Amiens

Date: [1914-1919]

From: Schaw, Ellen Iris, fl 1914-1918 : Papers

Reference: MSX-6707

Description: Two booklets of postcards, one of views of Ypres before, during and after the `Bombardment', the other of the Cathedrale D'Amiens Quantity: 1 volume(s) (two pieces).

Date: Oct-16

From: Stewart, Hugh, 1884-1934: Maps relating to World War One

Reference: MapColl-Stewart-55/Acc.55925

Description: Printed base map overprinted with Lines of Defence information to 6 June 1918. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Printed base map with overprinting, rubber stamped "Secret", and title annotated on reverse, 70.5 x 86 cm.

Date: 2018

By: Grey, Elsie Prudentia, 1887-1949; Imperial War Museum (Great Britain)

Reference: MS-Papers-12303

Description: Photocopies of diary from the period August 1916 to September 1917. Comprises one page of biographical notes on Elsie Grey. Typescript partial transcription of letters in the form of a diary to December 1916, and in diary-form from December 1916 to 4 September 1917; also photocopies of the original manuscript diary. Grey describes voyage to England, via Panama, work at No 3 New Zealand Hospital at Codford, and at No 1 New Zealand Stationary Hospital at Amiens, which was moved to Hazebrouck, the evacuation to a monastery at St Omer and part of a sightseeing tour of Scotland. The effects of Sling Camp on wounded soldiers is mentioned. It is presumed, as per preliminary notes in the typescript, that Grey returned to France in the period after the diary ends, before eventually returning to New Zealand Title transcribed from item. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photocopies of holograph and typescript manuscripts.

Date: 1917-1918

From: [Ephemera collected by Edmund John Edwards during time in the armed forces during World War One. 1914-1918]

By: Mcintyre, Shirreffs, 1881-1919

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WI-Edwards-01/12

Description: The cards were part of the Red Triangle series published by the YMCA Card titles include: 01. Amiens Cathedral from the banks of the Somme 02. Doing it hard! On a ration party in muddy Flanders 03. Fritz sends up a flare in No-Man's-Land; when a digger feels as big as a house 04. Fritz; some typical specimens 05. On duty at a listening post 06. Our "Little Grey Home" at the Base 07. "Napoo Fini!" 08. That's the stuff to gie 'em! 09. She's a hard war, Dig! 10. The mark of the Hun; the ruins of a Flanders town 11. A well-known village on the Somme 12. Wind vertical! A Hun "Gotha" on a bombing stunt The Library has original artwork by the same artist at A-225-006/010. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Sizes varying up to 240 mm.

Date: 1863-1883

From: Marsack, Croft Augustus, 1824-1892: Memoirs and sketchbooks

Reference: MSX-9653

Description: The third volume in a series of four volumes and index. Comprises chapters I to XVI. Title transcribed from item. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Bound volume.

Date: [1915-1918], [2002]

By: Sturm, Ethel, 1878-

Reference: MS-Group-1118

Description: Letter from Louis Melville Theakstone to Ethel Sturm (1915) with additional information suplied by Michael McLean; and transcription of incomplete letter from Claude Burley to Ethel Sturm (n d). The first four pages of Claude Burley's 24-page letter describes his experiences of the war in general and specifically; he mentions various New Zealanders he met, the various areas and battles he was in including Armentieres, Amiens, Freicourt, Flers, the battle of the Somme and the soldiers eventual departure for Southampton and arrival in Wales. The letter from Claude Burley was written in [Oct?] 1915 while he was convalescing with the 2nd Battalion, Wellington Regiment; he describes the battalion's march from Airaines to the Somme (2 Sep), his participation in the major offensive against the Germans from 15 to 21 Sep, when they rested, the artillery bombardment of the German lines, the advance on and capture of their forward trenches, the first deployment of tanks, the contribution of aircraft in the battle and the physical conditions at the front for the soldiers. Source of title - Supplied Accompanying material - Transcription by Tony Allsop of letter by Claude Burley and biographical information on Louis Theakstone supplied by Michael McLean Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (laminated), holograph and typescript (photocopies)

Date: 1913-1917

From: Clachan, John Andrew Martin, 1898-1981: Photograph albums of World War I, chiefly taken by William James Clachan

By: Zachariah, Joseph, 1867-1965; Nees, William, active 1900s

Reference: PA1-o-099

Description: Album includes two photographs taken by Zak Studios of the No. 27 Senior Scout Cadets (Wellington), on a tour to Auckland 1913-1914; the No. 27 Company Champion Rifle Team 1913. One photograph of HMNZ Troopship "Arawa" was taken by William Nees. Most of the other photographs in the album were taken by W J Clachan while serving with the British Army Middlesex Regiment (the Duke of Cambridges Own), and with the British Army 1st King's African Rifles. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Brown buckram cover entitled "Album", 16.5 x 23 cm

Date: 1916-1922 - 7 December 1922

By: Cook, William Douglas, 1884-1967

Reference: MSX-9613

Description: Travel memoir and journal by William Douglas Cook recording World War One experiences from period of active service in France and Belgium, April to 29 September 1916, written while travelling through France and Belgium in 1922. The introduction is dated Armentieres, 7 December 1922. The journal records impressions of the journey from London to France and Belgium, with commentary on the people and places he visited. Places mentioned include: 'Bouloine' [Boulogne-sur-Mer], Calais, 'St Omer' [Saint-Omer], 'Aire sur al Lys' [Aire-sur-la-Lys], 'Les Ciseaux', Armentières, 'Pont Nieppe' [Pont-de-Nieppe], Ypres, Bruge, Brussels, 'Tournay' [Tournai], Lille, Arras, Albert, Amiens, 'Fontaine sur Somme' [Fontaine-sur-Somme], Rouen, Paris, Versailles, and Dieppe. Illustrated with mounted black and white photographic prints documenting landscapes, houses, and people. Photographs taken during the period 1916 to 1922. Includes two printed French visiting cards: "Gabrielle Lemaille, Rue du Pave Fruit Pont-de-Nippe" and "Mr & Mme Lemaille-Trehout, Rue du Pave Fruit Pont-de-Nieppe" along with corresponding group portrait. The final page features the signatures of former members of the 12th Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery: K D Henderson [Kenneth Dudley Henderson (1894-1978)], J A Guild [James Alexander Guild (1883-1965)], R A Collie [Robert Alexander Collie (1894-1973)], W MacKay, A Watson, R L Symonds [Ronald Leonard Symonds (1888-1971)], W F Donald [William Francis Donald (1889-1978)], H C Connor [Henry Condie Connor (1895-1967)], W McQueen [William McQueen (1894-1926)], F D Boswell [Frederick Duncan Boswell (1894-1954)], and L Beaumont [Llewellyn Henry Norman Beaumont (1892-1963)]. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Bound volume, manuscript written in ink illustrated with mounted black and white photographic prints, and two printed visiting cards, 16.8 x 11 cm. Provenance: Manuscript originally belonged to Ms Joanne Bates' mother. After she passed away Ms Bates contacted David Bridgman with the diary. He in turn contacted the Hocken Collections with this diary. The Hocken Collections then deposited the diary with the Alexander Turnbull Library, with Ms Bates' consent.

Date: [ca 1913-1919]

From: Mackrell, Brent fl 2012: Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1752

Description: Photograph album relating to nursing work and travels during World War I, probably compiled by Elizabeth Porteous of the NZANZ (New Zealand Army Nursing Service) who was awarded the ARRC (Associate Royal Red Cross). The images, which are well identified, are chiefly of Egypt and England. New Zealand Expeditionary Force hospitals and convalescent homes are featured, as are scenes of the local community and tourist sites. There are also a few images documenting the journey aboard hospital ships. Views of Heliopolis, Egypt, include the Sultana's Palace, Luna Park (the site of the Australian Auxillary Hospital), and the Heliopolis Palace Hotel (the site of the No.1 Australian General Hospital). Views of Luxor, Egypt, include temples and the Colossi of Memnon. Views of Cairo, Egypt, include the Kasr-el-Nil Bridge, zoological gardens, Barrage Gardens, street scenes, and a military hospital in the Citadel. Views of Aboukir Bay, Egypt, show an old fort, and a group of nurses relaxing in the ocean. Views of Alexandria, Egypt, include catacombs and exhibits in a museum. Views of Pont de Koubbeh, Egypt, show an exterior view of the New Zealand General Hospital, nurses' home, and patients from Ward I and Ward IA. A mansion in Sandwich Bay, Kent, England, called 'Rest Harrow', possibly being used as a hospital. Named figures include 'Miss Plunket with Belinda', and 'Miss [Toombe?], Matron'. Images taken at No. 1 New Zealand General Hospital, Forest Park, Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England, show patients, staff, grounds and buildings including Brookside. Also people skating on a frozen lake. Photographs of troops and nurses taken onboard hospital ship 'Maheno' (identified as 'Mahena') and 'Ruapehu'. Views of Amiens, France, include views of the Somme River, and military tents. A postcard of 'Le Lycee de Jeunes Filles' (a building). Christmas celebrations at an unidentified military hospital. Views of the interior of a surgical theatre, with staff. Views of Codford, Salisbury Plain, England, include No.3 New Zealand General Hospital and Army Training Camp; a cemetery, thatched cottages and streets in surrounding area; a postcard of Old Wardour Castle, Wiltshire, published by R Wilkinson & Co, Trowbridge. Images of an unidentified woman with a baby identified as Shirley. Two images clipped from newspapers, one showing two nurses, with the caption 'Miss FA Adams and Miss Maud Mitchell, two nurses who are to accompany the Coronation Contingent to London', and the other depicting soldiers wounded in the battle of the Somme, on the deck of an unidentified hospital ship enroute to Auckland. A set of four photographs of a flag unfurling ceremony at the New Zealand General Hospital, Pont de Koubbeh, Cairo, ca December 1915. Named figures are Lady Maxwell, Colonel Parkes, and Colonel Mackesy. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Hard-covered photograph album, with the title 'Snapshots', 17 x 23 cm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-2063: Mackrell, Brent, 1939-: Collected papers relating to war and other topics.

Date: 1916-1917, nd

By: Grey, Elsie Prudentia, 1887-1949

Reference: MS-Papers-5994

Description: Comprises summary of letters and diary and transcription of letters in the form of a diary (to Dec 1916) and diary (Dec 1916-4 Sep 1917); Grey describes her voyage to England, beginning with the ship's arrival at Panama, her arrival in England, her work at No 3 New Zealand Hospital at Codford, at No 1 New Zealand Hospital at Amiens which was moved to Hazebrouck, their evacuation to a monastery at St Omer and part of a sightseeing tour of Scotland, probably before returning to France. The effects of Sling Camp on wounded soldiers is mentioned (p8). Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Ms J Rodgers, Massey University, for Ms Katherine Kerrane, University of Delaware, Jul 1997