Soldiers - England

Date: 1939-1942

From: Cox, Geoffrey Sandford (Sir), 1910-2008 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-7675-5

Description: This album collection covers the period when Geoffrey Cox had published his book on the Russo-Finnish war of 1939-1940 and his appointment as First Secretary to the New Zealand Legation Washington in 1942. Most of the photographs relate to the Crete campaign, and the campaigns in the Middle East and North Africa. Some loose prints record the New Zealand High Commissioner in London, Mr Jordan, visiting New Zealand troops in England As well as photographs the album contains newspaper cuttings relating to Cox's appointment to the New Zealand Legation in Washington; reviews of his book on the Russo-Finnish War; articles relating to Cox joining the army; article on Daily Express journalists in the army; Sunday Express article by Cox on the Allied advance in Lybia Quantity: 148 b&w original photographic print(s). 7 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 4 colour photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: 1883

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

Reference: E-351-q-009/010

Description: A British naval vessel in dock, probably at Portsmouth, with other vessels and wharf buildings, a horse and cart and soldiers, including a Scots Guard in beaver and kilt on shore to the right Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title and date in pencil Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour across two pages 150 x 480 mm

Date: 1915-1919

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

Reference: PAColl-9855-1

Description: Loose prints associated with Jessie Mary Mackersey's album. These include - Studio portrait of Lindsay Mackersey, London ca 1917. Portrait of Wastel Briscoe born 1888-died Gallipoli 19 May 1915. Group of Soldiers of 24th Rifles, Featherston Military Camp. Group on the deck of `Prinzessan' en route for New Zealand, 1919. Colon and Church of Christ by the sea, 1919. Views of the Panama Canal and its technologies seen from the ship, 1919. Albert Memorial, London. Holiday at Lake Waikaremoana includes - View of the lake, Papakorito Falls, and friends of Lindsay Mackersey. Photographs of soldiers include - Studio portrait of Lindsay Mackersey with unidentified soldier. Studio portrait of Leslie Mackersey, Blake Mason and two unidentified soldiers, 1916. Group of unidentified soldiers probably in New Zealand. Voyage to New Zealand on `Prinzessan' via Panama Canal 1919, and holiday at Lake Waikaremoana. 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: 37 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w original photographic print(s) coloured by hand.

Date: 1876

From: Gilmore, George Charles 1851-1935 :[Scenes in India, Ceylon, and Africa] 1876-1881

By: G, A (Artist), active 1870s

Reference: A-094-044

Description: Shows a group of British soldiers, including three officers in navy blue uniforms on horseback. Other soliders in red jacket stand on either side, in front of a covered wagon in which one man sits in dark blue uniform. There are trees on both sides of the road. Location is probably near Farnborough in Hampshire. There was a military camp at Farnborough on the Hampshire-Surrey border in the 1870s. Other Titles - Farnborough Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 188 x 275 mm.

Date: 1900 - 1901

By: Woodville, Richard Caton, 1856-1927; The Sketch (Newspaper)

Reference: Eph-C-WAR-SA-1900-01

Description: Shows head and shoulder portraits of British Army generals: Lt-General Sir George White, General Sir Redvers H Buller, Field Marshal Lord Roberts, Major-General Lord Kitchener, Major-General Hector A Macdonald. Also shown are two scenes based on paintings by R Caton Woodville: Lord Roberts taking over the supreme command of the forces in South Africa; and, Surrender of the Boers at Paardeberg. The battle at Paardeberg took place in January 1900. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, on sheet 510 x 382 mm. Provenance: Donated by Dr Les Cleveland in 1998.

Date: 1649 - 1838

By: Thomas Boys Ltd; Scott, James, active 1838; Fisk, William, 1796-1872; Cable, Matthew R (Dr), active 1961

Reference: C-046-007

Description: The king kneeling in the centre facing the viewer; to the right the blindfolded executioner, holding the axe, with soldiers and other men. Armed and armour-clad soldiers in the foreground. A priest and other men on the left. Building facades in the background. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Mezzotint on wove paper 509 x 400 mm on sheet 562 x 413 mm

Date: 1919

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

Reference: PA1-o-1733

Description: Opens with views of Leverkusen, the Rhine, and the factory of F Bayer & Co (Bayer AG today). Other views include - Bayer's head office building used by New Zealand Divisional Headquarters. The Casino and the adjacent Bayer factory park. Suburban houses called "The Colony." Other German photographs include - Cologne, particularly the Hoenzollern Brisge and Cologne Cathedral. Kaiser Wilhelm (Mungsten) Viaduct. Mungstan Village. The River Wapper. Soldier with a camera. English photographs include - Brockenhurst and Margaret Mackersey as an ambulance driver. Birds in the London Zoo. Grays Inn Hall, London. Views taken during a trip on the thames. Sphinx at Cleopatra's Needle. Inns of Court. Inner Temple Library. Thames Embankment. Houses of Parliament. Trip back to New Zealand via Panama Canal. Includes - Colon. Views of the Canal and its technologies from the ship. Groups of passangers on deck. 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: 1917

From: [Ephemera relating to patriotism, fundraising for the war effort, during World War I. 1914-1918. Folder 1]

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WI-Patriotic-1917-01

Description: Programme booklet for a performance in aid of the ANZAC Club and Buffet in London. The front cover shows New Zealand and Australian soldiers raising their respective flags on a headland overlooking the sea, with a Union Jack in the top centre. The programme included the following performers: Victoria Palace Orchestra under Mr J Weaver), Joyce Brown (violin), Mabel Manson (song), Edward Lauri (song), Margaret Cooper (piano), Irene Vanbrugh (recitation), Little Florence Bayfield (dance), Violet Loraine; Lilian Braithwaite and Ben Webster in a duologue, Alfred Lester; Lorna and Toots Pounds; Albert Whelan (Australian entertainer), Sergeant Harold Nott (Australian marching song). Then followed "The Pageant of the Southern Cross", by Henrietta Leslie - with the New Zealand contingent including Rosina Buckman, May Beatty, Mabel Manson, Princess Iwa, Rosemary Rees, Amy Gerrard, Hilda Forrest, Alice Surland, Mrs Forrest, Miss Thurland, Lydia Sydney, Thorva Merrylees, Vera Samuel, Inez Bensusan, Mertin Lewis. The programme included an advertisement for "Kiwi" boot polish on page 10. Quantity: 1 volume(s) booklet. Physical Description: Booklet of 20 pages each 248 x 188 mm.

Date: 1917-1924

From: Beeton, Edith Audrey Mayson, 1890-1980: Photographs of the New Zealand hospital, St George's Hill, Weybridge, England, 1914-1918

Reference: PA1-o-854

Description: One page shows general views of sports held at the New Zealand Military Hospital at Walton on Thames in 1917. There are personal photographs of Audrey Beeton taken in the Lake district on holiday with a friend, and others of her family at St George's Hill. Two groups of photographs record health services for children. They may relate to T B and its control, or be something like health camps. One was The Girls Heritage at Chailey and the other was the Chailey Marine Annex for boys at Tidemills. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [ca 1914-1920]

By: Bradshaw, Ian, active 1983; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923

Reference: PAColl-0662

Description: Photographic postcards, taken between circa 1914 and circa 1920, taken by a range of photographers. Some have short letters on the backs. Images comprise: -Photographs of the New Zealand Soldiers' Club in London, showing the outside of the building, billiard room, canteen, dining room, music room and lounge, and dormitory. -Three images taken at Sling Camp, England, comprising an image of the camp staff, and images of soldiers relaxing in the games room and the quiet room. - One image of the New Zealand naval ensign and Lake Manapuouri (written on card as 'Manawapourie') -Tourist postcards from New Zealand showing images of Blenheim, Christchurch Cathedral, the Avon River in Christchurch, Caroline Bay in Timaru (5565 taken by F G Radcliffe), Clyde, The Remarkables, Queenstown (6398 taken by F G Radcliffe), Dunedin Railway Station, and Dunedin Town Hall. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 6 b&w original photographic print(s) (postcards). 14 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) (postcards).

Date: 10 August 1918

By: Denton, Frank James, 1869-1963

Reference: PA9-146

Description: Photograph taken by Frank J. Denton at Putney, London, 10 August, 1918. Shows the New Zealand rowing eight from Codford military camp. The team can be seen in their boat alongside the Thames riverbank, the rowers wear a New Zealand crest on their tops. The print is mounted on board with hand painted inscriptions. Inscriptions at the top of the mount read: "N.Z. [New Zealand] Representative Eight 1918, taken at Putney, England. Winners of Intercolonial Eights at Putney 10-8-18, International Eights at Reading 21-9-18, Senior Eights at Putney 28-9-18". Inscriptions at the bottom of the mount list names of the rowers: "G.A. Wilson (Bow), Wanganui; T. Goldie (2), Auckland; R. Forrester (3), Invercargill; R.E. Fitzer (4), Ch. Ch, [Christchurch]; D.C. Hadfield (5), Auckland; W.G Coombes (6), Wanganui; C.R. Moore (7), Gisborne; C.A. Healey (Str.), Wanganui; A.H.Trussell (Cox), Wanganui". Photographer's label on the reverse reads: "Frank J. Denton, Photographer (Gold Medalist); By special appointment to his excellency Lord Islington, P. C. [Privy Council], K.C.M.G. [Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George], D.S.O. [Distinguished Service Order]; Wanganui. Pictures framed to order". Donors are the grandchildren of Robert Forrester, who was on the team and originally framed the photograph. Title supplied by Library. Description taken from 1/2-013974-G. Similar photograph at 1/2-013974-G. Arrangement: Photograph arrived at Library mounted within a wooden frame. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprint mounted on card with hand-lettering. Processing information: Wooden framed retained on advice from conservators, reference changed from PAColl-D-1904, January 2023.

Date: [ca 1896-1959]

From: Pharazyn family: Photographs from the papers of Noel Pharazyn and his sister Eleanor

Reference: PAColl-10031-3

Description: Includes:- Portraits of Noel Pharazyn as an 18 month old child, ca 1896. Unidentified woman in oriental fancy dress, ca 1920. Group photograph of unidentified schoolboys and teachers, ca 1908. Three photographs of (probably) soldiers of the Royal Field Artillery excercising with field guns, ca 1914. Group photograph of (probably) soldiers of the Royal Field Artillery, World War One. Noel Pharazyn, a boy on a tricycle, ca 1898. Group, including Noel Pharazyn standing and seated in the countryside, ca 1928. Group of three unidentified women outside a house, ca 1938. Noel Pharazyn, Walter Nash, Mrs Nash, and a group of unidentified men, Hawaii, ca 1945. Photographs of (probably) Eleanor Pharazyn on holiday among classical ruins and in London, 1950s. Groups of unidentified women and children waving tricolor Flags (possisbly France), 1950s. Portrait of Colonel Maharaj Shri Rajendrasinhji at the time that he was a military attache in Washington, 1945-1946. Quantity: 22 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1918 - 1920

By: Putt, Charles Ernest Henry, 1896-1975; New Zealand. Ministry of Defence

Reference: D-017-013

Description: Shows the view from Signal Hill looking over the camp in the direction of Larkhill, Stonehenge, and Netheravon Airfield. From left, the following features are labelled: Armoury, schools, destructor, kit store, Auckland lines, Wellington lines, flag staff, regiment headquarters with canteen chapel and YMCA, symbolic kiwi under brow of hill, Otago lines, bull ring, Canterbury lines, rifle range and Lewis machine gun butts. Because its title gives the duration of the war, it is likely the work was completed after the end of the war. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, on sheet 272 x 530 mm.

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: 1815 - 1850 - 1859

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Groshinski, Brian Peter, 1944-

Reference: A-147-011

Description: Shows a tight formation of soldiers in the centre background, with two riders holding flags in their midst. They are beseiged by cavalry from both right and left. In the long grass or deep mud in the foreground, horses flounder about and a broken cannon lies abandoned. The battle took place on 16 June 1815, when Napoleon led the revived French armies into Belgium, his object being to drive a wedge between Prussian (Blucher) and British-Dutch armies (Wellington). Marshall Ney was the French commander who lad the attack on the 36,000 British-Dutch forces, and held a clear advantage, until Wellington threw in General Picton's division, and defeated the French. Casualties: French 4300; Allies 4700. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title]; Recto - bottom left - C. Heaphy Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Sepia ink 165 x 110 mm

Date: 1860 - 1920

By: R & L (Firm); Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936

Reference: Curios-028-052

Description: Head and shoulders portrait of General Gordon, "Chinese Gordon" of Kartoum, wearing a fez Inscriptions: Back area of figure: maker's incision R & L and "Gordon" Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Parian ware 178 x 140 x 80 mm

Date: 1756

From: Hogarth, William 1697-1764 :The original works of William Hogarth. London, sold by John and Josiah Boydell, 1790

Reference: D-020-094

Description: Hogarth's second print shows the lusty, beef-eating British, with two girls measuring a grenadier's broad shoulders and a sailor waving his hat. `Rule Britannia' lies under a plate near by, and the fifer, leaning on a drum, is playing `God Save the King'. Another grenadier is drawing a caricature of the French King with sword and gallows, uttering a bubble of puppet-show Frenchified English, "You take a my fine ships, you be de pirate, you be de teef, me send my grand armies & hang you all, morblu".The inn sign displays the Duke of Cumberland, with the motto `Roast & boiled every day'. Source of descriptive information - Uglow, Jenny. Hogarth, a life & a world. London, 1997 Inscriptions: Recto - above image - Title; Recto - beneath image - Verse by Garrick In 1756 the Seven Years' War began. England and Prussia fought against Catholic France and Austria. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 315 x 385 mm (platemark) on cream wove paper, 482 x 650 mm

Date: 1914 - 1963

By: McKeon, William John, 1896-1973; Wellington Savage Club Inc

Reference: C-133-002

Description: Shows a group of four soldiers in the foreground, drinking from mugs in a small shell crater, while other shells are being fired on to the small town in the background. There is a gasometer in the left background. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 340 x 504 mm (sight) Provenance: Donated by the Wellington Savage Club in 1997. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - A97-074..

Date: 1939-1943

From: Robinson family: Papers relating to World War One and World War Two

By: Robinson, Leonard Rennell James, 1919-2000

Reference: PAColl-8746

Description: Comprises photographs taken and collected by Leonard Rennell James Robinson who took part in World War Two in the Middle East Force. Includes photographs of army personnel in New Zealand in 1939; on the "Aquitania" about to leave for Britain; other transports which they joined in convoy which include the "Queen Mary," the "Empress of Canada," the "Empress of Japan," and the "Andes;" ports of call at Cape Town and Sierra Leone, and a view of the transports entering the Clyde at the end of their journey. A few images show a group of soldiers in camp at Aldershot, and ambulance training on the Kent Coast. Four images show the vapour trails of fighter planes in the sky over England. War in the desert is recorded by images of an ambulance being loaded; motor vehicles on a desert highway; an encampment; a scorpion; unexploded bombs in the sand; Italian prisoners of war; wrecked German tanks and aircraft; dead Germans; cemeteries in the desert. Another group relate to a camp at Helwan and a military hospital; Robinson and friends in camp and on leave; rain in the desert, and an air raid over Alexandria. Quantity: 54 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w original photographic print(s) panorama. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-1113, Robinson family papers.

Date: 1859

From: [Buchanan, John] 1819-1898 :Scrapbook [1856-ca 1890]

Reference: E-207-q-013-1

Description: Drawing of two soldiers, one on horseback, looking towards a small lake. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 134 x 238 mm