific to the collectionNone specific to the collectionNone specific to the collectionNone specific to the collectionNone specific to the collectionLink to Dorset Museums page: www.keepmilitarymuseum.org/jump.php?id=2237None specific to the collectionContactinformationSearchablecatalogueNo onlinecatalogueNo onlinecatalogueContactinformationContactinformationSearchablecatalogue(incomplete)and digitisedcontentwww.sandhurstcollection.org.uk/Write to: Royal Norfolk RegimentalMuseum, Shirehall, Market Ave, Norwich,NR1 3JQ. Telephone: 01603 493649.Email: regimental.museum@norfolk.gov.ukwww.culturalmodes.norfolk.gov.uk/projects/nmaspub5.aspGeneral research information: www.theroyalscots.co.uk/uploads/regimental/Microsoft_Word_-_RSM_Flier_colour_(Ver_2.0)_1.pdfResearch enquiry service currentlysuspendedEmail enquiries: shropshireregiments@tiscali.co.ukwww.keepmilitarymuseum.org/rw_shop/contact.php?&dx=1&ob=3&rpn=links&sid=f1ad057c284b586ec11fd5c2c2d29e63www.thewardrobe.org.uk/research/the-collectionAll rights of the images of theregisters reserved. Downloadhigh resolution images for asmall fee - transactions madethrough RBS WorldPay. Alldownloads are watermarked.No digitised content availableonline.Text and images are thecopyright of Norfolk Museumsand Archaeology Service.Search fee of £15 for researchenquiries.Digital images that accompanythe text are copyrighted to theMuseum.No digitised content availableonline.Administrative, research andscanning fees apply. Museumresearchers use their ownMODES accessions databasethat hold details of 28,000documents, photographs,medals and artefacts.Photographs are heavilywatermarked but available to buyand be delivered either by emailor CD-ROM. War diaries of theRoyal Berkshire and WiltshireRegiments are online.ChathamHistoricDockyard:Royal DockyardMuseum,Library andArchiveRoyal Navalhistory and thatof the ChathamDockyardwww.thedockyard.co.uk/Education/Researchers/facilities_guide_for_research.htmlCollection of documents,photographs and drawingsthat detail the historyof the dockyard and itsrelationship with the RoyalNavy.South EastMilitarymuseum,NationalcollectionNaval andshipping,military service(British)ImportantPrivate papers,institutionalrecords,ephemera,photographiccollections,objects - small,objects - large,works of art andfirearms andweaponryAs well as documents, photographs and works of art there are models, ordnanceand ephemera collections although in large part, these collections cover earlierperiods in the Dockyard’s history. In the twentieth century, Chatham Dockyardspecialised in the building of submarines, beginning with HMS C17 that waslaunched in 1908. The Museum, Library and Archive hold records of workerswho worked on these construction projects as well as records of the submarinesthemselves. Chatham Dockyard was also involved in munitions manufactureduring the war.Museum opening times: Daily until27th November: 10am - 6pm (until29th October), 10am - 4pm (from30th October). Library’s ReadingRoom: Monday - Wednesday: 11am- 4pm. Visits at other times can bearranged. Archive Room availableby appointment. Staff are able togive advice but cannot carry outdetailed research requests.www.facebook.com/historic.chathamContactinformationwww.thedockyard.co.uk/Contact_usNo digitised content availableonline.CommonwealthWar GravesCommission(CWGC)Debt of HonourRegister ofCommonwealthwar gravesestablished andmaintained by theCWGC worldwidewww.cwgc.org/content.asp?menuid=1&id=1&menuname=Who%20We%20Are&menu=mainRegister of warmemorials, cemeteriesand headstones thathave been constructedand maintained by theCWGC. Over one millioncasualties of bothworld wars are nowcommemorated and formpart of this register.WorldwideMilitarymuseum,NationalcollectionMemorials Pre-eminent N/A Online register of casualties and cemeteries. Casualties can be searched bytheir surname, their initials, which war they fought in, their year of death, whicharmed force they were a part of and the nationality of the forced they served in.Each record then gives the user further information about a casualty: his rank,regiment/ service, unit, age, date of death, awards and citations, address of hisparents and the memorial or grave on which his name is found. A Certificatefor each casualty can be printed as part of their ongoing commemoration. Foreach cemetery, details of its location, visiting information, historical informationand number of identified casualties is listed with links to cemetery reports andcemetery photographs.Online resource. Users with queriescan contact the CommonwealthWar Graves Commission by postat 2 Marlow Road, Maidenhead,Berkshire, SL6 7DX or by telephoneon +44 (0) 1628 507200 (for casualtyinformation and enquiries) or+44 (0) 1628 634221 for any otherenquiries. Office hours are Monday- Thursday: 8.30am - 5pm andFriday: 8.30am - 4.30pm.http://twitter.com/#!/CWGCwww.flickr.com/photos/cwgc/www.cwgc.org/fromelles/blog/www.facebook.com/pages/CWGC/115408311803143Searchablecatalogueand digitisedcontentwww.cwgc.org/debt_of_honour.asp?menuid=14Digitised images of the wargraves, memorials andcemeteries are online. Thematerial on the website maybe reproduced free of chargefor personal use or circulatedinternally within an educationalestablishment as long asthe CWGC is credited and itsmaterial is not misrepresented.This permission does not extendto any material on this site whichis identified as the copyright ofa third party. Authorisation toreproduce this material mustbe obtained from the copyrightholders concerned. If in doubt,please contact a representativeof the Commonwealth WarGraves Commission.Page 17