Hornchurch

Date: ca 1914-1919

From: Lawrie, G :Photographs and postcards relating to nursing in World War I

By: Lawrie, G (Mrs), active 1976; Oliver & Walker (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-0400-1

Description: Photographs of nurses during and just after the First World War: a group photograph of 77 nurses taken on a tennis court; nurses in fancy dress (the names are Milne, Boyd, Neal, Parker, Spragg, Sister Sisley, Williams, Gallagher, Chappell, Sisters Jackman and Young, Tilly, Naera and Edgerton); a studio portrait of a nurse; a nurse in St Antonio Gardens (location uncertain but possibly Egypt) holding a bouquet of orange blossom; the stall of a sugar cane and fruit seller in Alexandria, Egypt; and eight photographs of army huts in Hornchurch and others of the surrounding area in the snow but including one of the cenotaph in Whitehall, London. Quantity: 13 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Mounted and loose prints

Date: 1917

From: [Ephemera up to quarto size relating to World War I. 1914-1919]

Reference: Eph-B-WAR-WI-1917-04

Description: Front cover gives the name of the musical director as Sergt Pritchard, stage manager as Corporal Ross and pianist as private Brown. "Carriages, buzz wagons, aeroplanes and perambulators at 9 p.m.". Inside the programme includes items by: Private Brown, Corporal Ross (humorous song), Trooper Simpson (tenor), Sergt Brand (baritone), Private Pope (humorous song), Private Kermode and his fiancee Molly (banjo and flute), Sergt Pritchard (baritone), Sergt Borley (plantation song), Private Leth (humorous song), Private Tayler (bass). Handwritten note "Close with Maori haka". Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Black & white print on pamphlet, 307 x 222 mm (unfolded)

Date: [ca 1918]

Reference: PAColl-6975

Description: Chiefly photographs of Grey Towers New Zealand Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, Essex, England, and a copy negative of a print of the New Zealand Soldiers Club which had premises at 18 Russell Square, London during the First World War. Arrangement: Negative housed at 1/4-059919. Quantity: 12 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: July 1917

By: Scammell, Bruce, active 1971-1993; Panora Ltd

Reference: PA6-521

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Photograph originally owned by J J J Sandbrook, who appears in the photograph

Date: 1830-1919

From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-046

Description: The essay details the lives of Mrs Lister's paternal great-grandparents, Thomas and Sarah Cressy Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published guide available.

Date: 1940 - 1941

From: Various artists :1. Jackson, Richard Edward, b. 1916. [Portrait of Sir Hamilton Mitchell. ca 1962]. 2. [Artist unknown. Four views showing vessels leaving Wellington Harbour. 1940-1941]. 3. Hooper, William John, 1916-1996. [Photolithograph of the New Zealanders who flew from RAF Hornchurch during the Battle of Britain, 1940] 1941

By: Hooper, William John, 1916-1996

Reference: B-198-002

Description: A humourous depiction of New Zealand pilots flying from Royal Air Force Station Hornchurch in Essex, England, during the Battle of Britain. The planes are drawn by Bill Hooper, with photographic representations of the pilots' heads aboard the planes. The four pilots are all identified, and each of them has added their signature: Flt. Lt. A C Deere, 54 Squadron; Pilot Officer C F Gray, 54 Squadron; Pilot Officer E P Wells, 41 Squadron; and Fg. Off. J N Mackenzie, 41 Squadron. German planes are shown being devastated by the New Zealanders. In the bottom right corner, Hooper's signature character, Pilot Officer Prune, stands smoking a cigarette, leaning against a signpost pointing to Catterick, Hornchurch, and 'Home NZ'. He has a kiwi standing at his side. The accompanying caption reads: 'Pilot Officer Prune said of those New Zealanders who flew from RAF Hornchurch during the Balltle of Britain, 1940: "Well, of course those NZ types were intrepid aviators - hero-type bods, those Kiwis of '41 and '54 - but I bet I destroyed more aircraft than all of 'em put together!" (Idea suggested by Sqdn Ldr "Mac", 41 Squadron - hatched in the cockpit of the old airfield pub, The Good Intent, Hornchurch' Below image is printed: 'Limited to 135 copies of which this is no. 78' Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Bill ('Raff') Hooper / 54 Sqdn 1940-'41 [printed] Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Black and white photolithographic print, adhered to card, 510 x 360 mm

Date: 1916

From: [Ephemera relating to ANZAC events in New Zealand and overseas, as anniversaries of the landing at Anzac Cove. Undated, and 1916-1919]

Reference: Eph-A-ANZAC-1916-01

Description: Order of service with Hymns 558, 563 and 641, the National Anthem and an address by the Rev. Herbert Dale, Chaplain and Vicar Temporal. The front cover shows a photograph of St Andrews, the parish church at Hornchurch. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 4 pages, 215 x 138 mm tied with white ribbon Provenance: Donated by Sheila Simonds, England, 2005 Transfers: Other material of the same provenance is housed at PAColl-10048, and Curios..

Date: [ca 1914-1917], 1990

From: Bellingham family: Collection relating to Arthur Bellingham

Reference: MS-Papers-12700-2

Description: Material belonging to Arthur Bellingham, relating to his service in the New Zealand Army during World War One. Comprises: - Pressed flowers "picked up in a ditch outside Ypres, Belgium". [Bellingham did not serve in Belgium. The flowers may have been gifted to him or picked up when he was on leave. They were likely picked between 1914 and 1917.] - An annotated menu for the 'Re-union of British Section New Zealand Expeditionary Force' held on 6 May 1916 at Restaurant Frascati, Oxford Street, London. The menu has been signed by Bellingham and a number of men he served with. - An annotated menu and toast list for the 'New Zealand Expeditionary Force "Records" Dinner' held on 15 February 1917. It has been signed by Bellingham and a number of men he served with. - A souvenir booklet titled 'The First Anniversary of Anzac Day. Celebrations at Hornchurch, April 25th, 1916' by Charles T. Perfect. The booklet details events attended by the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in England, to commemorate the first anniversary of Anzac Day. These included: a memorial service on 23 April 1916 (Easter Sunday) at the Parish Church of St Andrew's, Hornchurch; a march through the streets of London followed by a memorial service at Westminster Abbey on 25 April 1916; a ceremony at Grey Towers, Hornchurch on the afternoon of 25 April; and sports and races on 26 April at Grey Towers. The booklet also contains: a description of Te Whare Puni at Grey Towers; commemoration and congratulatory telegrams; and a description of the 'Masonic Anzac Festival' held on 27 April 1916 at the Royal Forest Hotel, Chingford. The booklet has been signed by Bellingham. - A certificate for 'The New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal' which was awarded to Bellingham on 19 April 1990. It is signed by Her Majesty The Queen, Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer, and Governor-General Paul Reeves. Accompanying the certificate is an explanatory note detailing the 'Order of Wear', 'Bow', and 'Miniatures'. Date information for pressed flowers taken from Arthur Bellingham's service record. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1916-1917], [1964?], [1987?], [1990?], [ca 2015-2016]

From: Bellingham family: Collection relating to Arthur Bellingham

Reference: PAColl-10809

Description: Photographic material of, and belonging to, Arthur Bellingham. Comprises: - Three original photographic prints of Arthur ca 1964, 1987, and 1990. - Two photographic postcards depicting 'Entrance, Hampton House, Torquay' and 'Entrance, Grey Towers Barracks, Hornchurch. Possibly picked up by Arthur in 1916 or 1917 when he was in England for Anzac Day commemorations. - Five original photographic prints mounted on a sheet of paper with handwritten annotations, possibly from Arthur. Includes images of Zeitoun Camp in Egypt, 1915; a street in Cairo; 1916 Anzac Day commemorations at Westminster Abbey; and the New Zealand hospital at Walton on Thames, 1916. - Photocopy of a portrait of Arthur aged 19, sent to his brother Ernie on on 11 December 1913. Date information for postcards taken from MS-Papers-12700-2. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 10 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 photocopy/ies.

Date: [ca 1988]

By: Crawford, Erle Sherwood, 1896-1996

Reference: MS-Papers-10296

Description: Written by 92 year old war veteran regarding his hospitalisation in England during WW1 Relationship complexity - See also MS-Papers-4140 Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Nicolas Boyack, 1988

Date: 1919

From: Boyd, Mary Beatrice 1921- :Photographs relating to Mackersey family

Reference: PA1-o-1732

Description: Photographs include - Groups of soldiers of the New Zealand Education Division in Leverkusen, Germany. Views of Leverkusen include - Factory of F Bayer & Co (Bayer AG today). The Kasino. The School. House of managing director of F Bayer & Co. Public sculpture. Offices of F Bayer & Co which were used as the New Zealand divisional Headquarters. Children skating on the ice. Other places in Germany include - The Rhine at Cologne. Cologne Cathedral. The Hohenzollern Bridge. Bonn. Mulheim. Aachen. On his way back from Germany Lindsay Mackersey travelled through Belgium and France, and there are photographs of war damaged buildings. Other photographs were taken during the channel crossing to Folkestone, after which he was based at Hornchurch. Photographs of English places include - Folkstone. Hornchurch. Amesbury. Oxford. London and the Albert Memorial. Leslie Mackersey was in the 6th Rifles 1 NZEF. Lindsay Mackersey was in the 24th Rifles. While in the occupation force in Germany he served as instructor-in-law to service men studying for law degrees prior to repatriation. He was bilited in Leverhusen Village near Cologne in 1919. Margaret was on the staff at the New Zealand General Hospital No.1, Brockenhurst, England. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album

Date: [ca 1918]

From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918

Reference: 1/2-014349-G

Description: A quiet room at Hornchurch convalescent camp in England during World War I. Photograph taken by Thomas Frederick Scales. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4 x 5 inches

Date: 1912, 1920-1932

From: Alexander Turnbull Library (Wellington) : Correspondence files

Reference: MS-Papers-0181-066

Description: Names of correspondents not in Name Field include: Paul Geuthner, Libraire, Paris (1912); W M Page; A D Paisley; R A Palamountain; H W Kerr; Palmerston Boys' High School; Miss H F S Parham (Fiji); British Embassy (Paris) re etchings by Willette; C W Parker; Captain G B Parkinson; Patea Harbour Board; Alex F M Paterson; A R Paterson; Miss Oma McG Paterson; Miss D Patterson; Katherine Patterson; H F Patts; F H Paul; Edith Pearce; Estelle Peake; Henry Pearce; H E L Peat; Charles Thomas Perfect (author) and printed material re Hornchurch; correspondence re estate of R R Taylor & `Voyage of Captain Cook'; Capt H C Petersen; Mary Petersen; The Chronicle office (Petone). Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1914-1918

Reference: PA1-o-471

Description: Album compiled by a member of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1914-1918. It contains views of New Zealand Expeditionary Force camps in England, the Grey Towers Hospital, Te Whare Puni club for New Zealand soldiers, Royal Bath Hospital (at Harrogate), Oatlands Park Hotel (in use as a convalescent hospital), Malta, Gallipoli (including the landing party, in the bivvies, Anzac Cove and Walker's Ridge) and Capetown. Activities at the various camps and convalescent hospitals included mending gear, playing two-up, skinning hares for dinner, playing bowls, snow-fights. Painted title page, on back of front cover had the following signature: "Harry Thos Peat". Album belonged to Mr Peat?, photographs taken by Mr Peat? Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with green cover, entitled "Photographs" in gold lettering under a small stylised picture of landscape with windmill; 14.5 x 18.5 cm

Date: [200-?]

By: New Zealand. High Commission (Great Britain)

Reference: PAColl-9429

Description: Photograph of stained glass window depicting the arms of New Zealand at St Andrew's Church, Hornchurch, England, taken ca 2000s by an unidentified photographer The window forms the left pane of the West Window and commemorates the New Zealand soldiers who stayed at Grey Towers, New Zealand Convalescent Hospital at Hornchurch, England, during World War I Quantity: 1 digital print(s). Physical Description: Digital print, 25.5 x 20.4 cm Transfers: To Other - From Published Collections.

Date: 1916, 2005

By: Hunt, Jonathan Lucas (Rt Hon), 1938-2024

Reference: PA9-090

Description: Photograph of Te Whare Puni, or The Meeting House, at Grey Towers Camp, Hornchurch, Essex, taken in 1916 when it was used by soldiers of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, and photograph of the same building occupied by the firm Vantis Redhead French, taken ca 2005. The two photographs are displayed together in a frame. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Mat recto - beneath image - Presented to His Excellency the High Commissioner for New Zealand the Right Honourable Jonathan Hunt, ONZ on 17 April 2005 to mark the commemoration of the building known in 1916 as 'Te Whare Puni' - The Meeting House, used by soldiers of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force based at Grey Towers Camp, Hornchurch, Essex.; Backing board recto - centre - Presented by Ray Brooks, Vantis Redhead French to His Excellency the High Commissioner for New Zealand the Right Honourable Jonathan Hunt, ONZ on 17 April 2005 to mark his visit to unveil a commemorative plaque at Wykeham House ("Te Whare Puni'), Hornchurch, Essex. Quantity: 1 framed item comprising 1 black & white copy photographic print and 1 colour photographic print. Physical Description: Wooden frame 46.8 x 58.2 cm Provenance: The framed photographs were presented to Jonathan Hunt by Ray Brooks of Vantis Redhead French to mark his visit to unveil a commemorative plaque at Wykeham House (Te Whare Puni) on 17 April 2005. Transfers: From Drawings & Prints Collection - B-139-024 : Ward, David, fl 2005 : St Andrews Hornchurch [2005?].

Date: 2005

By: Ward, David, active 2005; Hunt, Jonathan Lucas (Rt Hon), 1938-2024

Reference: B-139-024

Description: A watercolour painting of a stone church with a square tower supporting a steeple. The church is surrounded by a small graveyard of headstones, and there is a wooden arched entrance gate in the foreground. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title and artist's name]; Backing board recto - centre - Presented by Revd Canon Hugh Dibbens to His Excellency the High Commissioner for New Zealand the Right Honourable Jonathan Hunt, ONZ on 17 April 2005 to mark his visit to St Andrew's Church, Hornchurch, Essex. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 407 x 305 mm, on sheet 458 x 358 mm, with perforations at the top. Provenance: Donated by the Rt Honorable Jonathan Hunt, New Zealand High Commissioner to Britain, 2005-2008. The painting was presented to Jonathan Hunt by the Reverend Canon Hugh Dibbens to mark his visit to the church on 17 April 2005. Transfers: The church graveyard contains the interred remains of four Niuean Maori Battalion soldiers based at Grey Towers during World War I, including His Highness Private Prince Moki Rangatira of Niue, Private Vasau, Private Talera and Private Filitoua. - - - The donation also included two photographs (framed together) of Te Whare Puni, the meeting house at Grey Towers Camp, Hornchurch, Essex. This house was frequented by New Zealand servicemen during the First World War. The photographs were transferred to the Photographic Archive PA9-090..

Date: 1916 - 1918

From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918

Reference: 1/2-013962-G

Description: The canteen in the YMCA hut located in the grounds of Grey Towers, New Zealand Convalescent Hospital in Essex, England. Photograph taken during World War I by Thomas Frederick Scales. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4 x 5 inches

Date: [ca 1918]

From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918

Reference: 1/2-013994-G

Description: An arts and crafts class organised by the YMCA at the New Zealand Convalescent Hospital in Essex, England, during World War I. Shows convalescent soldiers in a workroom. Some are working at tables, others are basket making. Several completed baskets and wicker chairs can be seen. Photograph taken by Thomas Frederick Scales. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - UK206 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4 x 5 inches

Date: [ca 1918]

From: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918

Reference: 1/2-013942-G

Description: The entrance to Grey Towers, the New Zealand Convalescent Hospital in Essex, England during World War I. Shows blue coated soldiers marching out through the main gate led by a khaki-uniformed soldier. To the right, a large sign reads Grey Towers Hornchurch Essex New Zealand Convalescent Hospital. Photograph taken by Thomas Frederick Scales. Caption: Entrance Grey Towers No 2 H'church - Marginal notes on negative Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - UK151 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4 x 5 inches