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Durham County Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association

Reference: D/TA Catalogue Title: Durham County Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association Area: Catalogue Category: Charity and Society Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1908-1977

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  • Durham County Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association
    • Durham County Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association (Ref: D/TA)
    • Minutes of Association meetings (Ref: D/TA 1-2)
    • Minutes of Committee meetings (Ref: D/TA 3-14)
    • Territorial and Volunteer Reserve for the North of England, and predecessors (Ref: D/TA Boxes 1-20)

Catalogue Contents

Durham County Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association (Ref: D/TA)Minutes of Association meetings (Ref: D/TA 1-2)Ref: D/TA 1

Association meetings minutes, January 1908 - July 1939
(1 volume)

Ref: D/TA 2

Association meetings minutes, September 1939 - March 1968
(1 volume)

Minutes of Committee meetings (Ref: D/TA 3-14)

The Association committees were organised into General Purposes, Finance, Transport and Supply, Organisation, Joint Committee of Northumberland and Durham County Associations, and, in wartime, an Emergency Committee. From 1949 there was an Air Force Committee and a Pre-Services Committee.

Ref: D/TA 3

Committee meetings minutes, January 1908 - October 1911
(1 volume)

Ref: D/TA 4

Committee meetings minutes, January 1912 - December 1914
(1 volume)

Ref: D/TA 5

Committee meetings minutes (indexed), January 1915 - November 1920
(1 volume)

Ref: D/TA 6

Committee meetings minutes (indexed), January 1921 - October 1923
(1 volume)

Ref: D/TA 7

Committee meetings minutes (indexed), January 1924 - October 1926
(1 volume)

Ref: D/TA 8

Committee meetings minutes (indexed), January 1927 - October 1930
(1 volume)

Ref: D/TA 9

Committee meetings minutes (indexed), January 1931 - December 1934
(1 volume)

Ref: D/TA 10

Committee meetings minutes (indexed), January 1935 - December 1938
(1 volume)

Ref: D/TA 11

Committee meetings minutes, January 1939 - December 1948
(1 volume)

Ref: D/TA 12

Committee meetings minutes, January 1949 - December 1953 Indexed in D/TA 13
(1 volume)

Ref: D/TA 13

Committee meetings minutes (indexed), January 1954 - December 1959
(1 volume)

Ref: D/TA 14

Committee meetings minutes (indexed), January 1960 - March 1968 (1 volume)

Territorial and Volunteer Reserve for the North of England, and predecessors (Ref: D/TA Boxes 1-20)

(Acc: 1554) Interim List
Note: Durham County Territorial, Army, and Air Force Association until March 1967

Ref: D/TA Box 1

Press cuttings, 1962 - 1967, Army Cadet Force (A.C.F.) photographs, 1943 - 1973; A.C.F. scrapbook of newspaper cuttings, 1967

Ref: D/TA Box 2

Auxiliary Air Force (A.A.F.) and Territorial Association (T.A.) financial returns , 1943 - 1968

Ref: D/TA Box 3

Auxiliary Air Force (A.A.F.) financial returns, 1933 - 1962; cadets' financial returns 1942 - 1953

Ref: D/TA Box 4

Cadets' financial returns, 1953 - 1962; Territorial Association (T.A.) financial returns, 1921 - 1939; list of premises, 1970

Ref: D/TA Box 5

Strength returns, January, June, December, 1965 - 1974; command strength returns, 1953 - 1967

Ref: D/TA Box 6

Examination papers for officers in the Territorial Association (T.A.) and lists of horses in private possession suitable for military service, November 1913

Ref: D/TA Box 7

Files concerning Newton Aycliffe Territorial Association (T.A.) Centre (file no. W/800/11), 1962 - 1970

Ref: D/TA Box 8

Files concerning Chester-le-Street Territorial Association (T.A.) Centre (W/80073), 1951 - 1968; Gilesgate Kepier Rifle Range, 1929 - 1961; Spennymoor T.A. Centre (W/800/13), 1951 - 1971 and Training Areas (W/828), 1965 - 1970

Ref: D/TA Box 9

Territorial Association (T.A.) routine correspondence, 1961

Ref: D/TA Box 10

Files concerning County Cadet Force (C.C.F.) at Barnard Castle School, 1948 - 1968; Durham School, 1956 - 1967; Grangefield Grammar, 1953 - 1959; accommodation, 1962 - 1966; general file,1954 - 1959

Ref: D/TA Box 11

Auxiliary Air Force (A.A.F.) re-organisation, 1949; A.A.F. strength returns, 1949 - 1952; Women's Royal Army Corps (W.R.A.C.) re-organisation, 1947 - 1956; formation of T.A. units, 1946 - 1956

Ref: D/TA Box 12

Home Guard: storage of arms, 1952 - 1953; accomodation, 1952 - 1957; recruiting publicity, 1953 - 1955; enrolment 1954 - 1957; policy, 1951 - 1955; adjutants and quarter masters, 1952 - 1955; liaison between A.C.A. and T.A. units; training, 1955; courses, 1953 - 1957; general correspondence, 1955 - 1957; commissions, 1952 - 1959; re-organisation, 1955 - 1957; affiliation to regular and T.A. units, 1954

Ref: D/TA Box 13

Army Cadet Force (A.C.F.): A.W.O.'s and officers, 1954 - 1955 commissions, 1951 - 1957; awards, 1961 - 1966; post-certificate training, 1962 - 1965

Ref: D/TA Box 14

Army Cadet Force (A.C.F.) accommodation, 1952 - 1959; Durham County Wing H.Q., 1964 - 1967; squadrons at Sunderland, 1953 - 1968; Seaham, 1953 - 1968; Blackhall, 1952 - 1968; Durham, 1953 - 1967; Consett, 1952 - 1968

Ref: D/TA Box 15

Territorial Association (T.A.): visits of secretary to units, etc., 1959 - 1963; re-allocation of accommodation, 1955 - 1960; Chairman's correspondence concerning re-constitution of T.A., 1959; scheme of re-constitution, 1960 and 1960 - 1965; scheme for transfer of industrial employees to army department, 1966 - 1967; redundancy re-organisation, 1965 - 1966

Ref: D/TA Box 16

Lists of employees and salaries, 1941 - 1968 Army Cadet Force (A.C.F.) annual inspections: 1st Cadet Battalion, 1948 - 1957; 2nd C.B., 1947 - 1957; 3rd C.B., 1948 - 1957; 5th C.B., 1948 - 1957; Consett and Stanley Colliery 5th, 1956 - 1957; 6th C.B., 1948 - 1957; 8th C.B., 1948 - 1957; 9th C.B., 1948 - 1957; 10th C.B., 1948 - 1955; 11th C.B., 1948 - 1957; 12th C.B., 1948 - 1957; 13th C.B., 1948 - 1957; 14th C.B., 1948 - 1952; 16th C.B., 1948 - 1957, 17th C.B., 1948 - 1955; 18th C.B., 1948 - 1956; 19th C.B., 1948; Ryhope 2nd Battalion, 1958 - 1964; Langley Park 8th Battalion, 1958 - 1965

Ref: D/TA Box 17

Appointment of Honorary Colonels in the Territorial Association (T.A.), 1944 - 1956; Army Cadet Force (A.C.F.) commissions, 1943 - 1954; T.A. Golden Jubilee, 1957 - 1959; appointments of members of Territorial Army Volunteer Reserve (T.A.V.R.), 1968; members of Association, 1965 - 1969; affiliations between A.C.F. and T.A., 1953 - 1967; conference of commanding officers, 1957; A.C.F. re-organisation, 1965 - 1967; A.C.F. policy, 1969 - 1971

Ref: D/TA Box 18

Territorial Association (T.A.) meetings, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1977; University Officer Training Corps (O.T.C.) and Air, 1962 - 1967; peacetime commanders, 1944 - 1964; Army Cadet Force (A.C.F.) strengths, 1973 - 1977; annual visits and inspections, 1968 - 1977
(1 volume)

Ref: D/TA Box 19

Army Cadet Force (A.C.F.) cadet committee, 1972 - 1977; A.C.F. security, 1971 - 1976; A.C.F. vehicles, 1971 - 1974; A.C.F. organisation and establishment, 1968 - 1974; formation of new A.C.F. detachment, 1968 - 1971

Ref: D/TA Box 20

Army Cadet Force (A.C.F.) accidents and injuries, 1971-1977; Brief History of Durham Cadets, 1909 - 1960; minutes of Welfare Committee, 1939; tenancy agreement for Whitburn Rifle Range, 1927; Air Training Corps (A.T.C.) officers' record cards, c.1945 - 1956



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