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- Button, Madras Staff Corps, 1861-1876
- Object name(s):
- button
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- Button, Madras Staff Corps, 1861-1876.
Gilt button made by Firmin and Sons, London, with Queen Victoria’s cypher within a garter inscribed with the unit title, ‘Madras Staff Corps’, surmounted by a crown and with leaf motifs around the edge.
The Madras Army was the army of the Madras Presidency, one of the three presidencies that made up the East India Company. After the Indian Mutiny of 1857 the presidencies and their armies came under the direct authority of the British Crown. From 1861 each army had its own staff corps created to provide and place officers in military, civil and political posts. In 1903 the presidency armies were merged into the British Indian Army with the separate staff corps amalgamated into the Indian Staff Corps.
From the Field Marshal Sir John Chapple Indian Army Collection.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Badges
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study collection
- Object name:
- button
- Object number:
- NAM. 2013-10-20-61-26
- Right type:
- National Army Museum Copyright
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- Title:
- Button, Madras Staff Corps, 1861-1876
- Object name(s):
- button
- Brief description:
- Button, Madras Staff Corps, 1861-1876.
Gilt button made by Jennens and Company, London, with Queen Victoria’s cypher within a garter inscribed with the unit title, ‘Madras Staff Corps’, surmounted by a crown and with leaf motifs around the edge.
The Madras Army was the army of the Madras Presidency, one of the three presidencies that made up the East India Company. After the Indian Mutiny of 1857 the presidencies and their armies came under the direct authority of the British Crown. From 1861 each army had its own staff corps created to provide and place officers in military, civil and political posts. In 1903 the presidency armies were merged into the British Indian Army with the separate staff corps amalgamated into the Indian Staff Corps.
From the Field Marshal Sir John Chapple Indian Army Collection.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Badges
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study collection
- Object name:
- button
- Object number:
- NAM. 2013-10-20-61-28
- Right type:
- National Army Museum Copyright
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- Title:
- Button, Madras Staff Corps, 1861-1876
- Object name(s):
- button
- Brief description:
- Button, Madras Staff Corps, 1861-1876.
Gilt button with Queen Victoria’s cypher within a garter inscribed with the unit title, ‘Madras Staff Corps’, surmounted by a crown and with leaf motifs around the edge.
The Madras Army was the army of the Madras Presidency, one of the three presidencies that made up the East India Company. After the Indian Mutiny of 1857 the presidencies and their armies came under the direct authority of the British Crown. From 1861 each army had its own staff corps created to provide and place officers in military, civil and political posts. In 1903 the presidency armies were merged into the British Indian Army with the separate staff corps amalgamated into the Indian Staff Corps.
From the Field Marshal Sir John Chapple Indian Army Collection.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Badges
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study collection
- Object name:
- button
- Object number:
- NAM. 2013-10-20-61-30
- Right type:
- National Army Museum Copyright
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- Title:
- Button, Madras Staff Corps, 1876-1891
- Object name(s):
- button
- Brief description:
- Button, Madras Staff Corps, 1876-1891.
Gilt button made by Firmin and Sons Limited, London, with Queen Victoria’s imperial cypher, ‘VRI’. within a garter inscribed with the unit title, ‘Madras Staff Corps’, surmounted by a crown and with leaf motifs around the edge.
The Madras Army was the army of the Madras Presidency, one of the three presidencies that made up the East India Company. After the Indian Mutiny of 1857 the presidencies and their armies came under the direct authority of the British Crown. From 1861 each army had its own staff corps created to provide and place officers in military, civil and political posts. In 1903 the presidency armies were merged into the British Indian Army with the separate staff corps amalgamated into the Indian Staff Corps.
From the Field Marshal Sir John Chapple Indian Army Collection.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Badges
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study collection
- Object name:
- button
- Object number:
- NAM. 2013-10-20-61-32
- Right type:
- National Army Museum Copyright
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- Title:
- Button, Madras Staff Corps, 1876-1891
- Object name(s):
- button
- Brief description:
- Button, Madras Staff Corps, 1876-1891.
Gilt button made by Jennens and Company, London, with Queen Victoria’s imperial cypher within a garter inscribed with the unit title, ‘Madras Staff Corps’, surmounted by a crown and with leaf motifs around the edge.
The Madras Army was the army of the Madras Presidency, one of the three presidencies that made up the East India Company. After the Indian Mutiny of 1857 the presidencies and their armies came under the direct authority of the British Crown. From 1861 each army had its own staff corps created to provide and place officers in military, civil and political posts. In 1903 the presidency armies were merged into the British Indian Army with the separate staff corps amalgamated into the Indian Staff Corps.
From the Field Marshal Sir John Chapple Indian Army Collection.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Badges
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study collection
- Object name:
- button
- Object number:
- NAM. 2013-10-20-61-36
- Right type:
- National Army Museum Copyright
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/4f19fb70-c0f1-3d10-a8eb-fb5af9114954
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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- Object name(s):
- Long Service and Good Conduct medal, Army
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Medals
- Object name:
- Long Service and Good Conduct medal, Army
- Object number:
- NAM. 2001-08-254-4
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/1b10551a-865e-3a48-897e-7a6dcf76b7cd
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- ‘Phillpots, 1918’
- Object name(s):
- drawing
- Brief description:
- ‘Phillpots, 1918’.
Philpots was a Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) Unit Administrator. Although it was a uniformed service, there were no military ranks in the WAAC; instead of officers and other ranks, it was made up of 'officials' and 'members'. Officials were divided into 'controllers' and 'administrators', members were 'subordinate officials', 'forewomen' and 'workers'.
One of three sketches of Unit Administrators, Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Archives
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study Collection
- Object name:
- drawing
- Object number:
- NAM. 1998-01-89-1
- Right type:
- Not NAM Copyright
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- Title:
- Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps 9th Reunion Dinner menu, Harrods’ Georgian Restaurant, 8 December 1928
- Object name(s):
- menu, Reunion dinner, QMAAC
- Brief description:
- Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps 9th Reunion Dinner menu, Harrods’ Georgian Restaurant, 8 December 1928.
Several former senior officers of the corps attended the event, including Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan, the corps’ first controller, who proposed the loyal toast. The back of the menu has 17 signatures in pencil by many of the attendees.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Archives
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study Collection
- Object name:
- menu, Reunion dinner, QMAAC
- Object number:
- NAM. 1998-01-19-4
- Right type:
- National Army Museum, Out of Copyright
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- Title:
- Officer’s broadsword scabbard, J F S Gordon, The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment), 1900 (c)
- Object name(s):
- scabbard, sword
- Brief description:
- Officer’s broadsword scabbard, J F S Gordon, The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment), 1900 (c).
Associated with a broadsword made by Henry Wilkinson, 1900 (c).
Similar swords, with the appropriate badge, were carried by officers of other Scottish regiments. Raised in 1633, the Royal Scots were part of the Scottish Army before joining the British Army.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Edged Weapons
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study Collection
- Object name:
- scabbard, sword
- Object number:
- NAM. 1980-12-61-2
- Right type:
- National Army Museum Copyright
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Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Demobilsation ration book of Ada Gummershall, Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps, 1919
- Object name(s):
- ration book
- Brief description:
- Demobilsation ration book of Ada Gummershall, Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps, 1919.
Gummersall, of Tong Street, Bradford, was discharged following the termination of her engagement in November 1919. Her ration book would have entitled her This card would have included ration stamps for cheese, jam, lard, tea, sugar, butter and margarine.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Archives
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study Collection
- Object name:
- ration book
- Object number:
- NAM. 1998-01-64-8
- Right type:
- National Army Museum, London
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/28b0ba8d-d562-37e5-92d5-ca69a4845bc8
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Proof cloth trade badge, ammunition technician, Women’s Royal Army Corps, 1970 (c)
- Object name(s):
- trade badge, ammunition technician
- Brief description:
- Proof cloth trade badge, ammunition technician, Women’s Royal Army Corps, 1970 (c).
Embroidered ‘A’ encircled in flames, all embroidered in green, upon beech brown cloth.
This badge was thought to have been created in anticipation of the wider employment of members of the WRAC but the role of ammunition technician did not materialise.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Badges
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study collection
- Object name:
- trade badge, ammunition technician
- Object number:
- NAM. 2003-04-54-1
- Right type:
- Crown Copyright
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Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps Old Comrades Association, London Branch membership card, 1926
- Object name(s):
- membership card
- Brief description:
- Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps Old Comrades Association, London Branch membership card, 1926.
This card belonged to Helen Brown. As well as reunions, meals, concerts and parties, the Old Comrades Association organised a swimming club at Great Smith Street Baths, SW1. Hockey matches were also arranged every Saturday during the season.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Archives
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Soldier Gallery
- Object name:
- membership card
- Object number:
- NAM. 1998-01-28-1
- Right type:
- National Army Museum, Out of Copyright
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/2e48beda-3d78-3beb-9243-f8419afc5fbe
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Field service cap worn by Captain G Lowe, Indian Army Ordnance Corps, 1930 (c)
- Object name(s):
- forage cap, field service
- Brief description:
- Field service cap worn by Captain G Lowe, Indian Army Ordnance Corps, 1930 (c).
The Field Service Cap was authorised for wear ‘in the field and when on peacetime manoeuvres’. A convenient feature of this cap is that it can be easily stored by folding it over the belt or tucking it into an epaulette.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Uniforms
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study collection
- Object name:
- forage cap, field service
- Object number:
- NAM. 1988-07-28-3
- Right type:
- National Army Museum Copyright
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Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Bound volume of printed General Orders of the Day for the Allied Army of Occupation in France, 20 November 1815 to 30 November 1818
- Object name(s):
- volume of orders
- Brief description:
- Bound volume of printed General Orders of the Day for the Allied Army of Occupation in France, 20 November 1815 to 30 November 1818.
The majority of the orders are in French. The volume also contains a series of Instructions for Officers (also in French).
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Archives
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study collection
- Object name:
- volume of orders
- Object number:
- NAM. 1996-10-113-1
- Right type:
- National Army Museum Copyright
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/58414434-eb40-3a34-bfda-d3914654bfb9
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Formation badge, Control Commission Germany, 1945
- Object name(s):
- formation badge
- Brief description:
- Formation badge, Control Commission Germany, 1945.
The Control Commission Germany (CCG) consisted of British civil servants and military personnel. It took over aspects of local government, policing, housing and transport in the British occupied zone of north-western Germany. It was assisted in this task by the British Army of the Rhine, formerly the wartime 21st Army Group.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Badges
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study collection
- Object name:
- formation badge
- Object number:
- NAM. 1996-05-86-1
- Right type:
- National Army Museum Copyright
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Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Other ranks’ cap badge, Royal Army Education Corps, 1970 (c)
- Object name(s):
- cap badge
- Brief description:
- Other ranks’ cap badge, Royal Army Education Corps, 1970 (c).
This badge consists of a fluted flambeau of five flames (the symbol of learning) behind a crown and a scroll inscribed ‘RAEC’. It was introduced in 1950 and replaced an earlier version which consisted of an open book upon crossed lances and rifles.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Badges
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study collection
- Object name:
- cap badge
- Object number:
- NAM. 1985-06-135-1
- Right type:
- National Army Museum Copyright
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/68f77545-c748-3067-bd54-3d8ef3c78aff
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Formation badge of XXI Indian Corps, 1943 (c)
- Object name(s):
- formation badge
- Brief description:
- Formation badge of XXI Indian Corps, 1943 (c).
In the British and India armies a corps was a battlefield formation composed of two or more divisions. The number of a corps was traditionally indicated in Roman numerals. XXI Indian Corps formed part of the British Tenth Army, which had been formed in Iraq in 1942 under Middle East Command.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Badges
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study collection
- Object name:
- formation badge
- Object number:
- NAM. 1959-09-209-1
- Right type:
- National Army Museum Copyright
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/46c8431f-ea99-3989-bcc0-a6bcf71c7f78
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Shoulder title, Central Bengal Light Horse, 1884-1901
- Object name(s):
- shoulder title
- Brief description:
- Shoulder title, Central Bengal Light Horse, 1884-1901.
White metal badge with unit monogram, ‘CBLH’.
The Central Bengal Light Horse was an Indian Army auxiliary unit raised in 1884 and amalgamated with the Calcutta Light Horse in 1901. The unit was disbanded in 1947 when India gained Independence.
From the Field Marshal Sir John Chapple Indian Army Collection.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Badges
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study collection
- Object name:
- shoulder title
- Object number:
- NAM. 2013-10-20-83-45
- Right type:
- National Army Museum Copyright
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/6314bd1a-9b9b-32b9-9979-1f6f39a1ecea
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Pouch badge, Punjab Light Horse, 1901-1947
- Object name(s):
- pouch badge
- Brief description:
- Pouch badge, Punjab Light Horse, 1901-1947.
Gilt badge with a crown over the monogram, ‘PLH’, in an elaborate script.
The Punjab Light Horse, formed in 1867, was part of the Cavalry Reserve of the British Indian Army, with its headquarters in Lahore. The unit was disbanded following India’s independence.
From the Field Marshal Sir John Chapple Indian Army Collection.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Badges
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study collection
- Object name:
- pouch badge
- Object number:
- NAM. 2013-10-20-83-167
- Right type:
- National Army Museum Copyright
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/4ce7a12e-da7c-3cb0-8325-218681ff92e7
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- Title:
- Shoulder title, Punjab Light Horse, 1893-1947
- Object name(s):
- shoulder title
- Brief description:
- Shoulder title, Punjab Light Horse, 1893-1947.
White metal shoulder title in the form of the unit initials, ‘PLH’.
The Punjab Light Horse was raised in 1867 as part of the Cavalry Reserve of the British Indian Army. Based in Lahore the unit was disbanded after India gained independence in 1947.
From the Field Marshal Sir John Chapple Indian Army Collection.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Badges
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study collection
- Object name:
- shoulder title
- Object number:
- NAM. 2013-10-20-83-174
- Right type:
- National Army Museum Copyright
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