New Zealand. Army. 1st (Wellington West Coast Battalion) Regiment

Date: [1927-1965]

By: Gilberd, Edward Browse, 1904-1991

Reference: MS-Papers-6020

Description: Comprises Q-A-M-R admission ticket to afternoon tea in the officer's mess; menus for 1st Battalion of the Wellington West Coast Regiment (autographed on verso); letters from Colonial Mutual Life Assurance to Gilberd re his achievements in contests within the company (1927-1929); letter from friend with the St John Ambulance, Yorkshire, re operation and family news (1957); letter from Edmund Lodge, St John Ambulance, Yorkshire, re visiting that division (1946) and from St John Ambulance Overseas re trophy given by Gilberd (1946); two letters to Zea Lough written from Verdun and Egypt (nd); St John clippings and menu (1946, nd); testimonial from H Harle, Steward of Wanganui Collegiate for Gilberd (1927); letter, Royal Life-Saving Society re Wanganui City Council by-laws (1931); letters from Gustav Robus, Brotteorde, Germany and photograph of family (1944, 1965); Dewsbury and district short Thanksgiving Service (1946); letter, Jack Hutchison, thanking Gilberd for helping his daughter (1927); receipt for silver cup (1946) Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, typescripts and printed matter

Date: 1943

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WII-1943-01

Description: Menu card for 31 August 1943 shows the colour stripes of the regiment at top right, and its coat of arms and motto ("Acer in armis") at top left. Whitebait fritters featured on the menu. The Wellington West Coast Regiment may have been stationed in Italy at this date (see information retrieved 29 August 2015 from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington_West_Coast_and_Taranaki_Regiment ) Quantity: 3 Other printed ephemera item(s). Physical Description: Typscript and relief print on light card, 192 x 114 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Complete Stamp Company, Auckland, in August 2015.

Date: 1919, 1936, May 1940-February 1943

From: Varnham, Frederick Stuart, 1889-1963 : War diaries, correspondence, and publications

Reference: MS-Papers-12811

Description: Comprises material relating to Brigadier (Frederick) Stuart Varnham's service in World War One and World War Two. Includes: - Eight letters dated 1 May 1940 to 13 February 1943 written by Stuart Varnham to a family friend, Margot Fenn (née Barker), while on service in Egypt and New Zealand. One letter dated 6 October 1941 includes a black and white photograph of Varnham. - Journal of the Taranaki Regiment "Primus in Armis" volume one, July 1936. - Official Programme of the National Peace Celebrations, 19 July 1919, London. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s) comprising correspondence, black and white original photograph, booklet, journal.