Aldershot

Date: 1 Jul-22 Dec 1940

From: Yeoman family : Papers relating to Allan Yeoman

Reference: MS-Papers-10103-07

Description: Letters, including cablegrams, to his mother and Nellie Reid from Allan Yeoman while he was in military camps at Aldershot and Camberley, England. They include descriptions of trips he made while he was on leave, including to London and Wales. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts

Date: 1914-1935

By: MacNamara, Gordon, active 1980

Reference: MS-Papers-2063

Description: The papers consist of letters from Leslie Beauchamp to his family and friends 1914-1915; letters of condolence to his parents Harold and Annie Beauchamp, 1915-1916; a copy of Leslie's diary kept on board the transport ship `Indrabarah', 1915; and miscellaneous Beauchamp family papers which include 3 letters written by Katherine Mansfield, 1914 & 1916, and a copy of a radio broadcast in which Sir Harold Beauchamp talks with his grandchildren in England, 1935 Other - Referred to in Katherine Mansfield; manuscripts in the Alexander Turnbull Library Leslie Heron Beauchamp, Katherine Mansfield's brother, was killed in October 1915, while serving with the British Expeditionary Force in France Quantity: 12 folder(s). 0.12 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, printed matter Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.

Date: 1940 - 1945

From: Blow, Eric Harold, 1908-1974: Collection relating to World War Two, study and rugby

Reference: MS-Papers-12822-2

Description: A notebook and a published book relating to World War Two. One is Eric Blow’s notebook from his time at Aldershot, inscribed with “School of Artillery, Larkhill, Anti tank Course, 22.1.40 – 3.2.40. Notes of Lectures, T.E.W.T’s and Drills”. Interleaved at the back is a fold-out hand drawn set of “Desert signals” showing military arm signals. The other is a published photographic album entitled “3 D.S.K. w Italii: album fotograficzny, cz. II”, dated 1945. It depicts the campaign in Italy and features the Polish 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division (in Polish - 3 Dywizja Strzelców Karpackich or 3 D.S.K.). The text is in Italian, English and Polish. The name ‘Jōsef’ is inscribed on the front cover. ‘ Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s) One notebook, one published book of photographs..

Date: [ca 1939-1945]

From: Blow, Eric Harold, 1908-1974: Collection relating to World War Two, study and rugby

Reference: PAColl-10829-3

Description: Nine photographs attached to a sheet of paper with captions handwritten underneath each picture. The photographer is unidentified. Also attached is a photograph of a rugby game, cut out from a magazine. The photographs depict groups of soldiers at train stations, playing sports, on transport trains, and by tents in the desert. The heading reads “Battery Album” and captions include “Maadi tent dwellers”, “Sports day in the Western Desert”, “Half time at O.C.T.U.game at Aldershot” and “a halt on the journey through France”. Titte taken from item. Quantity: 1 album(s) with 9 b&w photographic prints and 1 cut-out newspaper photograph. Physical Description: 10 images displayed on a sheet of paper (53cm x 33cm). Processing information: Arrived at the Library folded in three, with some damaged edges.

Date: 1862

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[Sketchbook of English and New Zealand scenes] 1860 - 1864

Reference: E-349-036

Description: Shows bridge over river with dwellings close by Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 100 x 160 mm

Date: 1883

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :Belgium, Holland 1883

Reference: E-351-q-033

Description: Several soldiers with cannon standing on the brow of a hill, overlooking a valley Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title and date in pencil Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil across two pages 150 x 480 mm

Date: 1862

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[Sketchbook of English and New Zealand scenes] 1860 - 1864

Reference: E-349-037/038

Description: An extensive view of Aldershot Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 100 x 320 mm

Date: 1927, 1940-1941

From: Robertson family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7220-2

Description: Letters to Mary Frances Smithson from her Uncle Joe and Aunt Agnes, Havelock North (1927); and letters from Mary's brothers, to her and her husband, Jim, while they were on active service Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1941-1945

By: Cowie, Gordon Rae, 1896-1984

Reference: PAColl-0325

Description: Photographs of plays and musical festivals put on at Oflag VII B prison of war camp in Germany with men playing male and female roles. The plays were: Post Mortem in 1943 (names given: Woodley, Jumbo Burrows, Malcolm Fry, Bob Armstrong, Quartermaine, N Jardine-Paterson); Case of the Frightened Lady in 1943; Dossing Dulcie, a medieval Christmas pantomime in 1943 (additional names: A Barradale-Smith, Don Olliver, Lutner, Stan Nolan (NZ), J Long, G Powell; Gaslight in 1943; French without Tears in 1944; I Killed the Count in 1944; and Hamlet (Michael Goodliffe as Hamlet who went on to act with the BBC). There was also a musical festival in 1944 in which the men took part in a full choir and orchestra and in 1945 in which New Zealand troops dressed as Maori (names given: Ready, Herewinie and Bennet). Also included are a photograph of a Christmas 1944 greetings card drawn by a cartoonist calling himself Blow (possibly as a pun on Low) in which a soldier is knitting and the wool is forming the words "this year next year sometime; a Christmas 1941 greetings card by A A West from Oflag VII C showing life in the camp; soldiers at Aldershot in 1941 the names given being Duff, Freyburg, Williams, Hill, Lowndes, Colonel Fraser and Captain Thornton; and a boxing match, one of the participants being Milner, the son of a Waitaki headmaster. A number of the photographs had been sent as postcards to Cowie's wife in Lower Hutt though with no message other than sender. The photographs are all stamped Oflag VII B gepruft (examined). Quantity: 96 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: Probably part of collection donated to Manuscripts and Archives MS-Papers-2285..

Date: 1940-1945

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-064

Description: Photographs relating to 2nd NZEF during their time in England; most include captions and individuals are named. Includes: Maori soldiers on leave outside Buckingham Palace; P N H Shepherd (Dunedin), N C W Nicholass (New Plymouth), R C Meadows (Christchurch) and A G W Brown (Auckland) at Milestone Club, London; groups of soldiers outside the San Remo Hotel, and Norfolk Hotel (Cliftonville); Anti-tank Battery practising and being inspected by Anthony Eden at Aldershot; Christmas presents arriving from NZ; High Commissioner W Jordan presenting Rt Hon Sir Walter Citrine, Gen Sec of the Trades Union Congress with cheque for provision of medical and hospital assistance for Soviet Russia through Help for Russia Fund of National Council of Labour; High Commissioner Jordan with Mr McGuiness, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Northern Ireland, 1943; opening of exhibition of war pictures including Peter McIntyre's `Tank Battle at Bel Hamel'; ANZAC Day in London showing wreath laying at Cenotaph by W J Jordan and Lt Col Bishop G V Gerrard who had just been released from captivity in Italy; Princess Elizabeth at Garden Party at Buckingham Palace, 19 Jun 1945; reception held at NZ Forces Club, Charing Cross following investiture at Buckingham Palace at which NZ heros were decorated (Includes F/O G B Page with Acting High Commissioner R M Campbell); march past on United Nations day; visit of Hon F Jones to Naval Depot, and inspecting Light Coastal Forces base on East coast; Winston Churchill inspecting NZ & Australian troops; voluntary workers at Fernleaf Club being thanked by Divisional Commander (NZ Tuis); reception for Lady Newall, wife of Governor General of NZ at NZ Forces Club; delegates of United Nations signing remembrance book presented to Emperor Haille Selassie; Nurse Shiels and W J Jordan (his WWI nurse); launching of a NZ warship by Lady Jellicoe; reception given by M Antoine Delfosse, Belgian Minister of Justice & Information in honour of the delegation in Great Britain of NZ Press; W J Jordan helping to load wste paper salvaged from NZ government offices in the Strand (NZ's effort for Westminster Waste Paper Week) Group photograph of Fernleaf Club Tuis (all named) Quantity: 46 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [1870s-1890s]

Reference: PA1-o-1632

Description: Photograph album containing cartes de visite and cabinet card portraits of military officers and scenes, ca 1870s-1890s, compiled by an unidentified person. Includes photographs of Parihaka and volunteer units. Please note that captions under the photographs do not match photographs in many cases. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: 19 x 23.5 cm Provenance: Purchased at auction, 2010

Date: 1862

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[Sketchbook of English and New Zealand scenes] 1860 - 1864

Reference: E-349-033/034

Description: A rolling landscape, probably near Aldershot, England Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 100 x 320 mm

Date: 1892 - 1920-1969 - 1989

By: Blow, Eric Harold, 1908-1974

Reference: ATL-Group-00362

Description: This collection documents significant aspects of the life of Eric Blow from 1920 to the 1960s. It features his artwork, notably a sketchbook of drawings satirising life as a prisoner of war during World War Two and a series of caricatures of rugby players. Other artwork includes a design for the Mid-Northern Rugby Football Club. Includes printed material related to his wartime training and service, including wartime maps of Europe, the journal ‘Touchstone’ published from a German Oflag (prisoner of war camp), and a photographic book of the Polish 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division in Italy. Also includes Blow’s own notebook from an anti-tank training course in 1940. Includes an arm band from the New Zealand Ex Prisoners of War Association, two Christmas cards from Oxford University and New Zealand Anti-Tank Battery, and a letter to the editor Blow wrote in 1946 defended the Fernleaf Club which supported military personnel in London. The photographs are of Eric Blow, family, friends, and colleagues taken 1920s-1960s by unidentified photographer/s. The images depict Eric's life long interest in rubgy as a player and administrator, and his service in World War Two with the New Zealand Anti-Tank Battery, formed in Aldershot in 1939. Many of these are official group shots. The snapshots of family and friends are probably post-war. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Delivered to the Library in various envelopes and no particular order. During World War Two Eric Blow joined the New Zealand Anti-Tank Battery at Aldershot, England. He served in Egypt and Greece. He was wounded then captured in Athens and spent time as a prisoner of war in Germany. He drew cartoons and caricatures, notably of rugby players and soldiers. Back in New Zealand he was a member of the New Zealand Ex Prisoner of War Association and worked as a teacher in Whangarei. He had a long-term interest in rugby as a player, referee and administrator. Quantity: 52 b&w original photographic print(s) Group portraits and snap shots.. 8 folder(s) Printed material (maps, news clippings), cartoons, drawings, notebook and ephemera.. 2 box(es) Sketchbook, drawing pad and drawings.. 1 object(s) Arm band.. Provenance: Custody of the collection prior to its sale by auction is unknown. A newspaper clipping is dated 1989, suggesting the collection was added to while held by person(s) other than Eric Blow who died in 1974. Processing information: Not all names indexed.