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- Army Bureau of Current Affairs pamphlet ‘War D-Day’', July 1944
- Object name(s):
- pamphlet
- Brief description:
- Army Bureau of Current Affairs pamphlet ‘War D-Day’', July 1944.
Formed in 1941, the Army Bureau of Current Affairs (ABCA) was set up by the War Office to raise morale and to educate British service personnel about current affairs. Soon considered an integral part of Army training, the programme of activities organised by ABCA, such as lectures, film shows, plays and discussions, aimed to empower soldiers with the weapon of knowledge.
ABCA also produced regular booklets about the progress of the war’s various campaigns, including this example about D-Day. It also published booklets about contemporary social and political topics like the 'Beveridge Report' (1942), 'Town Planning' (1942), 'Women at War' (1942), 'The Nations’ Health' (1943), and 'Social Security' (1943).
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Archives
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study collection
- Object name:
- pamphlet
- Object number:
- NAM. 1995-02-78-6
- Right type:
- National Army Museum, London
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- Title:
- Typescript memoir by Ada C L Gummersall, Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps, 11 July 1966
- Object name(s):
- memoir, autobiographical
- Brief description:
- Typescript memoir by Ada C L Gummersall, Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps, 11 July 1966.
In February 1917 she saw an advert in ‘The Times’ regarding the need for women to join the Women’s Legion and free men for front line service. After initial training at the Connaught Club, London, she proceeded to Boulogne and the Hotel Commerce in Rue Thiers. Her memoir mentions eating poor army rations. She later joined the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps under Helen Gwynne-Vaughan as a Hostel Forewoman.
Gummersall commanded new draft of women and worked with the Portuguese and Chinese Pioneer Corps. she also offer recollections of concert entertainment, tea and petite fours.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Archives
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study Collection
- Object name:
- memoir, autobiographical
- Object number:
- NAM. 1998-01-64-1
- Right type:
- National Army Museum, London
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- Title:
- Overall dress, other ranks, Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps, 1918 (c)
- Object name(s):
- dress, overall
- Brief description:
- Overall dress, other ranks, Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps, 1918 (c).
Khaki cotton drill dress with waistbelt.
The Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) was formed in 1917 to free up soldiers from non-combat roles so that they could go and fight. Women were employed as cooks, mess waitresses, clerks, telephone operators, store-women, drivers, printers, bakers and cemetery gardeners. By 1918, nearly 40,000 women had enrolled. Of these, some 7,000 served in France on the Western Front, the rest in the UK. In honour of their conduct, Queen Mary became the unit's patron. On 9 April 1918 the WAAC was officially renamed Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps (QMAAC). The QMAAC was disbanded in September 1921.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Uniforms
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study collection
- Object name:
- dress, overall
- Object number:
- NAM. 1994-04-291-2
- Right type:
- National Army Museum Copyright
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- Title:
- Prussian Order of Merit, 1st class of Lt Gen Sir Hudson Lowe, Army Staff, 1814.
- Object name(s):
- Order of Merit, Prussia
- Brief description:
- Prussian Order of Merit, 1st class of Lt Gen Sir Hudson Lowe, Army Staff, 1814.
Lt Gen Sir Hudson Lowe was the son of an Army surgeon and his Irish wife. Born in Galway, Ireland, he and his mother spent his early years following the Army though various garrison towns frequently overseas. At 11 years old Sir Hudson Lowe obtained a post as Ensign in the East Devon Militia. At 18 he joined his father’s regiment the 50th Foot. He fought in a number of smaller conflicts with the French culminating in his service during the Napoleonic Wars. Following Napoleon's surrender Lowe was appointed Governor of St Helena, earning him the nickname Napoleon’s Gaoler.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Medals
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study collection
- Object name:
- Order of Merit, Prussia
- Object number:
- NAM. 1963-10-46-3
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- Title:
- Cap badge, 7th Regiment of Bombay Infantry, 1885-1900
- Object name(s):
- cap badge
- Brief description:
- Cap badge, 7th Regiment of Bombay Infantry, 1885-1900.
Brass badge with regimental number, ‘7’, within a garter bearing the title ‘Bombay Infantry’, with red backing, surmounted by an Imperial Crown, within a wreath.
The regiment originated as the 4th Battalion Bombay Sepoys in the Bombay Army of the East India Company. In 1824 the unit became the 7th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry, dropping the title ‘Native’ in 1885. In 1900 the regiment was renamed the 7th Bombay Infantry (Pioneers)| and, with the reform of the Indian Army, became the 107th Pioneers in 1903. In 1922, with the amalgamation of Indian Army pioneer units, it formed the 1st Battalion, 2nd Bombay Pioneers.
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:
- cap badge
- Object number:
- NAM. 2013-10-20-53-119
- Right type:
- National Army Museum Copyright
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- Title:
- Shoulder title, 7th Regiment of Bombay Infantry, pre-1900
- Object name(s):
- shoulder title
- Brief description:
- Shoulder title, 7th Regiment of Bombay Infantry, pre-1900.
Gilt badge with regimental number, ‘7’, above a curved title, ‘Bombay’.
The regiment originated as the 4th Battalion Bombay Sepoys in the Bombay Army of the East India Company. In 1824 the unit became the 7th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry, dropping the title ‘Native’ in 1885. In 1900 the regiment was renamed the 7th Bombay Infantry (Pioneers)| and, with the reform of the Indian Army, became the 107th Pioneers in 1903. In 1922, with the amalgamation of Indian Army pioneer units, it formed the 1st Battalion, 2nd Bombay Pioneers.
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. 2013-10-20-53-120
- Right type:
- National Army Museum Copyright
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- Title:
- Button, 1st Punjab Regiment, 1922-1947
- Object name(s):
- button
- Brief description:
- Button, 1st Punjab Regiment, 1922-1947.
Medium-sized brass button with a Chinese dragon wearing an Imperial Crown.
The 1st Punjab Regiment was created as part of a reorganisation of the Indian Army in 1922. Its first battalions were formed from six Indian Army regiments: the 1st Brahmans and the 62nd, 66th, 76th, 82nd and 84th Punjabis. The regiment was expanded during World War Two (1939-1945) and its battalions fought in various theatres including North Africa, Italy and the Far East. The regiment was transferred to the Pakistan Army in 1947, after the Partition of India.
This badge’s dragon emblem acknowledges the regiment’s forebear units’ involvement in the 1st China War (1839-1842).
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. 2013-10-20-27-200
- Right type:
- National Army Museum Copyright
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- Title:
- Button, 1st Punjab Regiment, 1922-1947
- Object name(s):
- button
- Brief description:
- Button, 1st Punjab Regiment, 1922-1947.
Small bronze button with a Chinese dragon wearing an Imperial Crown.
The 1st Punjab Regiment was created as part of a reorganisation of the Indian Army in 1922. Its first battalions were formed from six Indian Army regiments: the 1st Brahmans and the 62nd, 66th, 76th, 82nd and 84th Punjabis. The regiment was expanded during World War Two (1939-1945) and its battalions fought in various theatres including North Africa, Italy and the Far East. The regiment was transferred to the Pakistan Army in 1947, after the Partition of India.
This badge’s dragon emblem acknowledges the regiment’s forebear units’ involvement in the 1st China War (1839-1842).
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. 2013-10-20-27-202
- Right type:
- National Army Museum Copyright
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- Title:
- Button, mess dress, 1st Punjab Regiment, 1922-1947
- Object name(s):
- button
- Brief description:
- Button, mess dress, 1st Punjab Regiment, 1922-1947.
Gilt metal regimental number surmounted by a crown, on a mother-of-pearl disc.
The 1st Punjab Regiment was created as part of a reorganisation of the Indian Army in 1922. Its first battalions were formed from six Indian Army regiments: the 1st Brahmans and the 62nd, 66th, 76th, 82nd and 84th Punjabis. The regiment was expanded during World War Two (1939-1945) and its battalions fought in various theatres including North Africa, Italy and the Far East. The regiment was transferred to the Pakistan Army in 1947, after the Partition of India.
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. 2013-10-20-27-206
- Right type:
- National Army Museum Copyright
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- Title:
- Cap badge, 98th Infantry, 1903-1922
- Object name(s):
- badge
- Brief description:
- Cap badge, 98th Infantry, 1903-1922.
Brass badge with regimental number, ‘98’, within a circlet bearing the number, ‘Indian Army Infantry’, surmounted by a King’s Crown, on an eight-pointed, rayed star.
The 98th Infantry was a regiment originally raised in 1788 as the Salabat Khan’s Regiment in the Princely State of Hyderabad. In 1826 the unit became the 7th Regiment of the Nizam of Hyderabad’s Army. In 1854 it became the 5th Hyderabad Contigent. With the reform of the Indian Army in 1903, the regiment was renumbered the 98th Infantry. In 1922 the unit became the 4th Battalion, 19th Hyderabad Regiment.
The regiment served in East Africa during World War One (1914-1918).
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:
- badge
- Object number:
- NAM. 2013-10-20-45-76
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- Title:
- Cap badge, 98th Infantry, 1903-1922
- Object name(s):
- badge
- Brief description:
- Cap badge, 98th Infantry, 1903-1922.
Gilt badge with regimental number, ‘98’, within a circlet bearing the number, ‘Indian Army Infantry’, surmounted by a King’s Crown, on an eight-pointed, rayed star.
The 98th Infantry was a regiment originally raised in 1788 as the Salabat Khan’s Regiment in the Princely State of Hyderabad. In 1826 the unit became the 7th Regiment of the Nizam of Hyderabad’s Army. In 1854 it became the 5th Hyderabad Contigent. With the reform of the Indian Army in 1903, the regiment was renumbered the 98th Infantry. In 1922 the unit became the 4th Battalion, 19th Hyderabad Regiment.
The regiment served in East Africa during World War One (1914-1918).
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:
- badge
- Object number:
- NAM. 2013-10-20-45-75
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- Title:
- Rank slide, major, 1st Punjab Regiment, 1943-1947
- Object name(s):
- rank badge
- Brief description:
- Rank slide, major, 1st Punjab Regiment, 1943-1947.
Embroidered badge with green crown on red ground and black unit title, ‘1st Punjab’, on khaki ground.
The 1st Punjab Regiment was created as part of a reorganisation of the Indian Army in 1922. Its first battalions were formed from six Indian Army regiments: the 1st Brahmans and the 62nd, 66th, 76th, 82nd and 84th Punjabis. The regiment was expanded during World War Two (1939-1945) and its battalions fought in various theatres including North Africa, Italy and the Far East. The regiment was transferred to the Pakistan Army in 1947, after the Partition of India.
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:
- rank badge
- Object number:
- NAM. 2013-10-20-27-193
- Right type:
- National Army Museum Copyright
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- Title:
- Shoulder title, 1st Punjab Regiment, 1942-1947
- Object name(s):
- shoulder title
- Brief description:
- Shoulder title, 1st Punjab Regiment, 1942-1947.
Embroidered badge with black unit number and title, ‘1’ over ‘Punjab’, on a dark khaki ground.
The 1st Punjab Regiment was created as part of a reorganisation of the Indian Army in 1922. Its first battalions were formed from six Indian Army regiments: the 1st Brahmans and the 62nd, 66th, 76th, 82nd and 84th Punjabis. The regiment was expanded during World War Two (1939-1945) and its battalions fought in various theatres including North Africa, Italy and the Far East. The regiment was transferred to the Pakistan Army in 1947, after the Partition of India.
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. 2013-10-20-27-194
- Right type:
- National Army Museum Copyright
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- Title:
- Shoulder title, 1st Punjab Regiment, 1942-1947
- Object name(s):
- shoulder title
- Brief description:
- Shoulder title, 1st Punjab Regiment, 1942-1947.
Embroidered badge with black unit number and title, ‘1’ over ‘Punjab’, on a light khaki ground.
The 1st Punjab Regiment was created as part of a reorganisation of the Indian Army in 1922. Its first battalions were formed from six Indian Army regiments: the 1st Brahmans and the 62nd, 66th, 76th, 82nd and 84th Punjabis. The regiment was expanded during World War Two (1939-1945) and its battalions fought in various theatres including North Africa, Italy and the Far East. The regiment was transferred to the Pakistan Army in 1947, after the Partition of India.
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. 2013-10-20-27-195
- Right type:
- National Army Museum Copyright
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- Title:
- Button, 86th Carnatic Infantry, 1903-1922
- Object name(s):
- button
- Brief description:
- Button, 86th Carnatic Infantry, 1903-1922.
Medium-sized, circular, brass button made by Army and Navy, with the regimental number, ‘86’, within a circlet bearing the regimental title, ‘Carnatic Infantry’, surmounted by a King's Crown.
The 86th Carnatic Infantry Regiment was created in 1903 but had its origins in the late 18th century when the Honourable East India Company raised forces to protect and extend its own interests. The 36th Madras Native Infantry was raised in 1794, part of the Company’s Madras Presidency Army. After the Indian Mutiny (1857-1859) the regiment, renumbered the 26th Madras Infantry, became part of the British Indian Army. The 86th Carnatic Infantry remained in India during World War One (1914-1918).
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. 2013-10-20-29-118
- Right type:
- National Army Museum Copyright
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/38801fe4-d4dc-3c6c-b2f8-641d2af1ee2a
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Button, 86th Carnatic Infantry, 1903-1922
- Object name(s):
- button
- Brief description:
- Button, 86th Carnatic Infantry, 1903-1922.
Small gilt button made by Army and Navy, with the regimental numeral, ‘86’, within a circlet bearing the unit title, ‘Carnatic Infantry’, surmounted by a King’s Crown.
The 86th Carnatic Infantry Regiment was created in 1903 but had its origins in the late 18th century when the Honourable East India Company raised forces to protect and extend its own interests. The 36th Madras Native Infantry was raised in 1794, part of the Company’s Madras Presidency Army. After the Indian Mutiny (1857-1859) the regiment, renumbered the 26th Madras Infantry, became part of the British Indian Army. The 86th Carnatic Infantry remained in India during World War One (1914-1918).
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. 2013-10-20-29-119
- Right type:
- National Army Museum Copyright
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- Title:
- Button, 86th Carnatic Infantry, 1903-1922
- Object name(s):
- button
- Brief description:
- Button, 86th Carnatic Infantry, 1903-1922.
Large, circular, gilt button by Army and Navy, with the regimental number, ‘86’, within a circlet bearing the unit title, ‘Carnatic Infantry’, surmounted by a King’s Crown.
The 86th Carnatic Infantry Regiment was created in 1903 but had its origins in the late 18th century when the Honourable East India Company raised forces to protect and extend its own interests. The 36th Madras Native Infantry was raised in 1794, part of the Company’s Madras Presidency Army. After the Indian Mutiny (1857-1859) the regiment, renumbered the 26th Madras Infantry, became part of the British Indian Army. The 86th Carnatic Infantry remained in India during World War One (1914-1918).
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. 2013-10-20-29-116
- Right type:
- National Army Museum Copyright
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/2d777b0c-104c-33ad-9f4b-817b67b68703
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Tunic, No 2 dress, worn by Sergeant Chantelle Taylor, Royal Army Medical Corps, 2008 (c)
- Object name(s):
- jacket, no 2 dress
- Brief description:
- Tunic, No 2 dress, worn by Sergeant Chantelle Taylor, Royal Army Medical Corps, 2008 (c).
Taylor joined the Army as a Combat Medical Technician in 1998. She served in Afghanistan in 2006 and 2008. Taylor was attached to 16 Air Assault Brigade on her first tour of Afghanistan in 2006. On her 2008 tour Taylor made history as the first female British soldier to kill an enemy in combat, when returning fire following an ambush.
Taylor left the Army in 2010 and returned to Afghanistan with the US State Department to develop a trauma assistance programme to support victims of the conflict.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Uniforms
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Conflict in Europe gallery
- Object name:
- jacket, no 2 dress
- Object number:
- NAM. 2017-06-16-1
- Right type:
- National Army Museum Copyright
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Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- L1A1 7.62 mm self-loading rifle, 1959
- Object name(s):
- rifle, self-loading, 7.62 mm L1A1
- Brief description:
- L1A1 7.62 mm self-loading rifle, 1959.
Made at the Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield, 1959.
A British version of the FN FAL rifle produced by the Belgian manufacturer Fabrique National Herstal, the L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle (SLR) became an icon of the British Army. It was used throughout the Cold War, in the Falklands campaign (1982) and in security operations in Northern Ireland. It was the main rifle for the Army from 1954 until it was replaced with the L85A1 (SA80) from 1985.
This is an early production model with walnut wood furniture. Later versions had cheaper and more durable synthetic furniture made from a nylon and fibreglass composite called Maranyl.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Firearms
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study Collection
- Object name:
- rifle, self-loading, 7.62 mm L1A1
- Object number:
- NAM. 1993-07-137-1
- Right type:
- National Army Museum Copyright
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- Title:
- Pair of leggings, United States Army, M1938, 1944
- Object name(s):
- legging, dismounted, M1938
- Brief description:
- Pair of leggings, United States Army, M1938, 1944.
These lace-up leggings are made of olive drab canvas and were designed to cover the gap between trousers and boots and prevent dirt entering the latter.
They were worn by a fifth grade technician of the 115th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division. The latter formation was a National Guard division from Maryland and Virginia. Known informally as ‘England’s Own’ it was posted to England in 1942. Initially stationed at Tidworth, it later undertook coast watch duties in Devon and Cornwall. On 6 June 1944, the 29th Division formed part of the first wave of landings in the ‘Easy Red’ sector of OMAHA Beach.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Uniforms
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study Collection
- Object name:
- legging, dismounted, M1938
- Object number:
- NAM. 1990-04-144-18
- Right type:
- National Army Museum Copyright
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