Catalogue

MISCELLANEOUS

Photograph of three British Army officers seated under canvas between two carts and boxes of supplies, in South Africa; taken by R. Schwabe, photographer, Kimberley, South Africa, n.d. [1899 - 1902]

Photograph of 'Boers in battle at Ladysmith', South Africa, n.d. [1900]

Photograph of 'Boers on Spions Kop' showing three riflemen preparing to fire from defensive positions behind rocks, South Africa, n.d. [1900]

Group photograph of the 14th and 15th Squadrons, 5th Imperial Yeomanry, at Warrenton, South Africa, taken during the Boer Campaign, 1900 - 1901, by R. Schwabe, photographer, of Kimberley, South Africa, 1901

Photograph of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, 1900

Photograph of Lieutenant-Colonel R.S.S. Baden-Powell, souvenir of South Africa, 1899 - 1900

Photograph of General Sir Redvers H. Buller, V.C., G.C.B., souvenir of South Africa, 1899 - 1900

Photograph of Major General J.D.P. French, souvenir of South Africa, 1899 - 1900

Photograph of Field-Marshal Lord Roberts, V.C., G.B.C., souvenir of South Africa, 1899 - 1900

Photograph of Lieutenant-General Sir G. White, V.C., G.C.B., souvenir of South Africa, 1899 - 1900

Diagram of Lewis guns, in defensive positions, near the Menin Road, France, 14 January 1917

Plan of 'Second Army M.T. Circuits, Eastern Area', near Bergues and Cassel, France, with plan of Poperinghe, inset, produced by Field Survey Company, Royal Engineers, 17 March 1918, annotated, to 15 May 1918 Scale: 1:100,000

Chart showing the locations of enemy artillery aeroplanes, using wireless [south of Arras, France] for the period 5 - 11 July 1918, n.d. [1918]

Identity card, issued by the German Forces of Occupation to French woman Marie Cordelois, born 28 April 1831, of Saint-Souplet, France, n.d. [1914 - 1918] Includes: identity photograph

Aerial photograph of railway lines and storage yards, Blargies, France, 21 August 1916

Card containing four aerial photographs of the daylight raid on Cambrai Station, France, 12 - 13 August 1918, issued by G.S.I. III Army, n.d. [1918]:

Aerial photograph of the railway station and rolling stock before the fire, Cambrai, France, n.d. [12 August 1918]

Aerial photograph of the rolling stock on fire, Cambrai, France, 12 August 1918

Aerial photograph of the fire started in sheds, Cambrai, France, 13 August 1918

Aerial photograph of the blackened remains of rolling stock, Cambrai, France, 13 August 1918

Oblique aerial photograph of Cambrai, and the Canal de St. Quentin in the foreground, France, 1 October 1918

Aerial photograph of an unidentified location, including a railway line, France, n.d. [1914 - 1918]

Photograph of two dogs pulling a water cart, Armentieres, France, n.d. [1914 - 1918]

Stereoscope photograph of gun carriage teams on the move, captioned: Off at the gallop to help stem Hun onslaughts at Ploegsteert during dogged defence of Ypres, Belgium, n.d. [1915]

Stereoscope photograph of 8th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, Doadpore Troop, firing a camouflaged gun, captioned: Gunners, warned of an approaching Taube, don masks as protection against German gas shells, n.d. [1914 - 1918]

Stereoscope photograph of King George V on an official visit, captioned: His Majesty inspecting shells at Holmes and Company works, Hull, pays tribute to our munition girls, Yorkshire, n.d. [1914 - 1918]

Stereoscope photograph of soldiers resting on bunks in caves, captioned: Labyrinth, Arras, taken in deadly hand-to-hand fighting proves haven of rest to our weary men, France, n.d. [1914 - 1918]

Stereoscope photograph of medical staff attending a casualty at the 44th Field Ambulance First Aid Post, captioned: Royal Army Medical Corps at Monchy dressing station attend to wounded coming down from the battle zone, France, n.d. [1914 - 1918]

Stereoscope photograph of British soldiers crossing a battle area, captioned: Under frightful difficulties, our troops carry supplies over destroyed bridges on Yser canal, Belgium, n.d. [1914 - 1918]

Stereoscope photograph of three peasant children standing against a row of large standing stones, captioned: Alignments of Kemario, Brittany, France, n.d. [1914 - 1918]

Postcard photograph of the Rue de Poperinghe, Steenwoorde, Belgium, n.d. [1914 - 1918] Endorsed: 'Billeted at No. 22 for 4 days'

Postcard photograph of the ruins of the Irish Nuns Abbey, Ypres, Belgium, n.d. [1914 - 1918]

Postcard photograph of concreted shelters in the town, Ypres, Belgium, n.d. [1914 - 1918]

Postcard photograph of houses in ruins, Ypres, Belgium, n.d. [1914 - 1918]

Postcard photograph, captioned: R.A.M.C. picking up wounded in a captured village [France and Belgium], Daily Mail War Pictures, no. 34, n.d. [1914 - 1918]

Photograph album of Holy Trinity War Memorial Church, Newcastle upon Tyne, consecrated 24 September 1922

Photograph of an exterior view of Holy Trinity War Memorial Church, taken at Newcastle upon Tyne, 1922

Photograph of an interior view of Holy Trinity War Memorial Church, showing the nave looking towards the chancel, taken at Newcastle upon Tyne, 1922

Photograph of an exterior view of Holy Trinity War Memorial Church, showing the entrance door, taken at Newcastle upon Tyne, 1922

Photograph of an interior view of Holy Trinity War Memorial Church, showing the chancel, taken at Newcastle upon Tyne, 1922

Photograph of an interior view of Holy Trinity War Memorial Church, showing an aisle and side chapel, taken at Newcastle upon Tyne, 1922

Photograph of an interior view of Holy Trinity War Memorial Church, showing the altar, taken at Newcastle upon Tyne, 1922

Photograph of an interior view of Holy Trinity War Memorial Church, showing the nave as seen from the chancel, taken at Newcastle upon Tyne, 1922

Photograph of an interior view of Holy Trinity War Memorial Church, showing a side aisle, taken at Newcastle upon Tyne, 1922

Photograph of an interior view of Holy Trinity War Memorial Church, showing the font, taken at Newcastle upon Tyne, 1922

Photograph of an interior view of Holy Trinity War Memorial Church, showing the font, taken at Newcastle upon Tyne, 1922

Photograph of an interior view of Holy Trinity War Memorial Church, showing a stained glass window, taken at Newcastle upon Tyne, 1922

Photograph of an interior view of Holy Trinity War Memorial Church, showing a stained glass window, taken at Newcastle upon Tyne, 1922

Photograph of an interior view of Holy Trinity War Memorial Church, showing a stained glass window, taken at Newcastle upon Tyne, 1922

Photograph of an interior view of Holy Trinity War Memorial Church, showing a stained glass window, taken at Newcastle upon Tyne, 1922

Photograph of an interior view of Holy Trinity War Memorial Church, showing a stained glass window, taken at Newcastle upon Tyne, 1922

Photograph of an interior view of Holy Trinity War Memorial Church, showing a stained glass window, taken at Newcastle upon Tyne, 1922

Photograph of stone cross war memorial, at an unidentified cemetery, n.d. [20th c.]

Photograph of a crucifix, n.d. [20th c.]

Photograph of nurses around a table in a garden, drinking tea, possibly outside a Voluntary Aid Detachment hospital, n.d. [1914 - 1918]

Food campaign poster, containing a drawing of a merchant seaman, by J.P. Beadle, captioned: We risk our lives to bring you food. It' s up to you not to waste it. 'A Message from our Seamen' , 1917

Food campaign poster of a British infantryman with clenched fist, captioned: Do your Bit! Save Food, by Hazell, Watson and Viney Limited, lithographers, London, n.d. [1917 - 1918]

Ministry of Food campaign poster of a woman and young girl at mealtime, captioned: Don' t waste bread! Save two slices every day and defeat the U-Boat, by Clarke and Sherwell, printers, London, n.d. [1917 - 1918]

Ministry of Food campaign poster, no. 56, of a Royal Navy sailor and warships, drawn by Maurice Randall, captioned: Do Your Bit. Save Food, by Hill, Siffken & Company Limited, Grafton Works, London, n.d. [1917 - 1918]

Postcard containing views of Sunderland and the message 'from the Townspeople of Sunderland, Christmas 1916, with best wishes, Good Luck for 1917', for despatch to prisoners of war in Germany, 1916

Embroidered silk postcard featuring the emblems and motto of the 7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry (Pioneers), n.d. [1915 - 1918]

Embroidered silk postcard featuring the emblem and motto of The Durham Light Infantry, sent to Tom and Mary [ ], from [? Charley], Belgium, 4 June 1916

Propaganda leaflet 'A German Naval Victory', describing the medal struck in Germany to commemorate the sinking of the Lusitania passenger ship, 1915

Scrapbook of Miss E. Margaret Bell, Friends' School, Great Ayton, Yorkshire, containing a letter from Percy, Birmingham, to George Bell junior, accepting an invitation to preside at the Small Pipes Competition, 24 October 1879; newspaper photographs of officers killed or wounded in the First World War, mostly from The Durham Light Infantry and Northumberland Fusiliers, and letters received in acknowledgement of her expressions of sympathy to the families of those who died, 1915 - 1918

Photograph of Second Lieutenant J. Sellars, 4th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, killed, May 1915

Photograph of Captain R.D. Park, of Blackhill, 6th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, wounded, May 1915

Photograph of Second Lieutenant Steel, 5th Battalion Northumbeland Fusiliers, killed, May 1915

Photograph of Captain J.B.E. Heads, 9th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, gassed, May 1915

Photograph of Second Lieutenant B.H. Richardson, 8th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, prisoner, May 1915

Photograph of Captain Berne, Adjutant, 7th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, wounded, May 1915

Photograph of Second Lieutenant F. Garvey, of Felling, 1st Battalion Norfolks, wounded, May 1915

Photograph of Captain H.W. Archer, Adjutant, 7th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, wounded, May 1915

Photograph of Lieutenant A.D. Adams, 7th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, wounded, May 1915

Photograph of Captain G.E. Hunter, 6th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, killed, May 1915

Photograph of Captain J.T. Monkhouse, 6th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, killed, May 1915

Photograph of Second Lieutenant Eustace Keatinge, 2nd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, wounded, May 1915

Photograph of Lieutenant J.A. Stenhouse, Royal Army Medical Corps, missing, May 1915

Photograph of Lieutenant Noel Mather, 6th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, killed, May 1915

Photograph of Lieutenant J.L. Wood, 8th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, wounded, May 1915

Photograph of Second Lieutenant J.N. Rogers, 8th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, prisoner, May 1915

Photograph of Lieutenant J.W. Merivale, 7th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, wounded, May 1915

Photograph of Lieutenant F. Merivale, 7th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, wounded, May 1915

Photograph of Captain G.L. Hunting, 4th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, wounded, May 1915

Photograph of Captain F. Flint, 7th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, wounded, May 1915

Photograph of Captain Burgoyne Johnson, 8th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, wounded, May 1915

Photograph of Captain J.F. Lambton, 7th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, wounded, May 1915

Photograph of Lieutenant E. Hill Motum, 8th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, wounded, May 1915

Photograph of Lieutenant Leybourne, 8th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, wounded, May 1915

Photograph of Second Lieutenant Drew Little, 9th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, killed, May 1915

Photograph of Second Lieutenant Fenwick Clennell, 7th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, wounded, May 1915

Photograph of Captain F.G. Harvey, 8th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, wounded, May 1915

Photograph of Captain G.E. Hunter, 6th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, killed, May 1915

Photograph of Lieutenant B.H. Richardson, 8th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, prisoner, May 1915

Photograph of Captain B. Farrell, 4th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, killed, May 1915

Photograph of Lieutenant A. Toovey, 4th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, gassed, May 1915

Photograph of Lieutenant J.K. Manger, 2nd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, missing, May 1915

Photograph of Second Lieutenant W. Bucknall, 2nd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, wounded, May 1915

Photograph of Lieutenant F.D. Brown, 3rd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, wounded, May 1915

Photograph of Captain J. Blumer, 5th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, wounded, May 1915

Photograph of Captain H.C. Faber, 5th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, wounded, May 1915

Photograph of Second Lieutenant V.C. Hardy, 3rd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, missing, May 1915

Photograph of Captain F.H. Lawson, 6th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, killed, May 1915

Photograph of Captain F. Robinson, 4th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, of Hexham, gassed, May 1915

Photograph of Lieutenant Bunbury, 4th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, wounded, May 1915

Photograph of Lieutenant D. Turner, 4th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, wounded, May 1915

Photograph of Captain Athill, Adjutant, 6th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, wounded, May 1915

Photograph of Lieutenant W.B. Noble, 6th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, killed, May 1915

Photograph of an unidentified officer, from the scrapbook of Margaret Bell, May 1915

Photograph of Lieutenant A.R. Garton, 6th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, killed, May 1915

Photograph of Captain N. Irwin Wright, 7th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, wounded, May 1915

Photograph of Lieutenant the Hon. W. Watson-Armstrong, 7th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, wounded, May 1915

Photograph of Lieutenant A.B. Hare, Durham Light Infantry, of Bishop Auckland, killed, May 1915

Photograph of Second Lieutenant J.R. Leighton, 6th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, wounded, May 1915

Photograph of Captain Kynoch, 6th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, killed, May 1915

Photograph of Second Lieutenant C. Pickersgill, 7th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, of Sunderland, wounded, May 1915

Photograph of Captain F.M. Wawn, 7th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, of Sunderland, missing, May 1915

Photograph of Second Lieutenant W.B. Little, 9th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, gassed, May 1915

Photograph of Captain Raine, 9th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, gassed, May 1915

Photograph of Lieutenant Kirkhouse, 6th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, wounded, May 1915

Photograph of Captain J. Turnbull, 9th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, wounded, May 1915

Photograph of Lieutenant Holdsworth, 8th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, wounded, May 1915

Photograph of Second Lieutenant J.M. Hare, 6ht Battalion Durham Light Infantry, missing, May 1915

Photograph of Second Lieutenant Sidney Clayton Woodroffe, 8th Rifle Brigade, V.C., killed, May 1915

Photograph of Flight Sub-Lieutenant Reginald Alexander Warneford, Royal Navy, V.C., killed, May 1915

Photograph of Captain Parkinson, 6th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, wounded, May 1915

Photograph of Lieutenant Iung, 3rd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, wounded, May 1915

Photograph of Lieutenant J.A. Brass, 8th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, wounded, May 1915

Photograph of Captain Dryden, 6th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, wounded, May 1915

Photograph of Lieutenant Nicholson, 6th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, wounded, May 1915

Photograph of Lieutenant G.E. Blackett, 8th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, prisoner, May 1915

Photograph of Lieutenant E.R. Bowden, 6th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, died of wounds, May 1915

Photograph of Captain Eykins, 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, wounded, May 1915

Photograph of Captain Fred Walton, 6th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, wounded, May 1915

Photograph of Lieutenant M. Carrick, 4th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, wounded, May 1915

Photograph of Captain J. Turnbull, 8th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, missing, May 1915

Photograph of Captain Coulson, 8th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, killed, May 1915

Photograph of Lieutenant Marshall, 8th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, killed, May 1915

Photograph of Lieutenant A.W. Nesbitt, 8th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, missing, May 1915

Photograph of Lieutenant Burnand, 6th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, missing, May 1915

Photograph of Brigadier General J.F. Riddell, killed, May 1915

Photograph of Lieutenant R. Allen, 4th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, wounded, May 1915

Photograph of Captain C. Chipper, 4th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, wounded, May 1915

Photograph of Colonel G.H. Shaw, 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, killed, May 1915

Photograph of Captain T.A. Bradford, 8th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, wounded, May 1915

Photograph of Captain Cummings, 8th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, killed, May 1915

Photograph of Lieutenant J. Hessler, 5th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, gassed, May 1915

Photograph of Lieutenant John Maclaren Thornton, Royal Engineers, killed, May 1915

Photograph of Flight Sub-Lieutenant I.H.W. Barnato, one of the airmen who bombed Constantinople, May 1915

Photograph of Flight Lieutenant K.S. Savory, one of the airmen who bombed Constantinople, May 1915

Photograph of Flight Sub-Lieutenant R.S.W. Dickinson, one of the airmen who bombed Constantinople, May 1915

Photograph of Captain J.H. Beith, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, M.C. , the well-known novelist 'Ian Hay', May 1915

Postcard photograph of Sussex Street, Hartlepool, showing the damage caused by the German bombardment, 16 December 1914

Postcard photograph of Mainsforth Terrace, Hartlepool, showing the damage caused by the German bombardment, 16 December 1914

Postcard photograph of buildings near Mill House, West Hartlepool, showing the damage caused by the German bombardment, 16 December 1914

Postcard photograph of Friar Terrace, Hartlepool, showing the damage caused by the German bombardment, 16 December 1914

Postcard containing seven photographs of West Hartlepool, shelled by the Germans, 16 December 1914 Includes: views of Girvan Terrace, Rugby Terrace, Mainsforth Terrace, Girvan Terrace, Rugby Terrace, Girvan Terrace, and the harbour, Hartlepool

Postcard photograph captioned: The Lighthouse, Hartlepool: for the first time for many centuries the coast of England has been seriously bombarded, showing two ships steaming past the lighthouse and flares exploding in the sky, December 1914

Photograph of British Army officers of The Durham Light Infantry and other regiments, a Belgian soldier holding a flag bearing a harp emblem and the date 1917, and civilians assembled in a street, for an unidentified military funeral, n.d. [1917 - 1918]

Photograph of British Army officers of The Durham Light Infantry and other regiments, a Belgian soldier holding a flag bearing the word 'Elisabethville' and a harp emblem, and civilians and bandsmen assembled in a street for an unidentified military funeral, n.d. [1917 - 1918]

Photograph of soldiers marching, with reversed arms, through streets possibly in Gateshead, and crowds on pavements, n.d. [1917 - 1918]

Photograph of a gun carriage pulled by six horses, bearing a flag-draped coffin, through streets, possibly in Gateshead, n.d. [1917 - 1918]

Photograph of soldiers and officers marching with reversed arms along a main street, possibly in Gateshead, n.d. [1917 - 1918]

Photograph of soldiers marching along a street with rifles reversed, possibly in Gateshead, n.d. [1917 - 1918]

Photograph of soldiers carrying a flag-draped coffin into a churchyard, possibly in Gateshead, n.d. 1917 - 1918]

Photograph of soldiers firing a volley over a grave, possibly in Gateshead, n.d. [1917 - 1918]

Copy of the birth certificate of Annie Golding, born on 22 March 1897, in the Westoe Sub District, 21 April 1897; copy made n.d.

Copy of the death certificate of Annie Steel, wife of George William Steel, at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Smithfield, London, 19 February 1963; copy made, n.d.

Copy of a reference letter from Captain G.P. Gray, Assistant Director of Recruiting, South Shields, concerning the employment of Miss A. Golding at the Recruiting Office on clerical duties from 21 September 1916 to 16 May 1917, 17 December 1917

Copy of a photograph of Miss Annie 'Popsie' Golding, in the uniform of an army recruiting clerk, probably taken at South Shields, 1916

Copy of a photograph of the interior of the Castle Cafe canteen, and unidentified servicemen seated at tables, captioned: 3rd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, R.F.S.C., South Shields, n.d. [c.1916]

Copy of a photograph view of the Seaplane Station, South Shields, n.d. [c. 1916]

Programme of Irving Berlin's All-Soldier Musical Show 'This is the Army', presented by the United States Army at the Royal Opera House, Rome, Italy, 1944

Photograph of the anti-tank gun manned by Private A. Wakenshaw, V.C., at the British Cemetery, Mersa Matruh, Egypt, n.d. [1942] Taken by J. Dunwell, who was stationed at R.A.F. Mersa Matruh, 1942 - 1943

Copy message from General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force to the soldiers, sailors and airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force on the eve of the 'Great Crusade' against German oppression in Europe, 1944

Aerial photograph of Normandy, France, marked to show La Taille, Hottot, Onchy, La Riviere, Le Lion Vert and Orbois chateau, flight 400/72, 30 April 1944; reproduced 12 July 1944 Scale 1:9,000

Copy personal message from Field-Marshal B.L. Montgomery, Commander-in-Chief, 21 Army Group, to all troops concerning the crossing of the River Rhine and the pursuit of the enemy in Northern Germany, Germany, March 1945

Roll of honour in memory of the British soldiers of the 6th Battalion and 9th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, and the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards, who were killed during the liberation of Verrieres and Lingevres, France, on 13 and 14 June 1944; produced by the Creully Club, n.d. [late 20th c.]

Propaganda leaflet 'Diary of Death' issued by the Axis powers, concerning the campaign in Italy, December 1944 (1 paper, colour printed) John James 'Jack ' Lawson, M.P. 'Jack' Lawson, M.P., Lord Lawson of Beamish (1881 - 1965) was appointed Deputy Commissioner for Civil Defence in the Northern Region in 1939, and was Secretary of State for War from July 1945 to 1946

Photograph of the parliamentary delegation in Tobruk Wharf, Libya, n.d. [1942 - 1945] Left to right: J.J. Lawson, M.P.; Colonel Ferguson, Commanding 99 Sub Area; Lieutenant-Colonel Turton; Lord Teviot; Commander Alexander, S.N.O. Tobruk, and Lord Ailwyn

Photograph of the parliamentary delegation in the ruins of Tobruk, Libya, n.d. [1942 - 1945] Left to right: Commander Alexander, J.J. Lawson, M.P. for Chester-le-Street; Lord Ailwyn; Colonel Ferguson, Commanding 99 Sub Area; and Lord Teviot

Photograph of the parliamentary delegation on a motor launch in Benghasi harbour, Libya, n.d. [1942 - 1945] Left to right: Lord Ailwyn; J.J. Lawson, M.P. for Chester-le-Street; unidentified; Lord Teviot and Lieutenant-Colonel Turton

Photograph of J.J. Lawson, M.P. for Chester-le-Street, watching Americans at work on a tank at A.O.W. Benghasi, Libya, n.d. [1942 - 1945]

Photograph of General Mark W. Clark, Commander-in-Chief, 15th Army Group, and a group of the British members of parliament touring the Italian War Front, 10 January 1945 Left to right: Brigadier Partridge, conducting officer; Captain R.H. Bernays, M.P. for Bristol North; Major H.C. Studholme, M.P. for Tavistock; Lieutenant-General Mark W. Clark, Commander-in-Chief, 15th Army Group; J.J. Lawson, M.P. for Chester-le-Street, Durham; Wing Commander A.W.H. James, M.P. for Wellingborough; Captain F.J. Bellenger, M.P. for Basset-Law

Photograph of J.J. Lawson, M.P. for Chester-le-Street, greeting an unidentified Army commander on a parliamentary delegation visit, n.d. [1942 - 1945]

Photograph of J.J. Lawson, M.P. for Chester-le-Street, talking to U.S. Air Force crew on a parliamentary delegation visit, n.d. [1942 - 1945]

Certificate of the Ministry of Labour and National Service, confirming a previous decision to refuse permission for J.H. Beedom of 4 Fourth Avenue, Framwellgate Moor, to leave the employment of the Bearpark Coal and Coke Company Limited, Bearpark Colliery, in the occupation of bricklayer or mason, under the Essential Work (Coal Mining) Order, 1941, 4 February 1942

Photograph of a memorial window commemorating the evacuation of Dunkirk in 1940, in an unidentified location, n.d. [late 20th c.] Endorsed: 44733 P.C.F. [Principal Chaplain to the Forces] Seed

Card containing photographs of members of the Women's Voluntary Service on a Civil Defence Corps Welfare Section exercise demonstrating field kitchen cooking, no location, n.d. [1950s]. Note: these photographs were originally attributed to the 1939-1945 period; the Royal Voluntary Service Archive has advised that the uniforms worn were not available until 1953.

Photograph of members of the Women's Voluntary Service cooking in a field kitchen on a Civil Defence Corps Welfare Section exercise, captioned: Stockpot Boiler, n.d. [1953 - 1960]

Photograph of members of the Women's Voluntary Service cooking in a field kitchen on a Civil Defence Corps Welfare Section exercise, captioned: Laziman Boiler, n.d. [1953 - 1960]

Photograph of members of the Women's Voluntary Service cooking in a field kitchen on a Civil Defence Corps Welfare Section exercise, captioned: No. 4 Field Cooker, n.d. [1953 - 1960]

Photograph of members of the Women's Voluntary Service cooking in a field kitchen on a Civil Defence Corps Welfare Section exercise, captioned: Double oil drum oven, n.d. [1953 - 1960]

Photograph of members of the Women's Voluntary Service cooking in a field kitchen on a Civil Defence Corps Welfare Section exercise, captioned: The Bluff cooker, n.d. [1953 - 1960]

Photograph of members of the Women's Voluntary Service cooking in a field kitchen on a Civil Defence Corps Welfare Section exercise, captioned: Food which has been cooked in oil drums and dustbins, n.d. [1953 - 1960]

Certificate of the enrolment of A. Arrel as a comrade in the Ushaw Moor branch of the Comrades of the Great War, 20 May 1919

Minutes of the Middle East Forces Veterans' Association, 19 April 1966 - 6 August 1974

Correspondence of D.E. Horsman, honorary secretary of the Middle East Forces Veterans' Association, Consett, with Herr Walter Schaller, 406 Viersen-Rhld, Hosekirkweg 748, West Germany; the British Steel Corporation, Consett Works, Consett; the editor of the Evening Chronicle newspaper, Newcastle upon Tyne; the clerk of Consett Urban District Council, Medomsley Road, Consett; the Lord Mayor's Secretary, Civic Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne; Colonel Karl-Heinz Bottger, Military Attache, Botschaft der Gundesrepublik Deutschland, 23 Belgrave Square, London; the Mayor of Durham; the News Editor, B.B.C. Television, Newcastle upon Tyne; Mrs. H. Krizck, Geology Department, Durham University; Newcastle United Football Club, St. James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne; Werner Heinemann, 406 Viersen-Helenabrunn, Helmenstrasse 45, Germany; Arthur Johnson, Consul of the Federal Republic of Germany, Exchange Buildings, Quayside, Newcastle upon Tyne, and N. Stephenson, 1 Silverdale Road, Oxton, Birkenhead, Cheshire, concerning the visit of members of the German Afrika Korps Association, from Viersen, Germany, to Consett, during a five day visit to England, from 14 to 18 September 1973, 7 May - 29 August 1973

Correspondence of D.E. Horsman, honorary secretary of the Middle East Forces Veterans' Association, Consett, with Herr Walter Schaller, 406 Viersen-Rhld, Hoserkirkweg 148, West Germany; the Ober Burgermeister, City of Mannheim, West Germany; and Herr Karl Zimmermann, Deutsches Afrika Korps, 68 Mannheim, Monchworthstrasse 200, West Germany; concerning the visit of Association members to the 13th reunion of the Deutsches Afrika Korps in Mannheim, Germany, on 13 - 14 September 1975, 13 April - 7 May 1974

Two designs for the Middle East Forces Veterans' Association badge, and a letter from The Club Tie Company, Lansdown Road, South Woodford, London, to D.E. Horsman, secretary of the Association, 5 Fox Flatlets, Dipton, concerning the order of badges and ties, 6 March 1967 and n.d.

Tobruk News official newsletter of the Middle East Forces Veterans' Association, Volume 1, no. 32, December 1976

Tobruk News official newsletter of the Middle East Forces Veterans' Association, Volume 2, no. 5, May 1980

Tobruk News official newsletter of the Middle East Forces Veterans' Association, Volume 2, no. 12, December 1983

Tobruk News official newsletter of the Middle East Forces Veterans' Association, Volume 2, No. 17, June 1986

Tobruk News official newsletter of the Middle East Forces Veterans' Association, Volume 2, no. 20, December 1987

Tobruk News official newsletter of the Middle East Forces Veterans' Association, Volume 2, no. 21, June 1988

Tobruk News official newsletter of the Middle East Forces Veterans' Association, Volume 2, no. 22, December 1988

Tobruk News official newsletter of the Middle East Forces Veterans' Association, Volume 2, no. 23, June 1989

Tobruk News official newsletter of the Middle East Forces Veterans' Association, Volume 2, no. 24, December 1989

Tobruk News official newsletter of the Middle East Forces Veterans' Association, Volume 2, no. 23 [ sic], December 1990

Tobruk News official newsletter of the Middle East Forces Veterans' Association, Volume 2, no. 23 [ sic], June 1991

Tobruk News official newsletter of the Middle East Forces Veterans' Association, Volume 2, no. 27, December 1991

Tobruk News official newsletter of the Middle East Forces Veterans' Association, Volume 2, No. 28, June 1992

Rules of the 'Army P.O.W. Escape Club', n.d. [after 1945]

Newspaper cutting from The Journal concerning the addition of the names of the seven Durham Light Infantrymen shot by firing squad during the Great War to the regimental book of remembrance in the D.L.I. Chapel, Durham Cathedral, 4 December 1990

Copy newspaper cutting from The Advertiser concerning the visit of former East German Prisoner of War, Rudolf Bernig, to Harperley Camp, Wolsingham, where he lived after the end of the Second World War, 30 April 1992

Copy article from Wheels and Tracks newsletter, concerning the visit of former German prisoner of war, Helmut Engels, to Harperley Camp, Wolsingham, and Bishop Auckland General Hospital, formerly Bishop Auckland Emergency Hospital, where he was a prisoner after the end of the Second World War, November 1987

Photograph of Sergeant Copeland, right, and boys of the Durham Diocesan Cadet Regiment, the Church Lads' Brigade, taken by Arthur Hackett, Newcastle upon Tyne, n.d. [ c.1920]