Archives > Next of Kin Plaque

5th Bn, Royal Berkshire Regiment - A next of kin memorial plaque for L/Corporal John William Irons.

Persons(s): Irons, J W, Lance Corporal;

Archives > Obituary

Wiltshire Regiment - An obituary of Major Edward Athelstan Halford who was born in 1898. While in France he was shot down and taken prisoner. After the 1st World War he served in Hong Kong. During the 2nd World War he served in the Middle East and South Africa.

Persons(s): Halford, E A, Major;

Archives > Obituary

4th Bn, Royal Berkshire Regiment - An obituary for Dudley Reginald Thomas Reddrop who was a member of the Royal Berkshire Regiment between 1939 and 1945. The document is dated 1999 and is a photocopy of the original newspaper cutting along with a copy of the cutting, the name of the publication is unknown.

Persons(s): Reddrop, D R T;

Archives > Programme

1st Bn, Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment - A programme for a boxing match - 7 March 1984 UKLF finals Tidworth 1 DERR v 1 RGJ

Archives > Memorial Scroll

5th Bn, Royal Berkshire Regiment - A memorial scroll for Lance Corporal John William Irons. Note - His Memorial Plaque is Artefact 593 (Missing)

Persons(s): Irons, J W, Lance Corporal;

Archives > Letter

6th Bn, Wiltshire Regiment - A letter, dated 10th January 1986, from Colonel George Duxbury, the Director of African National Museum of Military History to Lieutenant Colonel Garvey, who also lived in South Africa, answering questions about Lieutenant Colonel RFJ Hayward, VC, MC and bar.

Persons(s): Hayward, R F J, Lieutenant Colonel; Hayward, R F J;

Archives > Record of Service

3/4th Bn, Royal Berkshire Regiment - A Record of Service for L/Sergeant T W G Avenell

Persons(s): Avenell, T W G, Lance Sergeant;

Archives > Birth, Marriage or Death Certificate

3/4th Bn, Royal Berkshire Regiment - A marriage certificate for John Walker George Avenell and Amy Emma Allum, dated 24th December, 1903.

Persons(s): Avenell, T W G, Lance Sergeant;

Archives > Miscellaneous Document

Wiltshire Regiment - Various documents including Cert of Service AB64 AFB1 Wiltshire Regiment

Persons(s): Bennett, A G, Private;

Archives > Nominal Roll

4th Bn, Wiltshire Regiment - A nominal roll of "C" Company relating to the 1944 Normandy Campaign; it was kept by the Company Clerk, Private F. Pullin. The Appendix A shows the details of officers and men who were killed in action of died of wounds in the period June 1944 to May 1945.

Persons(s): Pullin, F, Private;

Archives > Memorial Scroll

Wiltshire Regiment - A memorial scroll of Private Walter Burton with a letter from Buckingham Palace stuck on the back of scroll

Persons(s): Burton, W, Private;

Archives > Miscellaneous List of Names

2nd Bn, Royal Berkshire Regiment - A muster roll circa 1900

Archives > Miscellaneous Document

2nd Bn, Wiltshire Regiment - A printed cotton handkerchief showing the Queen's and Lord Roberts' head and a song with music by Arthur Sullivan and words relating to the plight of female dependents left behind during the Boer War. There is also an invitation to Private G.Wathem to attend a Dinner in the Town Hall, Devizes, to celebrate the return of the Regiment from South Africa. In addition there is an invitation to attend a banquet in the Market Hall, Frome on 23rd May 1901 to welcome returning local soldiers from the Boer War.

Persons(s): Wathen, G, Private;

Archives > Miscellaneous Correspondence

1st Bn, Royal Berkshire Regiment - A set of five St Helena postage stamps issued in 1989 to commemorate Napoleons death

Archives > Discharge Record

2nd Bn, Wiltshire Regiment - A coloured Certificate of Discharge for Private T Hewlett on leaving his Battalion in Bangalore having served from 21 June 1929 to 21 June 1936. The Certificate is dated 7 September 1936 and is signed by the Commanding Officer - and presumably posted on to Private Hewlett at his home address in the UK.

Persons(s): Hewlett, T, Private;

Archives > Attestation Record

1st Bn, Wiltshire Regiment - Various documents belonging to No. 5566208 Private Harry Edward John Turner who attested at Devizes on 17th February 1925 and was transferred to the Army Reserve on 16th February 1932. They include 3rd and 2nd Class Certificates of Education for him, dated 27th May 1925 and 14th December 1925., a certified copy of his attestation and his Certificate of Service in its original envelope. There are also an Army Form B104-58 regarding a Private Turner's application to join Section D of the Army Reserve, dated January, 1937 and a Christmas menu, dated 31st December 1952 which includes numerous signatures, it belonged to Mr. H. E. J. Turner.

Persons(s): Turner, H E J, Private;

Archives > Miscellaneous List of Names

Berkshire Militia - A regimental book listing men who joined before Dec 1792 and up to 1797, Officers with commission date, and men giving detailed physical and personal data. This volume has been re-bound

Archives > Regimental Record

Berkshire Militia - An embodiment record 1792 which includes Rules and Regulations, Returns, General Orders, Letters, Companies 1799 showing height of men. Also details of a Court Martial in June 1795 of the Oxon Militia mutineers. This volume has been re-bound

Archives > Miscellaneous Personal Record

Berkshire Militia - A hand-written book containing details of Regimental Courts-Martial over the period 1803 to 1812. This volume has been re-bound

Archives > Newspaper and Broadsheet

66th Regiment - An extract from a letter written in 1816 from an officer on St Helena re the rumoured escape of Napoleon by balloon