World War, 1914-1918 - Social aspects - Great Britain

Date: 1945

From: Porritt, Arthur Espie (Sir), 1900-1994 : Papers and recordings

Reference: MS-Papers-9608-81

Description: Cuttings, invitations, programmes and papers. udes some correspondences and papers related to Porritt's service in the RAMC and in the 21 Army Group, British Army on the Rhine Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1875-1916

From: Crooks family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6243

Description: Correspondence between Crooks family members, mostly between James and Harriet Crooks before their marriage and later, while James was working in the North Island (Wanganui, Patea, Hunterville, Halcombe, Feilding, Akitio, Masterton, Featherston, including a kisses receipt for the family `so I wont have to put it in my letters' (1875-1888); with Jim Bugg and James Crooks; and Manon John Crooks and his cousin James Also letter from Charlie Crooks to his niece and nephew, Bob and Annie, from London, giving details of the Crooks family back to 1588 (1916) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1915 - 1917

By: National War Savings Committee (Great Britain); Roberts & Leete Ltd; Bennett, Agnes Elizabeth Lloyd (Dr), 1872-1960

Reference: Eph-D-WAR-WI-1916-04

Description: Text advising against dressing extravagantly. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Relief print, 755 x 505 mm. Provenance: From the estate of Dr Agnes Bennett, donated in 1963. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Papers-1346, folder 344. - Other material of the same provenance is housed at MS-Papers-1346 (this poster from folder 344); and at PAColl-6972..

Date: 1918 - 1925

By: Gregory, Frederick William, 1884-

Reference: E-499-q

Description: Ink sketches and cuttings stuck into album. Contains 44 cartoon sketches from army life and travels in Britain and France during World War 1, 4 pages of photographs of family members or friends(?) and of samples of signwriting, 18 leaves of cuttings of advertisements from overseas(?) magazines, 3 loose watercolours, and loose newspaper photograph cuttings (the last dated 1957). Newsletter of the Liberal Catholic Church, 1957, is one of loose items. Includes one sketch of head of wife Florence May Gregory on pedestal, and at least one caricature of her. Inscriptions: Album page - centre - (Inside front cover): Calling card :Mrs F W Gregory Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: Sketchbook, 31 leaves, 303 x 245 mm, green buckram, ¼ bound in dark green morocco, spine cover missing. Provenance: Purchased from Anah Dunsheath, Auckland, in 1995.

Date: 28 Jun 1915-1 Jan 1916, 1917-1918

By: Clifton, Ernest Charles, 1893-1975

Reference: MS-0548-0552

Description: Diaries kept by Mr Clifton while serving in Gallipoli with the NZ First Division Field Company, and later in France and Belgium where he was wounded in the leg during the Battle of Flanders 1917; includes details of leave and training in England Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 5 volume(s). 0.06 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph

Date: 1942

From: Boaden, Frank Bruce, 1918-1942 : Papers relating to service in Bomber Command during World War Two

Reference: MS-Papers-5245-3

Description: Letters written by F B Boaden's third cousin 'Aunt May' in Cornwall to his parents; includes photocopies of photographs enclosed with letters Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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: 1918

From: [Ephemera relating to World War I. 1918. Folder 1]

By: Montgomerie, Winifred, active 1967

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WI-1918-01

Description: Includes the rules, membership ticket and a letter relating to the Royal Club for Ladies from Beyond the Sea, an organisation set up in London for those engaged in war work, or with relatives fighting in the war. Also includes a London ration book, four tiny art reproduction photographs of Wellington scenes, a British army Christmas card (2 copies), a postcard of the ship H.M.N.Z.T. "Willochra", and a small card for a boardinghouse at 39 Lexham Gardens, Kensington, London (fees and mealtimes). Quantity: 10 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) and ephemera.. Physical Description: Lettepress and photographic items, small size.

Date: 1915 - 1917

By: National War Savings Committee (Great Britain); Roberts & Leete Ltd; Bennett, Agnes Elizabeth Lloyd (Dr), 1872-1960

Reference: Eph-D-WAR-WI-1916-03

Description: Text advising against dressing extravagantly. "New clothes should only be bought when absolutely necessary, and these should be durable and suitable for all occasions. Luxurious forms, for example, of hats, boots, shoes, stockings, gloves, and veils should be avoided. It is essential not only that money should be saved, but that labour employed in the clothing trades should be set free". Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Relief print, 760 x 510 mm. Provenance: From the estate of Dr Agnes Bennett, donated in 1963. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Papers-1346, folder 344. - Other material of the same provenance is housed at MS-Papers-1346 (this poster from folder 344); and at PAColl-6972..

Date: 17 Aug 1988

From: World War I Oral History Archive

By: McArthur, Violet, 1897-1992

Reference: OHInt-0006/51

Description: Describes childhood in Glasgow, work, outbreak of war, reaction of community to enlistment, conscription, Archie McArthur's enlistment, 'Kitchener's Army', Archie's war experiences at Gallipoli, malaria in Alexandria, did not return until after war, recalls Australian and New Zealand soldiers in Glasgow during war, relationships with soldiers, influenza epidemic, venereal disease, Erskine Hospital, Glasgow, marriage in 1922, death of husband in 1929, emigration of son and later herself to New Zealand, treatment of her husband by Earl of Haig Fund, compensation for his death, work for the Scottish Cooperative Wholesale Society, why she will not buy poppy on Anzac Day, reflects on the war and her life. Language - English (Glaswegian accent) Venue - Christchurch Interviewer(s) - Jane Tolerton Interviewer(s) - Nicholas Boyack Venue - Mrs McArthur's home at Flat 11, Palliser Place, Christchurch Accompanying material - Copy of newspaper clipping from the World War I Oral History Archive asking for participants for interviews, no source or date; copy of letter written by Minnie McArthur to Archive, 28/3/88. Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 1 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 493. Black and white photographs:-. Violet McArthur, undated. Minnie McArthur and husband Archie, undated

Date: 1915

From: [Ephemera relating to World War I. 1915. Folder 1]

By: Bovril Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WI-1915-1-05

Description: British booklet advertising Bovril beef extract drink in a patriotic way. The front cover shows a soldier and a sailor holding british flags, on either side of a jar of Bovril, with the white cliffs of Dover in the background. The back cover shows a reproduction of a poster (artist Tom Purvis) with a bull enlisting for war service at a recruiting tent. The bull says: "May place is at the front - I hear they want more Bovril". Inside are facts about the progress of the war, a photograph of Lord Kitchener, war questions to ask your friends, pictures of fighting guns, warshps, flags and aircraft; facts about British army pay and allowances for dependants, explanations of Navy and Army terms and diagrams of how mines are laid. There are illustrations of Army and navy badges, and a diagram of the comparative strengths of the navies and armies of allied countries. Inside the back page are "4 questions to the women of England", encouraging them to let their men enlist. Dated from the list of events inside front cover. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 16 pages, each 207 x 133 mm. Processing information: Transferred from the Dorothy Neal White Collection miscellanea in 2009.

Date: 1918

By: Parsons, Elizabeth, active 1918

Reference: MS-Papers-10733

Description: The letter is from Joe Richards, Harrow, Middlesex, to his cousin, Elizabeth Parsons (22 Oct 1918). He describes his activities during the First World War and also includes some information on his family. Also included is an envelope addressed to J W Richards which, according to the donor is written in her mother's handwriting. Source of title - Supplied title Accompanying material - Accompanied by letter from donor giving some biographical details Quantity: 1 folder(s) (4 pages on 1 leaf). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph Provenance: The donor's great-great-grandfather, Golden Parsons, married Mary Richards from Essex so presumably this letter was sent by one of her family to a cousin Elizabeth Parsons in New Zealand

Date: 1914, 1916-1919

By: Cottrell, Bernard Victor, -1966

Reference: MS-Papers-1389

Description: Correspondence and miscellaneous papers giving detailed accounts of service with NZEF in France and Belgium 1916-1919; includes postcards and photographs Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 11 folder(s). 0.10 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, printed matter, photographs Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1944

From: Porritt, Arthur Espie (Sir), 1900-1994 : Papers and recordings

Reference: MS-Papers-9608-80

Description: Cuttings, invitations, programmes and papers. Also includes ration book, war preparations for St Mary's Hospital, appointment as Lt-Colonel in Royal Army Medical Corps, ship's newspaper for troopship Cameronia; identity papers and othe material. Papers relating to his wartime activities post-1940 are only fragmentary Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1917-1918

By: Glass, Henry, 1872-1959

Reference: MS-Papers-8983

Description: Comprises letters sent by Lance-Corporal Glass of the Wellington Infantry Regiment to his wife Maude ("Judy"). Describes his training at Featherston and Trentham camps, to his embarkation on 14 Jul 1917, and his experiences at Sling Camp and at Larkhill, Salisbury Plain. Also discusses family news. The last letter is written on Armistice Day, 1918. Accompanied by key written by donor identitying people named in the letters Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 3 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs

Date: [1940-1963]

From: Riddiford family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5714-077

Description: Includes letters from J Harrison and Rosamond M Harrison of Hare Appletree, Quernmore, Lancaster; Col T Hopkinson; Somerset Hopkinson writing from Jerusalem (1940-1941); and Josephine Hopkinson, Wales (1963) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 13 May 1988

From: World War I Oral History Archive

By: Wilson, Norman Reid, 1891-1989

Reference: OHInt-0006/82

Description: Recalls family background, his father's occupation, his attraction to journalism and early employment; recalls his enlistment, white feathers, training in New Zealand, transport to UK on 'Mokoia' in 1917, ports of call, arrival in Plymouth, conditions in Sling Camp, became orderly room clerk, duties, leave in London and YMCA, prostitution, detailed account of meeting second wife - Daisy Russell - in Scotland, Armistice Day, taught educational course for troops in UK (taught typing and shorthand) at Larkhill, describes return to New Zealand, career since the war, attitude to RSA, marriage to first wife in 1925, meeting Daisy Russell again in 1973 and subsequent marriage, present health. Venue - Ohope Interviewer(s) - Jane Tolerton Interviewer(s) - Nicholas Boyack Venue - Mr Reid's home at 226 Pohutukawa Avenue, Ohope, Bay of Plenty Accompanying material - Copy of typewritten biography of Norman Reid Wilson, 5 pages. Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-002788 - OHC-002789 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Electronic document(s) - abstract. 1 interview(s). 2 Hours Duration. Physical Description: Textual file Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 524, OHDL-000357.

Date: 15 May 1988

From: World War I Oral History Archive

By: Tate, Frederick Thornborough, 1895-1989

Reference: OHInt-0006/76

Description: Describes reaction to outbreak of war, enlistment, Awapuni Camp, arrival in Egypt, impressions of Egypt, the Wazir, prostitution, venereal disease (in detail), lice. Recalls his part in Gallipoli, the Battle of the Somme (1916), being wounded while a stretcher bearer, casualties, Messines and Passchendaele, drinking, estaminets, discipline, detailed descriptions of shell shock, casualty clearing stations. Recalls spies and prostitution in Paris and London, licensed brothels, Army of Occupation in Germany, treatment of Maori Pioneer Battalion, his return to New Zealand and subsequent work, rehabilitation farm in South Otago, walked off farm during the 1930 Depression, views on lack of government help for returned men, recalls being gassed while being a stretcher bearer, views on RSA and Anzac Day, humdrum life after activity during war. Venue - Whakatane Interviewer(s) - Jane Tolerton Interviewer(s) - Nicholas Boyack Venue - Rest Home, 55 James Street, Whakatane Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-002771 - OHC-002773 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Electronic document(s) - abstract. 1 interview(s). 2.50 Hours and minutes Duration. Physical Description: Textual file Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 518, OHDL-000354.

Date: 31 Aug 1989

From: World War I Oral History Archive

By: Sissons, Henry Webster Russell, 1896-1997

Reference: OHInt-0006/72

Description: Gives details of early life in Whangarei and Auckland and job with Post Office; refers to 1913 waterfront strike. Recalls enlistment, father's attitude. Was in the Post Office Cadets and refers to guarding the cable station at Doubtless Bay. Describes training, voyage to Egypt with the 9th Reinforcements. Discusses conditions in Egypt and Cairo, venereal disease, the Wazir area, relationship with natives and with Australians, also the type of training undertaken there. Went into the newly formed 2nd Auckland Infantry Regiment and became a sniper. Was sent with the New Zealand Division to France on the troopship 'Askinia' and, being a sniper, was assigned to a specialists' unit. Describes his duties and methods used for sniping. Recalls the trenches, the Germans, trench feet. Saw action at Armentieres and at the Somme 1916. Gassed during the Somme and sent to 2nd London General, also refers to being shellshocked and the treatment given. From hospital he was assigned postal duties at Hornchurch and later at London Headquarters Post Office, describes his duties. When fully recovered he volunteered to return to the war but during retraining strained heart and developed disorderly action of the heart. Describes conditions in France, the food, lice, rats, gambling, religious services, German prisoner of war, drinking. Recalls Nimot's desertion, Spain Avenue and comments on executions. Reference to Massey's Cossacks, General Godley and Brigadier Braithwaite. Returned to New Zealand on the 'Remuera' and received treatment for war injuries at Evelyn Firth Home. Comments later on his health as a result of the war. Describes return to civilian life working on farms, coal mining, road construction with reference to the Depression years. Enlisted, commissioned to organise the Home Guard. Comments on the RSA, conscription and gives views on war. Venue - Lower Hutt Interviewer(s) - Jane Tolerton Interviewer(s) - Nicholas Boyack Venue - Mr Sisson's home at Epuni, Lower Hutt Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-002755 - OHC-002758 Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Electronic document(s) - abstract. 1 interview(s). 4 Hours Duration. Physical Description: Textual file Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 514, OHDL-000351. Black and white photograph of Russell Sissons, 1989

Date: 1 Jul 1993 - 01 Jul 1993

From: Quaker Oral History Project

By: Ashton, Peggy, 1920-2013

Reference: OHInt-0427-09

Description: Peggy Ashton (nee Duffied) born England 1920. Recalls very early memories of young men begging and war wounded on the streets. Remembers the 1926 General Strike when father became a volunteer tram driver. Other childhood memories include: holidays at Scarborough; holiday in Belgium; move to the Isle of Man when father, an Anglican priest, got a `living'. Recalls getting Scholarship to study in France in the 1930s, and mentions Nazi flag flying in 1938 and conditions during a terrifying 10 months. Describes return to Isle of Man in 1938 and first job as a reporter on Isle of Man Times. Mentions exploring the Catholic faith but feeling it was not for her. Recalls the danger, boredom and terror by night of the war yearsl [World War 2]. Backgrounds meeting and marrying Fred Ashton in 1947 and coming to New Zealand ca 1948; Fred getting a job as a PO technician and Peggy seceretary to librarian at Victoria University. Mentions Edward and Ruby Dowcett and Joan and Neil Johnson. Joined the Society of Friends in 1950 and refers to Beth and Burger. Recalls death of daughter Margaret, a Downs Syndrome child and talks about involvement with IHC Parents' Association and starting the journal. In 1961 moved to Whangarei and started United Nations Branch, with reference to Hayden Gordon, Doris Beale, and Christine Farrand. In 1963 joined Maori Women's Welfare League and in 1969 moved to Auckland. Recalls joining Christian Pacifist Movement. Refers to Father Ron Sharp, Chris Barfoot, Joan Waters, Brian Shook and Boyd Henderson, all outraged at Vietnam War. Retired from paid employment in 1981 and discusses voluntary work: volunteer for Broadsheet; Springbok Tour marches; Anti Nuclear Movement; Christians for Peace and the `Quakerly' course of `Gifts and Discovery' which began April 1990. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Fran B Henry Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-007405-007406 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Electronic document(s) (abstract). 1 interview(s). 2 Hours Duration. Physical Description: Textual file - Microsoft word Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-1868, OHDL-000829. Search dates: 1920 - 1993